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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Announces Rs 25,000 One-Time Allowance For Vikas Mitras Ahead Of Polls

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The Chief Minister also announced an increase in the amount paid for teaching materials, from Rs 3,405 to Rs 6,000 per centre per year

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (PTI/File)

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (PTI/File)

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday announced a one-time allowance of Rs 25,000 for more than 10,000 ‘Vikas Mitras’ working in the villages to buy tablets, which will make their work easier.

According to Kumar, the transportation allowance of the Vikas Mitras will be been increased from Rs 1,900 to Rs 2,500 per month, and their stationery allowance will be hiked from Rs 900 to Rs 1,500 per month.

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The benefits also include Rs 10,000 financial aid to over 30,000 Shiksha Sevaks and Talimi Markaz, who connect children belonging to Mahadalit, minorities, and extremely backward communities to formal school education, for purchasing smartphones.

“Along with this, it has been decided to provide 10-10 thousand rupees to education workers (including Talimi Markaz) who are playing an important role in providing the benefits of education to children of Mahadalit, Dalit, minority, and extremely backward classes and in making women literate under the Akshar Aanchal scheme, for purchasing smartphones for carrying out digital activities,” said the CM in a post on X.

The Chief Minister announced an increase in the amount paid for teaching materials, from Rs 3,405 to Rs 6,000 per centre per year.

The major financial announcements come ahead of the assembly elections in the state.

“Our government is continuously working for the upliftment of the deprived sections of society,” he said in a post on X, noting that the tablets for ‘Vikas Mitras’, who work under the SC and ST Welfare Department, will help them in storing data of beneficiaries of various welfare schemes.

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