Ahead of the Bihar elections, CM Nitish Kumar expanded the 'Mukhyamantri Nishchay Swayam Sahayta Bhatta Yojana' to include unemployed graduate youth. Beneficiaries aged 20-25 will receive Rs 1,000 per month for up to two years. The scheme aims to help job-seeking youth prepare for exams.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Pic/File pic
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday came out with another scheme days before the Bihar elections. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that the Bihar government will provide financial assistance of Rs 1,000 per month to unemployed youths who have graduate degrees for a period of two years. Students can benefit from the 'Mukhyamantri Nishchay Swayam Sahayta Bhatta Yojana.
Earlier, this scheme was applicable only for the unemployed youths who had passed their intermediate exams, as reported by the news agency PTI.
CM Kumar, while posting on social media platform X, said, "I am pleased to inform you that under the state government's seven resolves programme, the previously operated 'Mukhyamantri Nishchay Swayam Sahayta Bhatta Yojana' has now been expanded. Under this, the benefit of the Self-Help Allowance Scheme, which was previously being provided to intermediate-passed youth, has now been extended to unemployed graduate youth who have passed in arts, science, and commerce.”
While addressing more about the scheme, he further said that "graduate-passed youth in the 20-25 age group who are not pursuing any studies anywhere, are striving for jobs/employment, do not have any self-employment, or have not obtained government, private, or non-government employment will also be paid the Chief Minister's Resolves Self-Help Allowance at the rate of Rs 1,000 per month for a maximum of two years."
नवम्बर 2005 में नई सरकार बनने के बाद से ही अधिक से अधिक युवाओं को सरकारी नौकरी और रोजगार देना तथा उन्हें सशक्त और सक्षम बनाना हमलोगों की प्राथमिकता रही है। आप अवगत हैं कि अगले पांच साल में एक करोड़ युवाओं को सरकारी नौकरी और रोजगार देने का लक्ष्य निर्धारित किया गया है। आने वाले…
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) September 18, 2025
Considering that the Bihar Assembly elections are due later this year, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has launched three schemes in the last two months.
"I hope that the youth will use this assistance allowance to obtain necessary training and prepare for competitive examinations so that their future can be secured," the CM wrote on his social media post.
Since the formation of the new government in November 2005, providing government jobs and employment to more and more youth and empowering and enabling them has been our top priority, said Nitish Kumar while hailing the performance of the government under his leadership.
Employment has been one of the major issues in Bihar, and with elections just around the corner, the Chief Minister now focuses on the issues while asserting that, "You are aware that a target has been set to provide government jobs and employment to one crore youth in the next five years. In the coming days, a large number of new jobs and employment opportunities will be created in the government and private sectors. To achieve this set target, youth are being provided skill development training so that they can obtain jobs/employment, as cited by the news agency PTI.
Nitish Kumar also said, “The objective of this initiative of the state government is that the youth of the state get maximum employment opportunities. The educated youth here become self-reliant, skilled, and employment-oriented and can make an important contribution to the development of the country and the state,” as reported by PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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