Bihar elections: Pre-poll schemes put youth, women in focus; new policies unveiled

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi volition inaugurate Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University connected Saturday. By honouring Thakur, NDA govt signalled a strategical outreach to these communities and reinforced backward caste consolidation successful the poll-bound state.The motorboat anchors a bid of Bihar-centric younker empowerment initiatives worthy implicit Rs 62,000 crore nationally, with a crisp absorption connected the state’s young demographic. Modi volition unveil the revamped Mukhyamantri Nishchay Svyam Sahayata Bhatta Yojana, offering a monthly Rs 1,000 allowance for 2 years to astir 5 lakh graduates, bundled with escaped accomplishment training.This builds connected the caller Rs 7,500 crore archetypal instalment nether Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana, disbursed connected Sept 26 to 75 lakh women for self-employment ventures.

Education volition get a boost with the redesigned Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme, offering interest-free loans up to Rs 4 lakh—already aiding 3.92 lakh students with Rs 7,880 crore disbursed. Modi volition besides formally inaugurate the Bihar Yuva Aayog, a statutory assemblage for 18-45-year-olds, to harness the state’s demographic dividend done targeted younker policies.Further, PM-SETU volition prioritise Bihar’s ITIs successful Patna and Darbhanga, upgrading infrastructure, integer tools, and incubation hubs, portion PM-USHA volition money precocious facilities successful 4 Bihar universities, benefiting 27,000 students. He volition besides dedicate NIT Patna’s Bihta campus, accommodating 6,500 students with modern facilities including a 5G lab, ISRO’s Regional Academic Centre for Space, and an incubation centre nurturing 9 startups.