The Bihar government on Thursday sanctioned Rs 300 crore under the Mukhya Mantri Balika (Snatak) Protsahan Yojana to provide Rs 25,000 to all girls who have passed graduate examinations after April 25 in the current financial year.
A decision in this regard was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar. Altogether six agendas were discussed and approved at the meeting.
Briefing about the decisions, cabinet secretariat department’s special secretary Upendra Nath Pandey said: “Every girls who passed BA from universities in the state after April 35 will be given Rs 25,000. The cabinet has approved Rs 300 crore for this purpose for the financial year 2018-19.”
In another major decision, the cabinet approved free of cost transfer of 50 acres of land located within the campus of the Bhagalpur Engineering College in Sabour block for setting up an Indian Institute of Information Technology.
Pandey said that 119 posts of instructors were created for various industrial training institutes in the state to enhance employability skills among the students.
He said 132 posts were created, including that of a DSP (special crimes) for each district, including rail police district, to ensure proper functioning of various branches of CID (weaker section) under the state home department.