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News India Live, Digital Desk: Bihar government for the financial year 2026-27 ₹3.48 lakh crore Has presented a budget of Rs. The most important thing in this Gender Budget To emphasize. The government has allocated over ₹48,000 crore for direct and indirect welfare of women through various departments. This is believed to be the biggest financial investment ever made for women by any state government.
1. Chief Minister Mahila Rozgar Yojana
A large part of this huge budget will be spent on the second phase of Nitish government’s most ambitious ‘Women Employment Scheme’.
Financial assistance of ₹2 lakh: Under the scheme, those who will receive seed money of ₹ 10,000 in the first phase 1.56 crore women Eligible entrepreneurs can now expand their business Additional financial assistance up to ₹2 lakh Is being given.
Objective: To make at least one woman from every household a successful entrepreneur and to stop migration by creating employment at the local level.
Implementation: This scheme is applicable in rural areas ‘Jeevika’ It is being operated through the network and in collaboration with the Urban Development Department in urban areas.
2. Other major women-centric announcements of the budget
This amount of ₹48,000 crore is not limited to just cash transfers but also includes several other initiatives for the all-round development of women:
Biggest expenditure on education: A large portion of the education budget (₹60,000+ crore) is reserved for girl students’ scholarships, free cycles and uniform schemes.
Benefits of Reservation: in government jobs 35% reservation And in engineering/medical colleges 33% reservation Investment on infrastructure to effectively implement.
125 units free electricity: Housewives and household budgeters will get the biggest benefit of this scheme, which will reduce their expenses.
Self Help Group (SHG): Special fund to connect about 1.30 crore Jeevika Didis groups of the state with bank linkage and market (Sudha Dairy, Didi Ki Rasoi).
3. Social Security and Health
Increase in pension: By increasing the amount of old age and widow pension ₹1,100 per month Has been done, for which there is adequate allocation in the budget.
Super-Speciality Hospital: There is provision for huge expenditure on upgradation of hospitals for specialized delivery and maternal health care for women.
4. Vision of ‘Saat Nishchay-3’ (Vision 2030)
Nitish Kumar has made it clear that this budget is his ‘Seven Nishchay-3’ Is part of. Government’s target by 2030 1 crore jobs To create opportunities, it has been resolved to keep the participation of women more than 50%.