#Biharpolls: Nitish promises 35% jobs to be reserved for women
Advertisement
Advertisement
As the assembly poll ambience in Bihar steams up, political parties are busy making tall promises. The present Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while releasing a five-year "Vision Document", said reserving 35% of all government jobs in Bihar for women are among his agendas.He also pledged to launch student credit cards to provide loans of Rs 4 lakh for higher studies to all students who pass Class 12 -- at 3 % subsidy by the government.
"People of Bihar have faith and trust in me. I will change the face of Bihar with focus on youths and women, by implementing development schemes on a mission mode," he told the media.
"I am confident of making a quantum jump as far as development of Bihar is concerned in the next five years.
"We plan to provide free Wi-Fi in all colleges and universities in Bihar."
Advertisement
Nitish Kumar said a venture capital of Rs 500 crore would be set up to help young entrepreneurs. "We also plan to provide self help allowance to unemployed youths."
The Janata Dal-United leader said that he would provide safe drinking water and electricity connection to each household besides building toilets in all houses in the next five years. Nitish Kumar admitted that many things need to be done for Bihar's development despite whatever he had already achieved.
Advertisement
- A centenarian who starts her day with gentle exercise and loves walks shares 5 longevity tips, including staying single
- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
- Having an regional accent can be bad for your interviews, especially an Indian one: study
- Dirty laundry? Major clothing companies like Zara and H&M under scrutiny for allegedly fuelling deforestation in Brazil
- 5 Best places to visit near Darjeeling
- Climate change could become main driver of biodiversity decline by mid-century: Study
- RBI initiates transition plan: Small finance banks to ascend to universal banking status
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market