Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unveiled an initiative to provide a one-time grant of Rs 25,000 for more than 10,000 ‘Vikas Mitras’ who work in rural areas, to purchase tablets, which will help ease their work.
Kumar also announced that the transportation allowance of the vikas mitras will be increased from Rs 1,900 to Rs 2,500 per month, and their stationery allowance increased from Rs 900 to Rs 1,500 per month.
More than 30,000 Shiksha Sevaks and Talimi Markaz – who facilitate children of Mahadalit, minority and extremely backward communities’ entry into formal school education – will also benefit from a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 to purchase a smartphone.
“Along with this, it has been decided to provide 10-10 thousand rupees to education workers (including Talimi Markaz) who are playing an important role in providing the benefits of education to children of Mahadalit, Dalit, minority, and extremely backward classes and in making women literate under the Akshar Aanchal scheme, for purchasing smartphones for carrying out digital activities,” said the CM in a post on X.
The Chief Minister made an announcement about an increase in the funding allocated for instructional materials. The figure increased from Rs 3,405 to Rs 6,000 per centre per year.
These are the largest financial announcements ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
“Our government is continuously working for the upliftment of the deprived sections of society,” he said in a post on X, noting that the tablets for ‘Vikas Mitras’, who work under the SC and ST Welfare Department, will help them in storing data of beneficiaries of various welfare schemes.
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