The state government has increased the monthly honorarium of Anganwadi servant and assistant. Under this, the servant will now be given 9 thousand rupees in place of 7 thousand and the assistant will be given from 4 thousand rupees to 4500 rupees per month. For this, approval of additional expenditure of 345 crore 19 lakh 20 thousand rupees has been given from the cabinet every year from the State Plan item. 25 agendas were agreed in the meeting of the State Council of Ministers held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Detailed information related to this was given by Arvind Kumar Chaudhary, Additional Chief Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat Department, in a press conference held in the auditorium of the information building.
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3 thousand 303 new posts of Revenue Employees in Revenue and Land Reforms Department have been approved. The restoration of personnel on these new posts has been done with the objective of disposing of cases of rapid growing Jamabandi.
Increased amount will be received from 1 September
Additional Chief Secretary said that the increased amount of honorarium will be given to the Anganwadi servant and assistant only with the effect of September 1. The role of servants or assistants is mainly in the implementation of ICDS (Integrated Child Development Scheme). Keeping in mind the rising inflation and inflation, their honorarium has been increased, which will improve their lives. Also, the quality of their work will increase.
Amount released for Virgo Marriage Pavilion
He said that under the Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Mandap Yojana, Rs 50 crore has been released from Bihar Contingency Fund under the State Plan item for constructing a dispute pavilion in 8 thousand 53 panchayats of the state. This is a new scheme, due to this an advance amount has been sanctioned from the contingency fund. An amount of Rs 100 crore has been approved to complete the target set on time under the Chief Minister Rural Solar Street Light Scheme. This amount has been released from Bihar contingency fund under the state plan item.
Headquarters of livelihood will be built in Patna
Apart from this, many other important decisions have also been agreed in the cabinet. Under this, administrative approval of Rs 73 crore 66 lakh has been given to construct the state level office of Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Committee (Jeevika) i.e. Jeevika Headquarters in Patna. Under the Urban Development and Housing Department, the land will be provided for the construction of other types of people and various infrastructure such as Nala, Road, Administrative Building, Emperor Ashok Bhavan, Mokshadham or Cloon Griha, Compost Plant under Solid Waste Management, Sewerage or Sewerage Treatment Plant for liquid waste management. This will allow beautification of cities, construction of infrastructure and development of civil facilities.
LPG crematorium to be built in 6 cities
At the same time, Isha Foundation at Coimbatore has been given this foundation on a token of one acre of one acre of one acre of land in these cities for establishing and operating a gas (LPG) based cremation house in six cities Patna, Gaya, Chapra, Saharsa, Bhagalpur and Begusarai. Approval has been given to the formation of Planning Division at the municipal level. Under this, the post of Assistant Municipal Planning Officer has been created. Regular appointment to these posts is necessary for the purpose of facilitating the obligations and functions assigned to the municipalities. The number of pending cases in municipal bodies is continuously increasing. In view of this, approval of the municipal law service manual, 2025 has been approved.
CCTV cameras will also be installed in new police stations
Shri Arvind Kumar Chaudhary said that funds have been sanctioned to construct CCTV cameras and dashboards in 176 new police stations of the state and to install them in all new police stations. CCTVs will also be installed in the old police stations which have been re -saved. For this, approval of 280 crore 60 lakh 79 thousand has been approved.
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Udhasthan Wear Scheme will be developed
The way for the construction of Udhasthan Barrage under the Irrigation Division Uderhasthan under Jehanabad district has been cleared. After the disposal of the ongoing case related to this, approval of Rs 651 crore 13 lakh has been given for its construction. For this, an agreement has been reached with the sensor. Along with the construction of the barrage, modernization of canal systems of the pre -constructed Udhasthan Wear Scheme will be done.
Chief Minister Fellowship Scheme announced
The Chief Minister Fellowship Scheme has been announced in the meeting of the Council of Ministers. For this, 31 crore 85 lakh 88 thousand 900 has been approved for selecting 121 Fellow and operating this scheme for two years. Under this, selected experts have been contracted with IIM at Bodh Gaya. The selected Fellow will be given a fixed amount of 1.50 lakh, 1.25 lakh, 1 lakh and 80 thousand rupees per month as honorarium. These will be kept in different departments. 4 posts in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, 2 in Deputy CM Office, one post each in the Chief Secretary’s Office and Development Commissioner Office, one post each in other departments and one post in the divisional commissioner, District Magistrate and Municipal Commissioner Office.