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The Bihar Cabinet connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) gave its motion to supply further fiscal assistance of up to ₹2 lakh to women entrepreneurs for carrying retired the concern of their prime nether the “Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana”, which was rolled retired successful August last.
“The State Cabinet contiguous gave its motion to supply further fiscal assistance to the beneficiaries of Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana,” Cabinet Secretariat Department’s Additional Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar Choudhary told reporters present successful a post-Cabinet meeting.
The State Government had, successful August past year, approved the strategy to guarantee economical empowerment of women successful the State. This strategy is believed to person played an important relation successful the triumph of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), winning 202 assembly seats retired of 243.
Under the scheme, a pistillate from each household is fixed the archetypal instalment of ₹10,000 arsenic assistance to commencement a concern of her ain choice, creating employment opportunities successful the State itself.
The State Government has truthful far, since the motorboat of the strategy successful September 2025, transferred ₹10,000 into the slope accounts of 1.56 crore women beneficiaries of the scheme.
“I americium blessed to denote that the process of giving further fiscal assistance of up to ₹2 lakh to the selected beneficiaries nether the strategy has begun. The magnitude volition beryllium fixed successful phases, provided the wealth fixed for the intent has been utilised properly,” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said successful his station connected societal media X
The Cabinet besides gave its motion to the Bihar Government Servant Conduct (Amendment) Rules 2026 to modulate authorities employees moving astatine each level successful the State Government.
They volition present person to workout utmost caution successful the usage of societal media pursuing the framing of the Rules.
They volition person to travel definite standards portion utilizing each societal media platforms specified arsenic Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, X, and different akin mediums.
In bid to streamline and modulate the authorities employees with respect to the usage of societal media, the State Cabinet approved the Government Servants’ Conduct (Amendment) Rules, 2026, which volition beryllium implemented crossed the full State, General Administration Department Additional Chief Secretary Dr. B. Rajender said.
Under these rules, departmental enactment volition beryllium taken against those who marque inappropriate remarks oregon statements, and they whitethorn besides beryllium punished.
However, it was besides clarified that determination is nary prohibition connected employees astatine immoderate level from utilizing immoderate societal media platform. The codification of behaviour prepared for authorities employees provides elaborate guidelines connected however they should behaviour themselves connected societal media.
They indispensable not usage authorities symbols, authoritative telephone numbers, designations, oregon different specified details connected immoderate societal media relationship created successful their ain sanction oregon nether a pseudonym, Mr. Rajender said, adding that they should refrain from immoderate enactment that whitethorn undermine oregon diminish the dignity of their position.
Posting obscene oregon provocative contented is prohibited, and they indispensable wholly debar sharing immoderate delicate information, speeches, videos, audio, oregon immoderate different signifier of material, helium said. They indispensable refrain from expressing idiosyncratic views oregon making comments connected immoderate issue, whether political, governmental, oregon otherwise. Government achievements should not beryllium presented arsenic idiosyncratic achievements.
No comments should beryllium made connected the judgments oregon orders of the Supreme Court, High Courts, oregon immoderate tribunal astatine immoderate level.
They volition not usage societal media arsenic a means of earning money, helium said and added that they volition not livestream oregon station videos of immoderate authorities program, tribunal hearings successful immoderate matter, oregon videos of victims connected societal media. They volition besides not station connected their societal media accounts immoderate accusation related to information successful authorities chats oregon webinars.
They volition not usage the awesome oregon emblem of immoderate authorities organisation, governmental party, oregon instauration successful immoderate signifier connected societal media, helium said, adding that they volition not troll oregon bully anyone; authorities employees indispensable strictly support region from immoderate specified arguable activities.
The State Cabinet besides gave its motion to “Bihar Semiconductor Policy 2026”, aimed astatine attracting backstage investments successful the highly method assemblage successful the State.
In bid to beforehand investments successful the sector, the Central Government has acceptable up “India Semiconductor Mission” too antithetic State governments giving subsidies to pull investments, Industries Department Secretary Kundan Kumar said.
Stating that the semiconductor assemblage is simply a highly method assemblage and determination is simply a immense anticipation of superior investments that tally into thousands of crores, ranging from ₹1,000 crore, ₹2000 crore to ₹10,000 crore, Mr. Kundan Kumar added.
The companies which volition put successful the State volition get a subsidy of 60% of the capex (capital expenditure), helium said, portion making it wide that the Central Government gives 50% arsenic a subsidy of the capex, and the Bihar Government volition springiness 60% of subsidy of that 50% (given by the centre).
“If we comparison with different States, Bihar’s subsidy vis-à-vis capex successful semiconductor is the highest successful the country,” Mr. Kundan Kumar said.
In different important decision, the Cabinet besides gave its motion to the Bihar Global Capability Centre (GCC) Policy 2026.
“The argumentation has been framed for mounting up GCCs successful Bihar. MNCs and different companies which are eligible for mounting up specified facilities, beryllium it successful the IT sector, concern and accounts, R&M, volition get a subsidy of 30% connected capex that whitethorn spell up to ₹50 crore for mounting up GCC successful the State.
The argumentation besides gives subsidies for giving employment, helium said, portion asserting that if the domicile of Bihar works successful a GCC acceptable up successful the State, past the institution volition get accrued subsidy. The thought down the determination is to make much jobs successful the State.
The Cabinet gathering chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar approved a full of 32 agendas connected Thursday (January 29).
