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The authorities furniture connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025) approved the instauration of 3 caller departments to guarantee amended and effectual implementation of its schemes and policies successful bid to execute the government’s people of providing jobs and employment opportunities to 1 crore younker successful the adjacent 5 years.
The 3 recently created departments are Youth, Employment & Skill Development, Higher Education, and Civil Aviation. These departments are successful summation to the existing 45 authorities departments astatine present, Cabinet Secretariat Department’s Additional Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar Chaudhary told reporters successful a station furniture briefing.
A full of 19 decisions were taken astatine the furniture gathering chaired by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar connected Tuesday (December 9, 2025).
“Youth, Employment & Skill Development has been created for each circular improvement of younker by equipping them with accomplishment improvement to beryllium eligible for getting employment opportunities portion higher acquisition department’s occupation volition beryllium to supply prime acquisition successful the authorities and civilian aviation has been created to woody with the expanding aviation assemblage successful the authorities and besides to supply and marque aerial question amended successful the state,” Mr. Chaudhary said.
The furniture besides rechristened the carnal and fisheries resources section arsenic “dairy, fisheries and carnal resources department” portion labour resources section volition present beryllium known arsenic “labour resources and migrant workers payment department” whereas section of art, civilization and younker section volition beryllium known arsenic “art and culture” department, Mr. Chaudhary added.
The furniture besides approved the industries department’s connection to rechristen “Directorate of Technical Development” arsenic “Directorate of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME)” to further fortify the assemblage successful bid to marque it globally competitive.
In different important decision, the furniture besides approved a 5% summation successful dearness allowance (DA) for its employees, pensioners and household pensioners who are getting salary/pension arsenic per the 6th wage commission’s recommendations, helium said adding that the DA has been hiked from 252 to 257% which volition beryllium payable with effect from July 1, 2025.
Similarly, it besides hiked 8% DA for its employees, pensioners and household pensioners who are getting salary/pension arsenic per the 5th wage commission’s recommendations, Mr. Chaudhary said adding that the DA has been hiked from 466 to 474 per cent which volition beryllium payable with effect from July 01, 2025.
It besides approved the catastrophe absorption department’s connection to state 2 districts of Gaya Ji & Munger arsenic “Civil Defence Districts” and besides approved the instauration of 14 posts for the purpose, Mr. Chaudhary added the determination would assistance successful dealing with strategical and interior information isolated from timely tackling the problems of earthy and antheral made disasters successful the 2 districts.
The furniture besides approved the assignment of Mohammad Imdad Raza connected the compassionate ground, helium said adding that Raza is the lad of BSF Sub-Inspector precocious Mohammad Imtiyaz who was martyred during “Operation Sindoor”.
It besides sanctioned ₹400 crore for outgo of energy dues of municipality section bodies that it owes to some the powerfulness organisation companies (North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited and South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd) for fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26.
The furniture approved the concern department’s connection for signing an MoU with National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSEIL), Mumbai to empower younker of the authorities and besides for moving “Student Skilling Programme”.
