Nitish Kumar transfers Rs 2,100 crore to empower 21L women in Bihar under employment scheme

Patna: CM Nitish Kumar on Monday transferred a total of Rs 2,100 crore directly into the bank accounts of 21 lakh women beneficiaries under Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana (MMRY) to help them start businesses of their choice.

With this, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA govt has transferred Rs 12,100 crore into the bank accounts of 1.21 crore women at the rate of Rs 10,000 each under the scheme so far.


The scheme was launched on Sept 26, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferring Rs 7,500 crore to the bank accounts of 75 lakh women via videoconferencing from New Delhi in the presence of CM Kumar.

Again on Oct 3, Nitish transferred Rs 2,500 crore into the bank accounts of 25 lakh women.

The state cabinet had approved the scheme on Aug 29.

Nitish said on Monday that the main objective of the ‘mahila rozgar yojana’ is to give financial assistance to one woman from each family to start a business of her choice. “Under the scheme, initially Rs 10,000 will be given as financial assistance to start a business. After evaluation of the performance of the business, each beneficiary will be given additional financial assistance of up to Rs 2 lakh. I am confident that the implementation of the scheme will not only help strengthen the women’s condition but will also create better employment opportunities within the state. Women will become self-reliant. The scheme will further boost the economic growth of both the state and country,” he said.

CM’s initiatives helped my daughters get education: Beneficiary

Beneficiaries of the scheme, Lalita Singh, a resident of Banka, and Sangeeta Devi of Muzaffarpur, shared their experiences of how they got benefits from various schemes launched by the state govt, including the MMRY and Mukhyamantri Vridhjan Pension Yojana, the amount of which has been hiked to Rs 1,100 from Rs 400 per month. Sangeeta said that Nitish’s initiatives helped her daughters get education. “One of my daughters received Rs 25,000 after passing intermediate, while another got Rs 50,000 after completing her graduation degree,” she said, expressing confidence that she would also get the additional financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh under MMRY.