“Now we have decided that from August 1, 2025, that is, from the July bill itself, all domestic consumers in the state will not have to pay any money for electricity up to 125 units. This will benefit a total of 1 crore 67 lakh families in the state,” Nitish posted on X.
The government is also planning to install solar power plants on the rooftops of the houses or at nearby public places. The Chief Minister said the state government will bear the cost of installing solar power plants for extremely poor families under the Kutir Jyoti scheme.
हमलोग शुरू से ही सस्ती दरों पर सभी को बिजली उपलब्ध करा रहे हैं। अब हमने तय कर दिया है कि 1 अगस्त, 2025 से यानी जुलाई माह के बिल से ही राज्य के सभी घरेलू उपभोक्ताओं को 125 यूनिट तक बिजली का कोई पैसा नहीं देना पड़ेगा। इससे राज्य के कुल 1 करोड़ 67 लाख परिवारों को लाभ होगा। हमने यह…
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) July 17, 2025
Congress leader Udit Raj questioned the timing of the announcement that was made just a few months ahead of the polls. “They are in power for 20 years, why this decision was not taken earlier? They are under pressure from RJD and Congress. Once the election are over, they won’t do anything. They might do it for 3-4 months. But, if they come in power again, then all of it will be scraped. They are just fooling the people, and Bihar is aware of it. This game is going from 2014, about 2 crore employment and black money. All of these are meaningless,” he said.
On July 13, Nitish said the Bihar government will provide jobs and employment opportunities to 1 crore youth over the next five years. In a bid to impart skill development training to connect youths with self-employment opportunities in the next five years (2025-2030), the state government will set up the Jananayak Karpuri Thakur Skill University, he had said.
“For the next five years, we are setting a target to double the 2020-25 goal by providing government jobs and employment opportunities to one crore youths. To achieve this, employment opportunities will also be created in the private sector, particularly in industrial areas. For this purpose, a high-level committee is being constituted,” Kumar said.
The CM said under the ‘Saat Nischay’ programme, youths of the state are being provided skill development training for self-employment opportunities.
“In the next five years, the ongoing programme under ‘Saat Nischay’ will be expanded… a university will be established for skill development, which will be named Jananayak Karpuri Thakur Skill University in honour of Bihar’s pride, Bharat Ratna Jananayak Karpoori Thakur ji,” Kumar said.
He said that between 2005 and 2020, over 8 lakh youths of Bihar were provided government jobs.
