Bihar Polls
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announces free electricity upto 125 units ahead of assembly polls
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced free electricity upto 125 units for all residents of his state in the run-up to the assembly elections.
The free electricity will be available to the Bihar residents from August 1, meaning from the July bill.
The assembly elections are due to be held in the last quarter of the year.
In an X post, the Chief Minister announced the government will also bear the cost of the installation of solar power plants at homes of extremely poor families but "appropriate support" for the rest.
Nitish wrote on X, "We have been providing electricity to everyone at affordable rates from the very beginning. 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.
"We have also decided that in the next three years, with the consent of all these domestic consumers, solar power plants will be installed on their rooftops or at nearby public places to provide benefits."
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
"Under the Kutir Jyoti scheme, for extremely poor families, the state government will bear the entire cost of installing solar power plants, and for the rest, the government will provide appropriate support.
"This means domestic consumers will no longer have to bear any cost for electricity up to 125 units, and at the same time, it is estimated that within the next three years, up to 10,000 megawatts of solar energy will be available in the state," he added.
Earlier, the Janata Dal (United) chief announced 35 percent reservation for women, who are permanent residents of Bihar, in government jobs, in a bid to draw the women's support in the polls.
In June, the Nitish Kumar government announced a major hike in the monthly pension scheme for all elderly, disabled and widowed women in the state.
Nitish announced on X a hike in pension under Social Security Pension Scheme from Rs. 400 to Rs. 1,100 per month.
The amount will be credited to the accounts of the beneficiaries on 10th of every month, the Chief Minister had said.
"The elderly are a precious part of society and ensuring their dignified living is our top priority. The state government will continue to make efforts in this direction," Nitish said in his post on micro-blogging site.
मुझे यह बताते हुए खुशी हो रही है कि सामाजिक सुरक्षा पेंशन योजना के तहत सभी वृद्धजनों, दिव्यांगजनों और विधवा महिलाओं को अब हर महीने 400 रु॰ की जगह 1100 रु॰ पेंशन मिलेगी। सभी लाभार्थियों को जुलाई महीने से पेंशन बढ़ी हुई दर पर मिलेगी। सभी लाभार्थियों के खाते में यह राशि महीने की 10…
— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) June 21, 2025
Bihar is ruled by a coalition government that consists of JD(U) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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