Target to connect one crore women of Bihar with direct employment in the next three years: Chief Minister

Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary today launched a three-day special campaign to connect women with employment and health at a pre-Raksha Bandhan program at Samwad Sabhagarh, Chief Minister's Secretariat.
The Chief Minister announced that a target has been set to connect one crore women of Bihar with direct employment in the next three years. Under this special campaign which will run till August 25, 26 and 27, the benefits of various schemes will be extended to women through the Department of Health, Dairy, Fisheries and Livestock Resources Department and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department.
In his address, the Chief Minister said that the path to the prosperity of Bihar is through the empowerment of women. The government's target is to link one crore women directly to employment before the assembly elections of 2030.
He said that the economic empowerment of women through about 1.81 crore women and more than 1.3 lakh Self Help Groups (SHGs) associated with Jiveka is continuing.
He said that 'Anemia Free Spring' campaign has also been started to improve the health of women and children. Under this campaign, children, women and especially pregnant women in Bihar will be screened for anemia and treated and given medicines as needed.
A large number of women are affected by anemia and anemia in pregnant women can pose a serious challenge to the health of both mother and child.
The Chief Minister launched the 'Anemia Free Bihar Special Campaign'. The campaign will continue from August 25 to November 30, 2026. Through this, prevention, screening, treatment and public awareness of anemia in the state will be promoted in a big way. Under the campaign, a target of reaching around 12 million 82 thousand 500 beneficiaries has been set.
The Chief Minister said that a large number of people have also been screened under the TB eradication campaign by the Health Department. Health services are now being further strengthened up to the district level. 36 types of operations are being facilitated in the districts, so that people will not need to come to Patna for every medical facility, big or small.

The Chief Minister announced to increase the participation of women in cattle rearing and dairy sector and said that at present about 12 lakh farmers are involved in milk production. A target has been set to increase this number to more than 5 million. Women will be provided employment by connecting them with Siddha Sakhi, Jeonika Siddha Cell Center and Milk Collection Centres.
At the national level, women's participation in the dairy sector is about 70%. It has been targeted to increase it to 80 percent in Bihar. Under the Chief Minister Women's Employment Scheme, the second and third installments are being given to the women who have opened Siddha Cell Centers to the tune of Rs. 60,000. Didis will be selected through lottery to open a Siddha Cell Center in all Panchayats. There are also plans to expand the project to the village level in the future.
He said that a campaign to open veterinary medicine sales centers in all 534 blocks of the state has also been started to bring the facility of cattle treatment and medicines closer to the villages.

In another important announcement, the Chief Minister said that women belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) who will marry inter-caste, will now be given an assistance of Rs 1.25 lakh by the Bihar government. The central government is also giving assistance of Rs. 1.25 lakh in this regard, which means that they will get a total financial assistance of Rs. 2.50 lakh.
In this regard, steps have been started to implement this decision from today.
The Chief Minister said that the students of all classes who succeed in the initial phase of the important competitive examinations will be provided with an incentive amount ranging from Rs.30 thousand to Rs.1 lakh.
He said that in Bihar women have been given 50% reservation in panchayat and urban body elections. Today, about 59 to 60 percent of women are elected as public representatives in the state. This is a major achievement of Bihar in the direction of women empowerment.

The chief minister said that a target of providing 10 lakh government jobs and 10 lakh employment was set in the year 2020. In contrast, the government has provided about 1.2 lakh government jobs and engaged about 5.1 lakh people with employment.
Now under the leadership of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and the guidance of former Chief Minister Mr. Nitish Kumar, the government has set a target of connecting one crore people directly to government jobs and employment. Linking the women of Bihar to employment is an important part of this goal.
He said that the new Bihar will be built by making the empowerment of women the biggest strength of prosperous Bihar.

The Chief Minister said that the government has started a student cooperation camp to solve the problems of the students. The online system has already been started, while now the problems of the students will be solved through the camp as well.
It covers various issues related to education including hostels, student accommodation, schools, colleges. He said that so far around 6.46 lakh applications have been received through the 'Shiyog Portal', out of which 96% applications have been successfully processed.
The goal of the government is to solve the problems of the people within the stipulated time.
The Chief Minister said that the inclusion of women is paramount to fulfill Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's commitment of a developed India and former Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar's dream of a prosperous Bihar.
He appealed to all the sisters to come forward and play an active role in this campaign for employment, health and social development.
The Chief Minister inaugurated the 'Suddha Sukhi Training Camp'. Allotment letters of Jivika-Saddha Cell Centers were distributed on this occasion. Election letters were also provided to selected women for women-run livestock medicine sales centres.
Registration certificates of milk producing cooperative societies formed under the program related to 'Sidha' were also distributed. Apart from this, the establishment of Mithla Hastkala Cooperative Society was announced and certificates were provided to the newly elected president and members.
Through 'Saddha Sukhi', economic stability of women will be promoted by connecting them with employment and self-employment.
During the program, the Chief Minister announced the establishment of Mithla Hastkala Cooperative Society and distributed certificates to the newly elected president and members. Padma Shri Dalari Devi was appointed as President, Padma Shri Shanti Devi as Vice President and Padma Shri Shivam Paswan as Vice President. Ms. Rani Jha was made a member.

On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Jeevika Didi, Siddha Sukhi and milk-producing women felicitated the Chief Minister by tying rakhis. The Chief Minister congratulated all the sisters on Raksha Bandhan and wished them all the best for their bright future.
The Chief Minister inspected the Siddha stalls set up under the Department of Dairy, Fisheries and Animal Resources and got information about the products available there.

On this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Bajinder Prasad Yadav, Health Minister Mr. Nishant, Social Welfare Minister Ms. Shweta Gupta, Dairy, Fisheries and Livestock Resources Minister Mr. Nand Kishore Ram, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Deepak Kumar, Chief Secretary Mr. Pratiya Amrit, Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Lokesh Kumar Singh, Secretary to Health Department Mr. Kumar Ravi, Chief Minister Secretary, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Secretary, Dairy, Fisheries and Livestock Resources Department, Mr. Shrishat Kapil Ashok, Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare Department, Mr. Sandeep Kumar R. Pudalkutty, Secretary, Department of Science, Technology and Technical Education and Chief Executive Officer of Jiveka, Mr. Himanshu Sharma, other officers, Jiveka Didi, Siddha Sukhi Didi and other dignitaries were present.