In poll-bound Bihar, State Cupboard approves 27,370 authorities jobs

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. File
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Forward of the Bihar Meeting election due later this 12 months, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Cupboard on Tuesday (April 8, 2025) gave its nod for recruitment to 27,370 posts in numerous authorities departments. The Well being Division could have the utmost recruitment at over 20,000 posts.

“The State Well being Division’s proposal for the structure of a ‘Public Well being Cadre’ and a ‘Hospital Administration Cadre’ for filling up 20,016 posts in several classes has been authorized,” S. Siddharth, Further Chief Secretary, Cupboard Secretariat, stated in a briefing.

The creation of three,306 ‘Assistant Urdu Translator’ posts the State has additionally been authorized, Mr. Siddharth stated, to be crammed in accordance with the Bihar Rajya Urdu Anuwadak Samvarg Niyamawali (Bihar State Urdu Translator Cadre Guidelines), 2016. Urdu translators shall be deployed in several authorities workplaces throughout districts, sub-divisions, blocks, and circles.

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In one other necessary resolution, 2,590 posts have been created within the clerical cadre within the Division of Agriculture. 

The Division of Prohibition, Excise and Registration’s proposal for establishing a brand new ‘Excise Chemical Laboratory’ in every of the six districts of Rohtas, Aurangabad, West Champaran, Begusarai, Kishanganj, and Gopalganj has been authorized, with 48 new posts in several classes created for the aim.

“The Cupboard additionally authorized the proposals of the Normal Administration Division to create 35 posts of knowledge entry operators for the Bihar Employees Choice Fee. Aside from this, 36 totally different posts of gazetted and non-gazetted cadre have been created for the graceful operating of a 50-bed built-in Ayush hospital at Patna,” Mr. Siddharth stated. 

In one other necessary resolution, the Division of Schooling’s proposal to micro-monitor faculties from the first to the upper secondary ranges to make sure good high quality training within the State acquired approval. 

The Schooling Division’s proposal to represent the ‘Bihar Schooling Administrative Cadre Guidelines, 2025’ has additionally been authorized. A robust administrative construction on the block-level for strict monitoring of colleges is envisaged. Assistant Schooling Growth Officers shall be tasked with monitoring faculties in 10 panchayats, whereas Schooling Growth Officers will monitor faculties on the block degree. The officers shall be chosen by the Bihar Public Service Fee. There are over 8,400 panchayats and 534 blocks within the State.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has been talking of offering employment if it’s voted to energy. The Chief of the Opposition within the Bihar Meeting Tejashwi Yadav has been emphasising that he offered 5 lakh jobs when he was the State’s Deputy Chief Minister for 17 months.

The month-to-month wage of State Ministers and Deputy Ministers has been elevated from about ₹50,000 to ₹65,000 per thirty days. Their regional allowances have been elevated from ₹55,000 to ₹70,000 per thirty days, and day by day allowance from ₹3,000 to ₹3,500 per day. The hospitality allowance of Ministers of State has been elevated from ₹24,000 to ₹29,500 per thirty days, and the hospitality allowance of Deputy Ministers has been elevated from ₹23,500 to ₹29,000 per thirty days. Journey allowance for discharging authorities duties has been elevated to ₹25 per kilometre from ₹15 per kilometre.