Apr 08, 2025 05:16 PM IST
Wage of the state and deputy ministers have been raised to ₹65,000 and ₹70,000 from the present ₹50,000 and ₹55,000 respectively.
The state cupboard on Tuesday accepted a considerable hike, round 30%, in pay and perks of the state and deputy ministers. Political nominees posted because the chairmen and the deputy chairmen in numerous boards and companies would profit from the hike.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar with deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary at Bihar Meeting in Patna on Monday. (Santosh Kumar/HT)
This was one of many 27 gadgets in agenda, which the cupboard chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar, gave its nod after formal dialogue with ministers of the involved departments.
Officers stated that pay and perks of the state and deputy ministers have been revised final in 2019. It’s also believed that the train to refill the posts of chairmen and deputy chairmen in over three dozen boards and companies could be initiated quickly.
In one other main choice to tone up the supply system, the cupboard okayed the formation of three directorates beneath the state well being division. The brand new directorates to return up are the general public well being directorate, medical training directorate and the well being companies directorate. Accordingly, the state authorities additionally accepted the division’s proposal to create 20,016 extra posts to operationalise the directorates on the earliest.
Siddharth stated that about 7,000 extra posts have been created in different departments, together with the training division. There will probably be one assistant training growth officer for each 10 panchayats. New appointments will probably be made for this. They are going to be accountable for college inspection within the blocks.
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