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Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana: PM Modi Transfers Rs 10,000 to 75 Lakh Bihar Women
Sep-26-2025

Ahead of assembly election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana for Bihar, transferring Rs 10,000 each to the bank accounts of 75 lakh women in the state. PM launched the scheme through video conferencing from Delhi and directly transferred the fund of Rs 7,500 crore into the bank accounts of 75 lakh women across Bihar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary joined the event from Patna and apart from Jeevika didis at district level and block level. 

Scheme meant to empower women through self-employment and livelihood opportunities. Each beneficiary, one from every family, will receive Rs 10,000 as an initial grant through Direct Benefit Transfer, with the possibility of further assistance of up to Rs 2 lakh in subsequent phases.

Addressing the gathering on the occasion, PM asserted that two brothers, himself and Nitish Kumar are working together for the service, prosperity, and dignity of the women of Bihar. Modi pointed out that the Rojgar Yojana has further strengthened the Central Government’s Lakhpati Didi campaign. He remarked that with the way governments at Union and State are advancing this initiative, the day is not far when Bihar will have the highest number of Lakhpati Didis in the country.

Further PM Modi targeted the earlier RJD government and urged everyone not to forget the days when Bihar was under RJD’s rule - the era of lantern governance. He emphasised that under the leadership of Mr. Kumar, the rule of law has been restored in Bihar, and women have been the primary beneficiaries of this change. PM also urged everyone to collectively pledge that Bihar must never return to the darkness of the past. 

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