New Delhi. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has once again given many gifts to the people of the state. In the state cabinet meeting held today under the chairmanship of CM, many welfare decisions were taken to the government, including pension to the artists, financial assistance from the government. Additional Chief Secretary Dr. S Siddharth, while giving information about cabinet decisions, said that the Chief Minister Artist Pension Scheme has been approved. Under this, the state government will give pension of Rs 3000 per month to senior artists of the state struggling with livelihood.
Patna, Bihar: Cabinet Secretariat, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), S. Siddhath addresses a press conference pic.twitter.com/v09vfrkmip
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However, the government has also set certain conditions for the beneficiaries of this scheme. The benefit of pension scheme will be available only to those artists whose age will be more than 50 years and their annual income will be less than one lakh 20 thousand. With this, artists must have at least 10 years of experience in the field of art, only then they will be considered the beneficiary of the scheme. ‘Mukhyamantri Pratiya Yojana’ has also got the green signal from the Modi cabinet. Under this, the internship amount will be provided by the government to those who have internships in various companies. In the skill development training program, trained, 12th pass will be given to the youth as an internship every month. At the same time, ITI and diploma holder will get Rs 5000 to the youth while the youth who have done postgraduate will get 6000 rupees every month for internship. This amount will be from three months to 12 months.
These youth will also be given separate funds for livelihood. The youth who are living in another district from their home district will be given an internship by Rs 2000 a month for livelihood and Rs 5000 a month to those who have been internship outside the state. Nitish Cabinet has approved the ‘Chief Minister Bihar Guru Shishya Tradition Scheme’. Under this, youth will be trained by expert gurus to preserve the rare arts of Bihar which are on the verge of extinction.
