Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced a hike in pension for journalists in the state under the ‘Bihar Patrakaar Samman Pension Scheme.
All the eligible journalists in the state will now receive a monthly pension of Rs 15,000 from Rs 6,000 earlier, an increase of Rs 9,000. “I am pleased to inform that under the ‘Bihar Patrakaar Samman Pension Scheme’, instructions have been given to the department to provide a monthly pension of Rs 15,000 instead of Rs 6,000 to all eligible journalists,” Kumar announced in a post on X.
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