Overview
- Bihar’s Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana deposited Rs 10,000 as a first instalment to about 1.5 crore women during the election period.
- Sarma says he dispatched officials five months earlier to brief Bihar’s top bureaucracy on a ‘Jeevika Rs 10,000’ model that was adopted in the scheme.
- JD(U) describes the design as collective ideation rooted in NRLM and Jeevika frameworks, while BJP voices credit the Centre’s initiatives and the prime minister’s women-led growth push.
- Opposition figures question the timing, citing reports of roughly 1.21 crore transfers before the model code and about 30 lakh after, and allege Jeevika workers were used to influence voters, claims the government’s allies dispute.
- The programme includes potential follow-on assistance of up to Rs 2 lakh in instalments for viable ventures, and analysts link the rollout to the NDA’s win as questions turn to selection mechanisms and fiscal durability.