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It's the time to please all the people, at least this one time. As assembly election nears, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has set off a volley of welfare steps, each tailored to a distinct vote bloc. The big one came on June 24, as his cabinet nearly trebled monthly social security pensions: from Rs 400 to Rs 1,100. Ordinarily a stickler for protocol, Nitish didn't wait this time. On June 21, he announced the enhanced pension would start getting credited to over 10.9million beneficiary accounts by July.
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