Bihar Cabinet okays doubling pension of Emergency prisoners
For J P Senani pension, those who spent one to six months in jail during the Emergency will get Rs 15,000/month from the current Rs 7,500, while those who spent more than six months will get Rs 30,000 from Rs 15,000.
The annual honorarium for BLOs has been hiked to Rs 14,000 from Rs 10,000 and for BLO Supervisors to Rs 18,000 from Rs 15,000.
'The state cabinet gave its nod to acquire 2,627 acres of land at a cost of `812 crore. As part of the decision to expand the industrial areas in, the highest of 991 acres of land will be acquired at a cost of `351 crore in Begusarai district while 500 acres of land will be acquired at a cost of `219 crore in Patna district,' Additional Chief Secretary S Siddharth said.
The Cabinet also cleared transport department's proposal of 50% waiver on new vehicles registration, acquiring 1,300 acres of land for Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) under Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Project.
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