Bihar Government Schemes

Rs 3,000 per year as medical assistance to registered construction workers

Free 240-hour training in computer literacy, language and communication, and behavioural skills, with a government certificate on completion

Rs 1,000 per month self-help allowance for a maximum of two years while the youth searches for work

A one-time accident grant to a Bihar migrant worker or the worker's dependants after death or disability in an accident outside the state

Rs 1 lakh on accidental death, Rs 30,000 on natural death, plus assistance for permanent and partial disability and specified illnesses

A Bihar BOCW Welfare Board registration that identifies a construction worker as a board beneficiary and lets the worker apply for the board's welfare schemes

Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000 per year per child, based on Class 10 or Class 12 board marks

Tools worth up to Rs 15,000 linked to the training the worker has completed

Death benefit, funeral assistance, disability pension, pension and family pension for registered construction workers

Rs 1,100 per month lifetime pension to registered construction workers aged 60 and above

One-time house repair grant of up to Rs 20,000 for registered construction workers

Full tuition at premier government institutions, or a one-time grant of Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 by course, plus a Rs 15,000 tool grant after skill training

An official registration certificate for a shop or commercial establishment in Bihar, delivered digitally to DigiLocker and accepted by banks for a current account and by other departments as proof that the business legally exists

Concessional self-employment loan of up to Rs 5 lakh at 5 per cent simple interest, with a 0.5 per cent rebate for timely repayment

Pre-matric and post-matric scholarships for SC, ST, BC, EBC and minority students, plus school and girl-student incentives, all paid by DBT

Up to Rs 10 lakh per unit — 50 per cent subsidy and 50 per cent interest-free loan — plus separate government spending on training

Free vocational training up to 2 years, free study material and tool kit, and a Rs 1,500 monthly stipend where residential facility is not available

One-time incentive of Rs 10,000 or Rs 15,000 by DBT for first-division results

Monthly disability pension by DBT for persons with 40 per cent or more disability not covered by IGNDPS

Rs 1,100 per month credited by DBT, paid around the 10th of each month

Course fee reimbursement plus an annual maintenance allowance, paid by DBT to an Aadhaar-seeded bank account

One-time marriage grant of Rs 5,000 for a daughter of a poor family, conditional on marriage registration

Free competitive exam coaching plus a Rs 3,000 per session book and incentive grant

A single lump-sum grant to a BPL household that has lost its primary breadwinner, paid by DBT into the surviving head of family's bank account

Rs 1,000 per month per eligible child, paid to a joint account with the guardian

Rs 1,500 per month paid by Direct Benefit Transfer to people living with HIV or AIDS in Bihar

Rs 1,500 per month lifetime maintenance allowance for Grade-II deformity leprosy patients

One-time merit award reported at about Rs 10,000 for EBC students passing Class 10 in first division

Stage-wise cash incentives from birth to graduation, the largest being Rs 50,000 after a degree

One-time merit scholarship for SC and ST girls passing Class 12, higher for a first division

Rs 1,100 per month old-age pension by DBT to Bihar residents aged 60 and above

Monthly old-age pension credited by DBT to every Bihar resident aged 60 and above

Free pre-examination coaching for competitive and professional entrance tests at six university-based guidance centres

Take-home ration at Rs 9.50 per day for 300 days a year plus health check-ups, IFA supplements and life-skill education

Official recognition of senior-citizen status in Bihar, built from an RTPS residence certificate plus a documented age proof, and used to access Social Welfare Department old-age programmes

Official proof of widow status assembled from the husband's registered death certificate plus the residence and income certificates that Bihar's Social Welfare Department accepts for pension sanction

A domestic electricity connection with no payment collected at the time of application; service connection charges are recovered later through the electricity bill

A choice of up to 30 percent capital subsidy, interest subvention up to Rs 40 crore, or SGST reimbursement, plus land, employment and export incentives

Grant of Rs 2,00,000 in three instalments to set up a micro-enterprise, with no repayment

Interest-free seed fund up to Rs 10 lakh for 10 years, plus incubation, patent cost reimbursement and a 5-year regulatory exemption

Up to Rs 10 lakh per unit — Rs 5 lakh non-repayable grant plus Rs 5 lakh interest-free loan

Up to Rs 10 lakh per unit — Rs 5 lakh subsidy plus Rs 5 lakh interest-free loan over 84 months

Per-hectare cash input subsidy for crop loss caused by a notified natural calamity, paid by DBT

40 to 80 per cent subsidy on approved farm machinery, plus 10 per cent extra on Bihar-made machines

Crop-wise subsidy of about 40-75 percent of the notified unit cost, paid by DBT in yearly instalments

50 percent subsidy on tea plantation cost plus 50 percent on tea machinery, paid by DBT

75 percent subsidy on a rooftop garden unit — Rs 37,500 on farming beds or Rs 7,500 on the planter model

50 percent subsidy on a Rs 1,79,500 mushroom hut unit, giving a government share of Rs 89,750

75 percent subsidy for general category and 90 percent for SC/ST on bee boxes with colonies and honey extraction equipment

75 per cent subsidy on makhana cultivation, improved seed and storage units, up to about Rs 72,750 per hectare

Up to 60 percent subsidy on diversified fish, shrimp and pearl farming units of 0.5 acre

50 percent of a Rs 60,000 per hectare unit cost, released across three years after survival verification

40 percent subsidy on a Rs 1.25 lakh per hectare unit cost, that is Rs 50,000 per hectare

Rs 46,875 per hectare in year one plus Rs 15,625 per hectare in each of years two and three

75 percent subsidy of Rs 45,000 per hectare, paid as Rs 33,750 in year one and Rs 11,250 in year two

50 percent subsidy for general and 70 percent for SC, ST and MBC applicants on chaur land development for fish farming

50 percent subsidy on betel vine cultivation, worth Rs 11,750 to Rs 35,250 depending on the area taken up

Up to 75 percent subsidy on hybrid vegetable seed, seedlings and cultivation inputs

Subsidised shared boring with a mini-sprinkler or drip set for a group of farmers, reported at up to about 80 percent of unit cost

50 percent subsidy on shade-net houses, polyhouses and low tunnels for protected vegetable and flower cultivation

50 percent subsidy on planting drought-tolerant fruit trees on field borders, conditional on drip irrigation

Grant-in-aid for cultivating notified aromatic and medicinal crops, reported at around Rs 75,000 per hectare

70 percent subsidy on pond construction and allied units, on a notified unit cost of about Rs 10.10 lakh per acre

Rs 25,000 one-time incentive for an unmarried girl who passes the BSEB Intermediate examination

One-time incentive of Rs 10,000 for a first-division pass in the BSEB Matric examination

Education loan up to Rs 4 lakh at 4 percent simple interest, 1 percent for women and divyang students

One-time cash grant of about Rs 3,000 to buy a bicycle, paid by DBT to the student's bank account

Rs 1.20 lakh in three instalments to build a pucca house, plus up to 90 days of MGNREGA wages

The legal proof of a person's death, date and place under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969, required for insurance claims, pension transfer, land mutation and bank account closure

Membership of a women's self-help group with revolving fund, community investment fund and bank credit linkage

Rs 10,000 first instalment for self-employment, with further staged assistance after review

Municipal permission to carry on a named trade at a named premises inside a Bihar Nagar Nigam, Nagar Parishad or Nagar Panchayat area

Rs 7,500 or Rs 10,000 per hectare of assistance for up to 2 hectares, with no premium payable

50 to 80 per cent subsidy on private tubewell boring plus a subsidy on a 2 to 5 HP motor pump

Personal accident cover up to Rs 5 lakh and group mediclaim up to Rs 5 lakh for accredited journalists and dependents

Allotment of a homestead plot of government land to a landless family, with a basgeet parcha recording the title

An official Bihar record showing the jamabandi number, raiyat's name, khata and khesra numbers, area and the land revenue payable on a holding

A recognised record of who the surviving heirs of a deceased Bihar resident are, used for family pension, provident fund and gratuity claims and as the basis for inheritance dakhil-kharij of the jamabandi

A jamabandi opened in your name in the Bihar revenue record, so land tax (lagan) can be paid in your name and the holding can be sold or mortgaged later

An official record of a birth registered under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969, delivered by Bihar through SMS, email, DigiLocker or the Service Plus portal

An umbrella programme of seven resolves; individual benefits such as the interest-free Student Credit Card and the Mahila Udyami loan are applied for separately

An official Jati Praman Patra recognised across Bihar government departments, universities and recruitment boards as proof of SC, ST, EBC or BC status

An official Bihar residential certificate accepted by BPSC, BSSC, state universities and Bihar government departments as proof of residence in Bihar

An Income and Asset Certificate certifying EWS status, used to claim the 10 per cent EWS quota in central and Bihar government recruitment and college admissions

An official Bihar government statement of annual family income, issued at block, sub-divisional or district level under the Right to Public Services Act

An official Non-Creamy-Layer certificate confirming OBC or EBC status without creamy-layer exclusion, accepted for reserved seats and posts

An official character certificate issued under the Bihar Home Department after police verification, accepted for jobs, passport, visa, licence and tender purposes

An official record from the Bihar Registration Department of the deeds registered against a property in a chosen period, used by banks, buyers and advocates to check for mortgages and charges

An official Marriage Registration Certificate entered in the Bihar marriage register by the Sub-Registrar, accepted by banks, the passport office, insurers and foreign missions as legal proof of marriage

A registered sale deed (kewala) that legally transfers ownership of land or a house in Bihar and becomes the basis for dakhil-kharij (mutation) in the revenue record

Rs 1 lakh grant where one spouse is divyang and Rs 2 lakh where both are, held as a three-year fixed deposit

Rs 5 lakh subsidy per bus, capped at 50 percent of the vehicle cost, for up to 7 buyers per block

Course fee reimbursement and maintenance allowance for SC and ST students in post-matriculation courses

An official Bihar ration card under NFSA that entitles the family to subsidised foodgrain at its mapped fair price shop and serves as household address and family-composition proof