The Bihar cabinet on Wednesday, November 22, passed a resolution seeking special category status for the state. Taking to X, Nitish Kumar said that a resolution (prastaav) requesting the Centre to accept the demand was passed at the cabinet meeting he chaired earlier in the day. Kumar also said that his government plans to launch schemes which would "incur an expenditure of nearly Rs 2.50 lakh crore". The development comes after the Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday, November 21, issued gazette notifications for raising the quota for deprived castes from 50 to 65 percent in state government jobs and educational institutions. Chhath Puja 2023: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Offers ‘Araghya’ as Part of Chhath Puja Celebration (Watch Video).

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Bihar Cabinet Passes Resolution

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