After 1 Cr Jobs, Nitish Kumar Now Promises 125 Units Of Free Electricity Per Month Ahead Of Bihar Polls

Ahead of Bihar elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced that eleigible domestic consumers across the state will receive up to 125 units of electricity free of cost starting August 1, a move set to benefit around 1.67 crore families.

Kumar said that the government has also decided to install solar power plants on the rooftops or in the nearby public places of domestic consumers in the next three years.

"We have been providing electricity to everyone at affordable rates from the very beginning. Now we have decided that from August 1, 2025, that is, from the July bill itself, all domestic consumers in the state will not have to pay any money for electricity up to 125 units. This will benefit a total of 1 crore 67 lakh families in the state," the Bihar CM said on X.