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Last Updated:July 17, 2025, 09:43 IST
Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, CM Nitish Kumar has announced free electricity for all households up to 125 units from August 1.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (PTI Image)
In a big move ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced that electricity up to 125 units will be given free of cost to all households in the state, starting August 1.
Announcing the decision on X, Nitish Kumar in a post wrote, “From the very beginning, we have been providing electricity to everyone at affordable rates. Now, we have decided that starting from August 1, 2025 — meaning from the July billing cycle — all domestic consumers in the state will not have to pay anything for up to 125 units of electricity."
हमलोग शुरू से ही सस्ती दरों पर सभी को बिजली उपलब्ध करा रहे हैं। अब हमने तय कर दिया है कि 1 अगस्त, 2025 से यानी जुलाई माह के बिल से ही राज्य के सभी घरेलू उपभोक्ताओं को 125 यूनिट तक बिजली का कोई पैसा नहीं देना पड़ेगा। इससे राज्य के कुल 1 करोड़ 67 लाख परिवारों को लाभ होगा। हमने यह…— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) July 17, 2025
The Chief Minister further added that the decision will benefit a total of 1.67 crore families across Bihar.
The Bihar CM also promised that in the next three years, solar power panels will be installed on the rooftops of residents after taking their permission, to provide further benefit.
“We have also decided that within the next three years, after obtaining consent from these domestic consumers, solar power plants will be installed either on their rooftops or at nearby public places to provide further benefits," he added in the post.
The development came after the Nitish Kumar on Tuesday approved 30 key proposals, including a plan to employ one crore youth in the next five years.
Notably, the decisions announced by the Chief Minister ahead of the state elections scheduled to take place later this year are being viewed as a strategic move by the ruling NDA government to counter the Opposition’s criticism.
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