 "Tejashwi Yadav, Tejashwi")
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday announced that farmers would be given ₹300 per quintal of paddy and ₹400 for wheat as a bonus over MSP, if the INDIA bloc comes to power in Bihar.
Addressing a press conference here, Yadav, the chief ministerial candidate of the opposition bloc, also said heads of all Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) and Primary Marketing Cooperative Societies (Vyapar Mandals) will also be given the status of people's representatives' in the state.
The announcements come two days ahead of the first phase of voting in the state on November 6.
All farmers will be given ₹300 per quintal of paddy and ₹400 for wheat as a bonus over the Minimum Support Price (MSP), if the INDIA bloc comes to power," Yadav said.
"Besides, we are also planning to give honorarium to managers of registered 8,400 vyapar mandals and PACS in the state, if we form the government," he said.
The 243-member Bihar Assembly will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with results set to be announced on November 14.
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
 "The Sampoorna Kranti movement led to the emergence of Bihar's biggest leaders, including Sushil Kumar Modi, Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad, giving wings to the political aspirations of students in the state")
 "PM Modi in Bihar's rally")
 "Amit Shah, Home Minister")
 "Priyanka Gandhi, Priyanka")
 "Gyanesh Kumar")
