Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday announced that all contractual workers engaged in various Bihar government departments and around two lakh community mobilisers' among 'Jeevika Didis' will be made permanent if his alliance comes to power in the state.

Tejashwi Yadav also promised that these community mobilisers will also be given a monthly salary of ₹30,000 per month if the opposition alliance forms a government in the state after the ensuing assembly polls. The state government is spearheading the World Bank-aided Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project (BRLP), locally known as 'Jeevika', with the objective of social and economic empowerment of the rural poor. Women associated with the project are called 'Jeevika Didis'.

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