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2.01 lakh families get Rs two lakhs each assistance under sustained livelihood scheme: Minister

Patna, Mar 17 (UNI) A total of 2.01 lakhs families, earlier engaged in liquor selling business, have been given financial assistance of Rs two lakh each for launching their own ventures to earn livelihood under sustained livelihood scheme rolled out for such families in dry Bihar.
Bihar Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar while replying to debate in Assembly on budgetary demand of his department for the financial year 2025-26, said that 2.01 lakh families were given financial assistance of Rs two lakhs each for launching their own ventures to earn their livelihood.
This scheme was launched for those families who were earlier engaged in liquor selling business for livelihood and had no resources to meet their both ends of the day after Bihar was declared a dry state, he added.
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