As the State Assembly elections draw near, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took to social media on Sunday (July 13, 2025) to unveil an expansive employment initiative aimed at reaching one crore youth over the span of five years (2025–2030).
Referencing past efforts, Kumar noted that between 2005 and 2020, over eight lakh young individuals secured positions within the government sector. He stated on X, “For the next five years (2025 to 2030), we are setting a target to double the goal by providing government jobs and employment opportunities to one crore youth. To achieve this, new job and employment opportunities will also be created in the private sector, particularly in industrial areas.”
To drive this plan forward, a specialized committee will be formed, he announced. Kumar emphasized the ongoing work under the Saat Nischay (Seven Resolves) programme, aimed at equipping the state’s youth with employable skills. “For this purpose, a high-level committee is being constituted. Currently, under the Saat Nischay (Seven Resolves) programme, the youth of the State are being provided with skill development training to connect them with self-employment opportunities. In the next five years, the ongoing programme under Saat Nischay for youth skill development will be expanded.”
In addition, a new educational institution will soon be in place to support this mission. Kumar announced that a skill university named after Jananayak Karpoori Thakur—recently honoured with the Bharat Ratna on January 26, 2024—will be established to inspire and guide the youth of Bihar. “The Chief Minister also said that a university will be established for skill development, which will be named Jananayak Karpoori Thakur Skill University in honour of Bihar’s pride so that the youth of the State can find a new direction in skill development.”
Reaffirming his long-standing priority of creating job opportunities, Kumar highlighted the government’s consistent focus on youth employment. “It has been the vision of his government since the beginning to ensure that more and more youth in the State receive government jobs and employment opportunities.”
He further elaborated on earlier targets set under the second phase of the Saat Nischay initiative, launched in 2020: “To further accelerate the pace of providing government jobs and employment to the youth of the State, in 2020, under the good governance programme, Saat Nischay-2 was launched, under which we resolved to provide government jobs to 10 lakh youth and employment to 10 lakh people.”
The employment goal was later scaled up to reach a total of 50 lakh individuals, and Kumar claims the government is well on track. “I am delighted to share that, so far, over 10 lakh youth in the State have been provided with government jobs, and approximately 39 lakh people have been given employment, and the target of providing government jobs/employment to over 50 lakh youth will certainly be achieved,” he stated.
