East Champaran, July 18 -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced that people of the state will be provided with free electricity. He also informed that the State government has approved Rs 50,000 crore for 430 new schemes that would provide benefits to the people.

Nitish Kumar promised that the state government would provide jobs to one crore youth in the coming five years.

"During the previous government's tenure, there was no electricity. There was electricity for only eight hours, even in Patna. We managed all of it. Consumers used to pay a significant amount of money for their electricity bills. We have decided that electricity will be provided for free. We will hold a cabinet meeting and will decide on the same toda...