PATNA, Dec. 8 -- The rural development department (RDD) had started the process of formulating the modalities for giving additional monetary assistance of up to Rs.2 lakh to eligible beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana (MMRY), an ambitious scheme launched a few months back by the Nitish Kumar-led state government for promoting entrepreneurship among women, officials said on Sunday .

Officials said the new set of rules and modalities for the scheme would be finalised within next two weeks after processing the response from women who had received the first instalment of Rs.10,000 under the scheme in last few months.

Bihar Rural Livelihood Promotion Society-Jeevika, the nodal agency for implementing the scheme, has st...