PATNA, Jan. 12 -- The rural development department of Bihar is preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) to provide up to Rs.200,000 in additional financial assistance to women who have successfully launched businesses with the seed grant of Rs.10,000 of under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana (MMRY), officials said on Sunday.

Launched jointly by PM Modi and CM Nitish Kumar in September 2025, the scheme aims to promote women's economic independence by supporting one woman from each family to start or expand a livelihood activity of her choice - ranging from tailoring, food processing and handicrafts to animal husbandry and small retail enterprises. Under the scheme, women entrepreneurs were offered an initial non-refundable gran...