New Delhi, May 14 -- The Bihar government on Wednesday approved an increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees and pensioners.

The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary at the state secretariat in Patna and attended by all 34 ministers.

The new DA hike will be effective January 1, 2026

This marks one of the first major financial decisions taken by the Samrat Choudhary government, which assumed office on April 15 after former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned to contest the Rajya Sabha elections.

The meeting is also significant as it came just days after a major expansion at Gandhi Maidan on May 7, where 32 ministers - including JDU leader and former CM Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar - took ...