Bihar government has given approval to the Start Up policy 2016 at a meeting of the cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Cabinet gave its nod for the launch of a Start Up venture capital fund of Rs 5,000 crore which will encourage young entrepreneurs in the state to start new ventures.
The state cabinet gave its go ahead to Information and Public Relations Department proposal to revise advertisement rates as part of state Advertisement Policy, 2016.
In another decision pertaining to the Urban Development and Housing department, the cabinet cleared a proposal to dedicate 30 per cent of revenue of urban local bodies for the Chief Minister’s drinking water project, 20 per cent for building sewage pipes and others and the rest 50 per cent for spending by the urban local bodies to meet expense of salary, pension and waste management.
