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Bihar Legislative Assembly Allowances: Bihar Legislature has made a major change in the system of telephone allowance for its members i.e. MLA (MLA) and Legislative Council members (MLC). Bihar Legislature implemented ₹8300 fixed phone allowance for MLAs and MLCs. Arif Mohammad Khan approved 11 bills. Senior JDU MLA Narendra Narayan Yadav was again elected vice president.
Patna: Bihar Legislature has made a major change in the system of telephone allowance for its members i.e. MLA (MLA) and Legislative Council members (MLC). Now members will get a fixed phone allowance of ₹ 8,300 every month. There will no longer be a need to deposit vouchers or bills. Formally implementing this decision, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary presented a copy of Bihar Legislative Members Salary, Allowances and Pension (Amendment) Rules, 2025 in the House on 04 December 2025.
Under this rule, MLAs can use one to many phone connections (whether one or ten). All expenses will be covered only on the fixed monthly amount. This is being considered an important step towards modernizing and simplifying the legislative functioning of the state government. The aim of the government is that MLAs-MLCs should be free from the hassle of phone bills and can use communication facilities in public matters without any restriction.
11 important bills became law
With this new system of telephone allowance, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan approved 11 important bills passed by the Legislature, making them law. These include the Bihar Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2025, which outlines the financial roadmap of the state. Bihar GST (Amendment) Bill 2025 will strengthen the trade and taxation system. Besides, reform bills related to land regulation, religious trust, agricultural land conversion and underground pipelines are also included. Specifically, these laws will promote land management, taxation, religious trust management and infrastructural reforms. Which is a step towards major changes in the administrative structure of the state.
Unopposed election of Deputy Speaker in the House
This day was the fourth day of the Assembly, where the Deputy Speaker was elected as soon as the proceedings began in the morning. Narendra Narayan Yadav was elected vice president unopposed for the second time. In the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary proposed his name. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary supported. There was only one nomination for this post, so the election was conducted easily.
