Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Unveils the Brand 'Mukti' of Bihar Prison Industry

| Event | Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Unveiled the Brand 'Mukti' of Bihar Prison Industry | | Date | October 3, 2023 | | Location | Sardar Patel Bhawan, Patna | | Key Highlights | | | - Exhibition | Materials made by prisoners in Bihar jails were displayed. | | - Products | Over 100 items including spices, sattu, bread, herbal tea, cotton clothes, khadi clothes, wood industry, handicrafts, printing materials, slippers, home care, food, iron, and paper. | | - Employment | About 1,000 hard labor prisoners employed across 10 prisons (8 central and 2 divisional). | | - Training | Special training provided to prisoners for manufacturing. | | - Scheme | 'One prison-one product' scheme being implemented; plan to include 33 divisional and 17 sub-jails. Kara industry to be established. | | - Revenue Utilization| Revenue from sales spent on welfare of prisoners' families and Prisoner Welfare Fund. | | - Participating Jails| Adarsh Central Jail (Beur, Patna), Central Jail (Buxar, Motihari), Shaheed Khudiram Bose Central Jail (Muzaffarpur), Shaheed Jubba Sahni Central Jail (Bhagalpur), Special Central Jail (Bhagalpur), Central Jail (Gaya), Camp Mandal Jail (Phulwari Sharif), Mandal Jail (Chhapra). |