Bihar has long grappled with high migration driven by limited job opportunities. According to the 2011 Census, 74.54 lakh people from the state had migrated, with nearly one-third citing the lack of employment as the primary reason. A 2024 report by the International Labour Organisation and the Institute for Human Development reinforced the trend, noting that 39% of Bihar’s migrants in 2021 left due to job scarcity and that the state leads in the number of educated unemployed aged 15 to 29.
Political analyst and senior journalist Neerja Chowdhury says the NDA cannot rely on electoral momentum alone. “To deliver on youth-centric promises, the government needs a robust, ground-level strategy — investment, industrial partnerships and strong skill-development programmes,” she said. Chowdhury added that youth concerns, women’s support and sympathy for Nitish Kumar’s long tenure played a decisive role in the coalition’s victory. The pre-poll transfer of ₹10,000 to women’s accounts, she noted, was a crucial factor in shaping voter sentiment.
Questions, however, remain over the NDA’s track record. In 2020, the government promised three lakh teacher appointments but has since completed or announced only a fraction. Similarly, the promise of 19 lakh government jobs yielded barely 26,730 appointments between 2020 and 2024.
The domicile policy another key commitment saw repeated reversals. After being implemented post-2020, it was withdrawn in 2023 and reinstated in August 2025 with 40% reservation for Bihar residents in teacher recruitment.
As the administration begins its new term, the scale of expectations is high. Whether the NDA can convert electoral goodwill into sustained job creation will determine its credibility among the very voters who delivered its latest mandate.
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