Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Friday announced a pay hike of ₹1,650 for cooks working under mid-day meal scheme, raising their monthly pay to ₹3,330. The monthly pay of night watchmen in secondary and higher education schools has been doubled from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000. Similarly, the pay for physical education and health instructors has been increased from ₹8,000 to ₹16,000.