April 2018

BIHAR Nitish Kumar to inaugurate Bihar’s first driving school on May 3   Chief minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate the state’s first driving school – Institute of Driving and Traffic Research(IDTRINTERNATIONAL   ·        Bisket Jatra Being Celebrated In Nepal   The Jatra begins in Nepal. It is believed that the festival started during Malla dynasty. In Nepal, the famous Bisket Jatra is … Read more

BIHAR Minister: 100 BPO centres in Bihar soon   Union law and information technology (IT) minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said 100 new business process outsourcing (BPO) centres would be opened at 100 common service centres (CSCs) already operational in the state soon.   The minister, who launched the 10-day Dr B R Ambedkar birth anniversary celebrations … Read more

BIHAR Bihar govt reduces examination fees for women candidates   The Bihar cabinet has reduced the fee for various competitive examinations for women candidates of all categories of the state. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar , Cabinet Secretariat Department’s principal secretary Arun Kumar Singh told reporters. The fee reduction would … Read more

BIHAR 33 teachers for 10,000 students   With Bihar’s higher education institutions grappling with infrastructure deficiency and faculty shortage, academics have controverted the Nitish Kumar government’s grand plan to increase the GER (gross enrolment rate) from 14.3% to 40% in the state.   The plan to up the GER was announced by CM Kumar while announcing … Read more

BIHAR 3,839 e-way bills generated in two days   Altogether 3,839 e-way bills were generated for interstate movement of goods during the two days since the launch of the e-way bill system in Bihar on Sunday. Existing taxpaying traders have to register themselves on the e-way bill portal for bill generation. Till March this year, 21,857 of … Read more

BIHAR Soon, centralized online admission in state universities   In a significant move, the Raj Bhavan has decided to start the process of centralized online admission for all the universities, except Patna University, from the next academic session commencing in July. Now onward, the Bihar School Examination Board(BSEB) will expedite that process for students’ admission to both +2 (Intermediate) as well … Read more

BIHAR Bihar to fund every girl from birth to graduation   Every newborn will get Rs 5,000, every Intermediate passout Rs 10,000 and every graduate Rs 25,000 under the state government’s Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana (MKUY).   The cabinet also sanctioned a proposal to increase the uniform allowance to girl students of Standard I to XII. Also, … Read more

BIHAR Nitish Kumar extends Mahadalit benefits to SC, ST category   Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar  said all schemes for ‘Mahadalits’ in the state will now be extended to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories.   All the schemes — be it provding land for housing or Dashrath Manjhi Skill Development scheme — … Read more

BIHAR PM to address 20,000 Swachhagrahis at Motihari on April 10   Minister Narendra Modi will address around 20,000 Swachhagrahis (ambassadors of cleanliness movement) —10,000 from Bihar and the rest from other states across the country — at the Gandhi Maidan here during his visit to Motihari on April 10. He will be here to … Read more

BIHAR Shishir Sinha appointed as new Chairman of Bihar Public Service Commission   State government on Sunday appointed chairman and two new members in the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). 1982-batch IAS officer Shishir Sinha who took voluntary retirement from the government service (VRS) on Saturday, has been appointed as new chairman of the BPSC. He will continue on … Read more