April 2021

BIHAR Bihar CM launches BHY scheme for children with heart ailments Chief minister Nitish Kumar Friday launched the Bal Hriday Yojana (BHY), which will provide free treatment to children suffering from the medical condition of a hole in the heart or ventricular septal defect. The CM flagged off a bus carrying 21 children with this … Read more

BIHAR Bihar may need 300 MT of oxygen per day soon: Govt Health department principal secretary Pratyaya Amrit said based on projections that there would around two lakh Covid positive cases in the state over the next 10 days, the Bihar government has requisitioned 300 metric tonnes of oxygen per day from the Centre. He … Read more

BIHAR Bihar set to procure Covishield from SII In the wake of the Centre allowing the states to buy Covid vaccines directly from the manufacturers, the Bihar government has decided to procure Covishield from Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune, for vaccinating people above the age of 18 from May 1. CM Nitish Kumar has … Read more

BIHAR Bihar to suffer Rs 6,222-crore financial loss due to Covid’ Rajya Sabha member and former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said Bihar would have to suffer financial losses worth Rs 6,222 crore due to disruptions in economic activities caused by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. He said the combined losses … Read more

BIHAR Control room set up to advise MLAs on Covid In view of the raging coronavirus pandemic in the state, a control room has been set up in the legislative assembly to extend treatment and advisory facilities to present and former MLAs, as well as active and retired employees and officials of the assembly secretariat … Read more

BIHAR Bihar: Now, buy fresh vegetables from cooperative department’s portal The state cooperative department on Thursday launched a web portal www.tarkaarimart.in to supply locally grown fresh vegetables to the residents of the state capital and East Champaran district. Launching the webportal, cooperative department secretary Vandana Preyasi said the project was preponed to discourage people visiting … Read more

BIHAR Wheat procurement target increased to 7 lakh MT: CM Nitish Kumar Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar on Thursday increased the wheat procurement target for the 2020-21 rabi marketing season to 7 lakh metric tonnes (MT) and also directed the food and consumer protection department (FCPD) and cooperative department to maximise procurement over the next … Read more

BIHAR Bihar: Rs 216 crore incentive for 3 firms gets cabinet nod The state cabinet on Wednesday gave clearance to the payment of financial incentives to three companies on their combined private capital investment worth Rs 216.90 crore in three separate units for ethanol production, food processing, and a rice mill. Messers Magadh Sugar and … Read more

BIHAR Number of incoming flyers up by 36%, outgoing down by 63% at Patna airport     With the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Bihar, the number of flyers to other cities from Patna has dipped by 63% in the last two weeks. But the number of passengers flying to Patna has increased by … Read more

BIHAR Farm labour crunch hits agriculture; industry   The farm labour crunch has hit harvesting season as migrants are making their way back to their native states again fearing another lockdown in the Tricity. Again, factory owners and farmers are grappling with labour crunch. The exodus this time is said to be driven by fear … Read more