August 2018

BIHAR 2 more districts now open-defecation free   Bihar now boasts of three open-defecation free (ODF) districts. After Sitamarhi, which achieved the ODF status in July, Sheikhpura and Rohtas, too, have joined the list of such districts this month.   Till June this year, Bihar didn’t have a single district in the list of 400 … Read more

BIHAR Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana was launched in Bihar   Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar launched ‘Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana’, a scheme for the girl child. The scheme will provide 54,100 for a girl child from her birth until she graduates. This is to express the State government’s resolve for the empowerment of women. The ‘scheme will be run … Read more

BIHAR App soon for state hospitals   The state government is giving final touches to a mobile application meant to make it easier for people to access government health facilities.   Apart from providing online registration at out patient departments (OPDs) of government hospitals, the app will provide a detailed list of government hospitals for … Read more

BIHAR Kitchens to get CNG connection by Oct   City households will get piped CNG (compressed natural gas) for cooking purposes from October this year as the Gas Authority of India Limited is close to completing the first phase of the gas pipeline project here after its final alignment was approved recently.   The first … Read more

BIHAR   Cabinet nod for online OPD booking   The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the system of booking online OPD (out patient department) appointments at government hospitals across the state.   As per the cabinet decision, those who apply for online OPD appointments will not have to pay registration charges. At present, Rs 5 … Read more

BIHAR   Govt agrees to swap land with IAF for Bihta airport   Decks have been cleared for the transfer of land to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) as well as the Indian Air Force (IAF) for developing the Bihta airport after the state government agreed to the IAF proposal to swap 7.57 acre … Read more

BIHAR Student loan scheme re-launch amid fanfare   Chief minister Nitish Kumar launched the online transfer of education loan on Saturday to mark the beginning of the student credit card (SCC) scheme under the aegis of Bihar State Education Finance Corporation (BSEFC). He also distributed symbolical cheques and student credit cards to 10 beneficiary students … Read more

BIHAR New name for forest department   The environment and forest department will soon be renamed as the department of environment, forest and climate change.   To spread awareness and improve climate technologies, one event had been organised to distribute certificates among trainees of the Green Skill Development Programme who participated in the training on … Read more

BIHAR Child welfare committees to be restructured soon   AFTER months of condemnation and criticism, the state government has now decided to restructure child welfare committees (CWC) across the state.   The social welfare department has decided that the CWCS will not have any nominated members and now the candidates will be selected through examination … Read more

BIHAR Job scheme for liquor brewers rolls   Chief minister Nitish Kumar launched the Satat Jivikoparjan Yojana (graduation approach to sustainable livelihood), aimed at providing alternative employment to poor families that were dependent on the country liquor and toddy (fermented palm sap) trade for livelihood before prohibition was clamped on Bihar.   The scheme, conceptualised … Read more