August 2018

BIHAR Funds boost cheer for kanya scheme   Government school students will now get Rs 3,000 instead of the existing Rs 2,500 under the cycle scheme in which students are given one-time aid from the government for purchasing bicycles.   The bicycle scheme was launched in 2007-08 and at that time its beneficiaries used to be girl … Read more

BIHAR Education shame data   Despite the state government’s various initiatives in the education sector, Bihar is still clubbed with states where the number of out-of-school children is more than the national average, underpinning the need for a holistic framework to eliminate anomalies in government schooling system.   According to government data, Uttar Pradesh has … Read more

BIHAR NDA to milk schemes for backwards   The NDA in Bihar is out to take mileage out of the two moves of the Narendra Modi government aiming to help people hailing from backward and SC/ST communities. Two of the alliance constituents – the LJP and the BJP – will hold programmes to spread the … Read more

BIHAR Ease of Living Index: Patna ranked 109th   Three prominent Bihar cities, including capital Patna, have featured in the bottom 10 cities of India in the Ease of Living Index released by the ministry of housing and urban affairs.   Incidentally, all the four Bihar cities figure in the smart city project of the … Read more

BIHAR Centre power pat for state   Bihar’s household electrification push has won kudos at the national level and the state will electrify all households in seven more districts by the end of this month,   Power to every household is one of Nitish’s seven resolves for a developed Bihar. The government launched the scheme … Read more

BIHAR CM suggests gorha for last rites   Chief minister Nitish Kumar has asked his officials to explore the use of traditional gorha for cremation purposes instead of wood as it could be environment-friendly. Gorha is a mixture of cow dung and crop residue, which is dried and used as fuel in the rural parts of north Bihar and the … Read more

BIHAR Prepaid smart meter installation from October   Smart prepaid electricity meters will be installed in the state from October.   The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has been given the task of replacing around 18 lakh electricity meters in 130 towns and adjacent areas of the state. North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited and … Read more

BIHAR Bihar relies on UP, Maha experiences to ban polybags   The state government will rely on experiences of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra in imposing ban on polythene and single use plastics for management of non-biodegradable wastes.     Management of non-biodegradable waste has been a major issue for the state government in general and … Read more

  BIHAR ·        IWAI proposes RO-RO ferry service to offload pressure on NH 80, 31   ð  In a move aimed at offloading the vehicular traffic pressure on NH-80 and NH-31, the Inland Waterway Authority of India (IWAI) has proposed to introduce Roll on/roll of (RO-RO) ferry service and construct terminals for the purpose at … Read more

BIHAR   Poultry farming and Organic exports will be encouraged in Bihar.   Bihar largely depends on Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to meet its local demand for eggs. Bihar produces a little over one-and-a-half million eggs daily from its own poultry farms while the state’s daily requirement is of 28 million eggs.   Very … Read more