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 08.08.18 (BPSC) Bihar Current Affairs

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 07.07.18 (BPSC) Bihar Current Affairs

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 05-06.07.18 (BPSC) Bihar Current Affairs

BIHAR   Cabinet nod to road project   The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the project for construction of a 6.930-km-long four-lane bridge at Phulaut in Madhepura district of Bihar.   The committee also cleared the decks for rehabilitation and upgrade of the existing Birpur-Bihpur section of National … Read more 04.08.18 (BPSC) Bihar Current Affairs

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 03.08.18 (BPSC) Bihar Current Affairs

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 02.08.18 (BPSC) Bihar Current Affairs

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 01.08.18 (BPSC) Bihar Current Affairs