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BIHAR Financial incentives on anvil to woo investors in high priority industry In a major step to encourage investments in high priority sectors, the Bihar government has amended its existing industrial investment promotion policy 2016 to dole out huge financial incentives, which include skill development subsidy of Rs 20,000 per employee and interest … Read more
BIHAR Youths from Bihar to be taught job skills by Yamaha The state labour resources department and India Yamaha Motor signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the automotive giant will provide two-year training in mechanical and automotive sector to ITI and higher secondary-pass students. The training, meant for students in the age group of … Read more
BIHAR Fall in conviction rate of criminals worries Nitish CM Nitish Kumar made an impassioned plea to public prosecutors (PPs) to present full facts before the courts of law while pursuing criminal cases and also to take them to their logical conclusion in order to check the falling conviction rate in the state. He also laid … Read more
BIHAR Bihar CM to embark on ‘Samiksha Yatra’ from December 12 Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is set to embark on yet another state-wide ‘yatra’ (tour) from December 12 to take peoples’ feedback on the state government’s ongoing development works. To be completed in several phases, the first leg of the month-long tour programme, named as ‘Vikas … Read more
BIHAR Road accident deaths see steepest rise in state Bihar has recorded maximum increase in total number of road deaths among all states in the country. According to a data recently shared by various state governments with Supreme Court-appointed panel on road safety, Bihar registered an increase of 378 road deaths in January-September this … Read more
BIHAR CJI to government: Encourage arbitration in civil cases Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the state government should come forward to settle civil disputes pending before the Patna high court through arbitration. The CJI was in Patna to inaugurate an arbitration centre on the Patna high court premises for proper and quick disposal of … Read more
BIHAR 280 of Bihar’s 305 colleges provided Wi-Fi connectivity The Bihar government has provided WiFi connectivity to 280 of the 305 constituent colleges in the state. It targets to provide WiFi connectivity to the remaining colleges by March 2018 under the CM Nitish Kumar’s ‘Saat Nishchay’ initiative. The government has also decided to install solar panels at those … Read more
BIHAR Govt to frame agroforestry policy: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said the government has asked the environment and forest department to frame the state’s agroforestry policy at the earliest. The government, he said, has also decided to promote planting of bamboo saplings on both private and public land for … Read more
BIHAR Merger of CM’S rural electrification plan with Centre’s Saubhagya gets go-ahead The state-run ‘Mukhya Mantri vidyut sambandh nishchaya yojna’, aimed at reaching power in rural areas, will be merged with the Centre’s universal household electrification project – Saubhagya. However, the state government would continue to provide funds for installation of metres … Read more
BIHAR New airports to come up in Darbhanga, Purnia: Bihar CM Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced that new airports will be developed in Darbhanga and Purnia, two northern districts of the state. He said the state government has “committed” land to the Centre for this purpose. Kumar made the announcement … Read more