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BIHAR Bihar GSDP growth rate goes up to 10.3% in ’16-17 After nearly 3% fall in 2015-16, Bihar’s economy recovered the ground the following year and recorded 10.3% growth rate in 2016-17 to be back among the fastest growing states in the country. According to the Economic Survey Report (ESR) for 2017-18 that … Read more
BIHAR State corporation to give education loan under credit card scheme Miffed with the indifference of bankers towards the Bihar government’s ambitious students’ credit card (SCC) scheme, the state cabinet on Saturday gave its nod to the formation of a Bihar State Education Finance Corporation (BSEFC) for providing loan to students up to Rs 4 … Read more
BIHAR 36% rise in crime against children in state: NCRB data Crime against children in Bihar has increased 36% in the last five years (2012-2016), as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released in November 2017. A total of 3,932 cases of crime against children were reported in 2016, compared to 1,917 in 2015, … Read more
BIHAR 3,400 grooms abducted for ‘pakadua vivah’ in 2017 “Pakadua vivah is rampant in Bihar. About 3,405 youths have been kidnapped for forced marriage in the state. In most of the cases, marriages were solemnised at gunpoint or threats to their life and families. According to the data, about 3,070 youths were kidnapped for ‘pakadua … Read more