February 2020

BIHAR Mithapur-Mahuli road by 2022 A nearly 9km four-lane road connecting Mithapur in Patna with Ramgovind Singh Mahuli halt to the east of Patna-Gaya railway line will be built at a cost of Rs 1,030.6 crore by 2022.   Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited the Indian Military Academy Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of … Read more

BIHAR A three-day national seminar A three-day national seminar on ‘Population, Health and Sustainable Development Goals: Performance and Prioritizing Policies’, which was jointly organized by Patna University (PU) and the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) a national-level institute of demography was urgently required in the state as its total fertility rate (TFR) was 3.2 … Read more

BIHAR Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar The Bihar government has recently launched “Har Ghar Bijli Lagataar (continuous power to every home)” programme to provide free electricity connection to about 50 lakh households above the poverty line. The purpose of the programme is to supply power to every household in Bihar in the next two years. Har … Read more

BIHAR Muzaffarpur records poorest AQI in country Muzaffarpur recorded the poorest air quality in the country on Thursday as the air quality index (AQI) stood at 418. Patna’s AQI, on the other hand, was ranked the fourth worst. The Air Quality Early Warning System of the Ministry of Earth Sciences has predicted that the overall … Read more

BIHAR Bihar: Centre gives nod for AIIMS at Darbhanga   The Centre has finally approved the site for developing another All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the state at Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). The Centre’s nod to the proposal came after the state government informed it that DMCH is not a heritage site.   The … Read more

BIHAR Bihar govt to table ‘green budget’ In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, the state government will table a ‘Green Budget’ in the legislative assembly on March 15 after the general budget, which would be present on February 25 by deputy CM and finance minister Sushil Modi. In the green budget, the finance minister … Read more

BIHAR new bridge parallel to Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Patna construction work on a new bridge parallel to Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Patna will start this year The total length of the new bridge from Zero Miles in Patna to Ramashish Chowk in Hajipur is 14.5 kilometres. However, the length of superstructure of the bridge, … Read more

BIHAR 2019 saw highest number of tourists in Bihar Bihar tourism was taking baby steps with about 61 lakh tourists, including foreigners, visiting the state in 2001. Two decades on, it has taken a giant leap with 3.5 crore footfall in 2019 — a nearly six-fold jump. the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya and the Nalanda … Read more

BIHAR Bihar now passes resolution seeking caste-based Census The Bihar assembly unanimously passed a resolution demanding a caste-based census in 2021. Bihar is the second assembly in the country seeking a caste-based census in 2021. On January 8, the Maharashtra assembly had passed a similar resolution. Nitish has been emphasizing the need for a caste-based census arguing that it is required … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar cabinet okays proposal to set up administrative tribunal   The state cabinet on Saturday approved the general administration department’s proposal to set up Bihar Administrative Tribunal (BAT) on the pattern of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to listen to the grievances of state government employees pertaining to their service conditions.   The cabinet sanctioned Rs61.57 crore … Read more