Jan 2020

BIHAR Constitutionality of Bihar Survey Act 2011 Patna High Court has asked the state government that why the new survey law should not be declared unconstitutional due to conflicting provisions in the new Bihar Survey Act 2011 government itself believes that after getting maximum resources, it will take about two years to conduct an aerial … Read more

BIHAR Bihar to aid in branding and promotion of export items: Sushil Kumar Modi Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi (SuMo) said that the state government would “actively intervene” to promote exports from Bihar, which currently languishes at a miniscule 0.05% of the total exports from the country. The state would help in branding of products from … Read more

BIHAR     Bihar to inaugurate rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles Bihar’s Bhagalpur forest division is to inaugurate a first-of-its-kind rehabilitation centre for freshwater turtles in January 2020. The rehab centre is spread over half a hectare. It will be able to shelter 500 turtles at a time.  The aim of the state government is because several turtles were … Read more

BIHAR India’s biggest examination complex with seating capacity of 25,000 to come up in Patna     Patna will soon have a first-of-its-kind exclusive examination complex with a seating capacity of more than 25,000 examinees at a time.   Equipped with CCTV cameras, cell phone jammers and webcasting facility to check use of unfair means, the … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar Mahotsava’ in Ahmedabad from February 28 to March 1   The art, culture and youth department is set to organize a three-day ‘Bihar Mahotsava’ in Ahmedabad from February 28 to March 1. Altogether 25 stalls and an art gallery will be put up at the fest, which will promote the rich cultural … Read more

BIHAR Bihar: Transport department to introduce chapter on road safety The transport department has decided to introduce a chapter on road safety in the social science book of Class IX students of all government schools in the state from the 2020-21 academic session. A proposal in this regard has been sent to the education department, which in turn has … Read more

BIHAR   EBCs to get Rs 10 lakh aid to start businesses schemes: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar The state government has launched a new entrepreneurship scheme for the extremely backward classes (EBCs), under which those eligible will be provided an assistance of Rs 10 lakh to set up small businesses. Chief minister Nitish Kumar launched the ambitious scheme on Friday for … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar: NABARD unveils Rs 1.36 lakh crore credit plan National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Monday unveiled the state’s annual credit plan (ACP) for 2020-21 financial year, pegging it at an ambitious Rs1.36 lakh crores for loan lending purposes in the eight priority sectors. ACP for 2020-21 has been increased by … Read more

BIHAR   Growth rate of Bihar stood at 10.5% in 2018-19: Minister Bihar’s economy grew at the rate of 10.5% in 2018-19 as compared to the national growth rate of 6.80%. He added that the state featured in the top five in terms of GDP growth rate in the country in 2018-19. As per documents … Read more

BIHAR Kiul Festival begins The two-day Kiul festival began in Lakhisarai from Thursday. A grand urn procession was taken out from KRK ground in the morning. The procession also featured attractive pranks. Kiul Festival is two days. Colorful cultural programs will also be presented during the festival. Artists from outside will also join the program … Read more