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BIHAR Bihar: Raise health budget to 2.5% of GDP, says experts Experts and common people expect special attention to health sector in the Union Budget to be presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman . The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the need of strengthening the health infrastructure in the country. Both state IMA as well as the Indian Doctors for Peace and … Read more
BIHAR Bihar, Jharkhand among country’s lightning hotspots An idiom which was perhaps coined in 18th century to denote surprise, has come to stay as a grim reminder of vagaries of nature as lightning strike has become a lurking threat to outdoor activities, particularly for the farming community in the country. Lightning is the most … Read more
BIHAR Railways installs new surveillance system at Bihar’s Hajpur, 13 stations East Central Railway (ECR) inaugurated an internet protocol (IP) based video surveillance security control centre at the headquarters in Hajipur. It has been made functional at 13 more stations under the ECR with an aim to further strengthen security system. Railways has already made this system functional at … Read more
BIHAR Agriculture department grabs ‘best tableau’ tag The state agriculture department won the first prize for the ‘best tableau’ during the Republic Day parade at Gandhi Maidan. While the health department stood second, the tableaux of the Women Development Corporation, Jeevika and water resources department won the third prize. Besides, SWAT commandos of the anti-terrorism squad and the … Read more
BIHAR NITI Aayog’s innovation index: State finishes last Bihar has finished last by getting 17th rank in the second edition of the India Innovation Index, 2020 released by NITI Aayog on Wednesday. The state had secured 16th rank in the country in the first edition of the index in 2019. Interestingly, the overall score of the state … Read more
BIHAR Bihar govt to decide on proposed 15% increase in holding tax The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) decision to raise the holding tax by 15% is likely to increase the burden on the salaried class as well as professionals, especially when residents are still coping up with the Covid-19 pandemic. As per the civic … Read more
BIHAR Katihar tops in paddy procurement in Bihar The Katihar administration has claimed that 57.08% of the registered farmers have sold their paddy to the primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS) at the minimum support price (MSP), which is the maximum among the 38 districts in the state this year so far. Muzaffarpur (48.99%) was at the … Read more
BIHAR Rs 27 crore GST evasion detected in Bihar The state commercial taxes department (CTD) claimed to have unearthed a bogus firm allegedly indulged in tax evasion to the tune of Rs 27.2 crore. Senior CTD officials said the firm with registered address at Bhagwat Nagar in Patna had generated e-way bills worth about Rs 173 crore. … Read more
BIHAR Rs 27 crore GST evasion detected in Bihar The state commercial taxes department (CTD) claimed to have unearthed a bogus firm allegedly indulged in tax evasion to the tune of Rs 27.2 crore. Senior CTD officials said the firm with registered address at Bhagwat Nagar in Patna had generated e-way bills worth about Rs 173 … Read more
BIHAR Post-matric dropout rate of girls declines in Bihar The intermediate examinations conducted by the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) this year is expected to witness maximum number of girl students appear, thereby registering a decline in post-matric dropout cases in the district. “This year, 41,530 and 31,112 girl students would appear in matriculation and intermediate examinations respectively. The number of girls appearing … Read more
