july 2018

BIHAR Engineers, doctorates vie for guest teachers in Bihar schools   Attribute it to the increasing number of educated unemployed youth or growing proclivity towards teaching, Bihar government has been inundated with response to its invitation for guest teachers in state’s grossly understaffed higher secondary schools.   From engineering graduates to a large number of … Read more

BIHAR State water scheme inspires Centre   Bihar’s Har Ghar Nal scheme – a part of the seven resolves of the state government and one which entails supplying piped drinking water to all households – has caught the Centre’s attention.   The Centre, in fact, is advising other states to follow it to ensure quality … Read more

BIHAR Rural home scheme incentive   Bihar has come up with an incentive scheme to speed up implementation of the Prime Minister’s rural housing scheme in the state.   Panchayat-level rural housing assistants will get Rs 600 for each home built within four months, block-level supervisors will get Rs 70, and block-level account assistants and … Read more

BIHAR CCTV cameras to check crime, infiltration in areas bordering Nepal   The Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) has installed close circuit television (CCTV) cameras to strengthen security system in the areas bordering Nepal.   As of now, CCTV cameras have been installed near Gandak barrage in Valmikinagar area of Bihar’s West Champaran district to keep … Read more

BIHAR ADB accords approval for lining project of the Son canal in Shahabad – Bhojpur region   Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R.K Singh took a meeting with the officials from ADB and Finance Ministry to review the progress of  lining project of the Son canal in … Read more

BIHAR Govt to install solar panels atop school, govt buildings   The state government would install solar panels on rooftops of school and government buildings to tap non-conventional energy.   Bihar had supplied up to 5008 MW power. Considering the adverse impact of thermal power on environment.   Under its ‘Lighting a Billion Lives (LABL) … Read more

BIHAR Kerala tops in Governance Index, Bihar ranks the lowest: Report   Kerala stands as the best governed state in the country and Karnataka is in the fourth position, said the Public Affairs Index 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC).   Released annually since 2016, the index examines governance performance in … Read more

BIHAR Engrs to execute drinking water scheme in rural areas   The state panchayati raj department will soon form a new wing named Bihar panchayati Raj engineering organisaton by recruiting more than 1500 engineers for the better implementation of the Mukyamantri Grameen Pey Jal Nischai scheme,- one of the seven resolves of chief minister Nitish … Read more

BIHAR Pvt parties to adopt Kumhrar site, Mahabodhi   State capital’s Mauryan age site at Kumhrar besides some other historical monuments are likely to be adopted by private parties. The other sites and monuments which are to be adopted by private parties include Nalanda University ruins (Nalanda), Mahabodhi temple (Bodh Gaya), Buddhist stupa and pillar … Read more

BIHAR CAG recommends winding up of loss making PSUS in state   The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report on the working of 27 functional public sector undertakings (PSUS) in the state, has raised audit objections on financial transactions worth Rs 370 crore for the 2016-17 fiscal.   The central audit … Read more