july 2018

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 Patliputra University launch today   Chief minister Nitish Kumar will inaugurate the Patliputra University at Bapu Sabhagar, and launch the university’s logo, anthem and website.   With the launch of its logo, anthem and website, Patliputra University will be the first of the three new universities coming up this year to have these features. … 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 Sitamarhi becomes 1st ODF district in Bihar     Under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Construction of over two lakh toilets in the last two months ensured that Sitamarhi became the first open defecation free(ODF) district in Bihar. Sitamarhi became the 416th ODF district in India. The district administration disbursed  Rs 12,000 per toilet to 50,000 beneficiary households on July 21. Presently, Bihar needs … 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

BIHAR Bihar to get fewer rural houses   The Centre has reduced the rural housing target for Bihar in the first phase by five lakh in view of dismal progress by the state government in construction of houses for the poor in the last two years.   Recently, Bihar’s target was revised downward to 11 … Read more

BIHAR Bihar Government to Grant Reservation in Promotions to SCs/STs   The Bihar government has decided to grant facility of reservation in promotions to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes personnel in its services.   This has been done following an advice received from the Union Personnel and Training Department.   The decision in this regard was … 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 HC seeks ATR on child labour   The Patna high court on Thursday sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Bihar government on steps taken to prevent child labour.   The court also asked the state government to mention steps it had taken to prevent child abuse, including implementation of policies for rehabilitation … Read more