July 2019

BIHAR Government launches Rota virus vaccine drive   The health department launched the statewide vaccination drive for Rota virus from Phulwarisharif primary health centre (PHC)   The government has set the target of 90% immunization. Auxiliary nurse midwives, ASHA workers, self-help groups and paramedical staff at PHCs, community health centres and additional PHCs have been trained to … Read more

BIHAR Bihar poised to become 2nd most populous state by 2041   Bihar gears up to celebrate world population day on Thursday against the backdrop of the fact that its population grew by 25.42% during 2001-11 and is now poised to become the second most populous state, surpassing Maharashtra by 2041, with an estimated population … Read more

BIHAR The much-awaited Nabinagar super thermal power project in Aurangabad district started production of 660MW electricity form its first unit.   Altogether three units, each having a capacity 660MW, are being constructed. The total power generation capacity of the project will be 1980MW. After the commission of the first unit, two other units will also start production … Read more

BIHAR Bihar government to up pension contribution by 4%   The state government has decided to increase its contribution by 4% to the pension fund of its employees.   It will bring state’s contribution to 14%, on the pattern of the central government and in tune with the new pension scheme in force from September 1, 2005.   The government … Read more

BIHAR Bihar government measures to prevent deforestation   The environment and forest department is preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) for preventing deforestation across the state. It had, recently, banned the felling of trees in the name of development works, including construction and widening of roads.   Translocation is a process in which a tree is … Read more

BIHAR 5th Dharma-Dhamma conference held in Rajgir The fifth international Dharma-Dhamma conference was inaugurated in Rajgir by Union Minister of State Kiren Rijiju.   200 delegates from 15 countries have registered themselves as participants in the conference.   The main purpose of this conference is to address people about the terror, violence and global warming … Read more

BIHAR Patna district administration to geo-tag lakes   The Patna districtadministration will soon start the process of geo-tagging of lakes as a part of water conversation under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)     Government asked the officials of minor irrigationdepartment to stress on the construction of ahar-pynes, which used to be the traditional floodwaters harvesting system   JSA … Read more

BIHAR   Push to get Mauryan wall Unesco heritage status Efforts are being made to get the Cyclopean wall, a 2,500-year-old structure at Rajgir, named as a Unesco World Heritage Site. The state archaeology department has recommended that the Mauryan age fortification wall should be included in the list of the Unesco sites and has … Read more

BIHAR   Experts visit Bihar’s first megalithic site in Kaimur   It is the first documentation of a megalithic site in Bihar and is of great historical significance.   The sites were not significant only for Bihar but also had a national archaeological importance in study of missing links in history and culture of aboriginal … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar: GST on electric car battery chargers reduced to 5%   Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said on Sunday that the goods and service tax (GST) council has reduced the GST on electric cars and their battery chargers to 5% on the special initiative of the Bihar government to promote the use of electric cars in the state to combat … Read more