July 2019

BIHAR Slack anti-tobacco drive leads to spike in cancer cases   Bihar’s tobacco control initiative has lost steam, with 23 of 38 districts not undertaking enforcement drives in the last three years, leading to an increase in the number of young cancer patients. The number of laggard districts, not issuing challans for violation of tobacco … Read more

BIHAR Bihar govt, ISRO sign MOU   The state government on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for effective management of disasters through timely response.   The MOU will help the disaster management department in multi-hazard risk assessment of the state of Bihar for various sectors, including … Read more

BIHAR Budgetary support to digitization of documents   The state government would provide budgetary support to the digitization of 9.20 crore documents kept at Bihar State Archives (BSA), deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi announced.   All the documents kept at BSA constitute our heritage, as they help in writing history of the people of Bihar. These documents, along … Read more

BIHAR SuMo: Rs 295 crore paid to 4.9L flood-hit families   Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said in the state assembly that the government was committed to reaching gratuitous relief of Rs 6,000 to all the flood-hit families in 12 districts of the state.   Adding there would be no shortage of money as Rs4,320 crore had … Read more

BIHAR State Government launches drive to make Bihar anaemia-free   State health minister  launched ‘Anaemia Mukt Bihar’ campaign at Kanya Madhya Vidyalaya in Gardanibagh. The campaign, organised by State Health Society (SHS) with technical support from UNICEF, is aimed at bringing down anaemia cases in the state by 15% by 2022. The number of children … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar plans law for water conservation   The Bill, called the Bihar Ground Water Conservation Bill, 2019, will pave the way for a separate Bihar State Ground Water Conservation Authority, which will have various district-level authorities.   The draft Bill has been discussed at the highest level to frame remedial measures before it … Read more

BIHAR ·         Bihar government to formulate safe school transport policy ð  The new policy will determine the accountability of the school administration and also check upon required services available in the school transport. ð  It will be mandatory for all the school transports across the state to install speed governors in the vehicles. Besides, the … Read more

BIHAR   ·         Bihar: Drinking water project in 11 districts by March 2020 ð  Altogether 11 districts of Bihar are likely to get clean drinking water supply by March 2020 under ‘Neer Nirmal Pariyojana’, which is a World Bank-funded project. The project is being executed in phases with the deadlines being September and December this year and … Read more