July 2021

BIHAR Education system in Bihar has ‘derailed’: High court   The Patna high court has come down heavily on the education system in the state, observing that the poor children have to remain content with ‘madhyan bhojan’ (midday meal), free books, uniform, bicycle but poor or no teaching in government schools.   The court was hearing a … Read more

BIHAR   Political parties in Bihar divided over policy on population control   Political leaders of Bihar are divided over the population control policy brought about by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. There are different views and opinions among the allies of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with regard to the new … Read more

BIHAR Bihar health dept sets up 3-tier committee to update Covid toll   Shortly after the Patna high court’s flak over inconsistencies in the Covid-19 related death toll, the Bihar health department has set up a three-tier committee to compile, verify and update the details of Covid-19 deaths in the second wave of the pandemic. … Read more

BIHAR Persons with more than 2 kids to be disqualified for Panchayat polls in Bihar’   Bihar Panchayati Raj Minister Samrat Chaudhary has said that the state government is going to introduce an Act under which a person having more than two children would not be entitled to contest Panchayat elections. Chaudhary’s statement came a … Read more

BIHAR New Patna-Bettiah NH gets approval   The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has notified Patna-Bettiah road as National Highway 139W, setting the state for construction of a high-quality four-lane road between the two towns that would reduce the distance between them to 167 kilometres from the current 200-odd km and travel time to … Read more

BIHAR CM trashes law route to curb population   Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said the state emphasized on educating girls to bring down the rate of reproduction to check population growth and refused to endorse the new population policy in Uttar Pradesh unveiled by its chief minister Yogi Adityanath.   Every state is free … Read more

BIHAR Bihar heading for financial crisis, says CAG official     Bihar is heading towards a financial crisis as the state has shown trends of revenue deficit in the fiscal year 2019-2020, even though there was no pandemic, against the revenue surplus in fiscal 2018-19, said additional deputy (eastern region) Comptroller and Auditor General of India … Read more

BIHAR Fly ash from power plants remains a worry for human health, crops   Villagers and farmers residing around Kahalgaon super thermal power station in Bhagalpur district are living in constant fear of health hazards and damage to their standing crops due to improper management of fly ash generated at the plant in course of … Read more

BIHAR Eight power substations in rural Gaya soon   Eight new power substations are being set up in Bodh Gaya, Manpur, Khizarsarai, Banke Bazar and Wazirganj blocks of the district, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL) executive engineer (project) Balvir Prasad Bagish said. While power supply will start from two substations at Mahkar (Khizarsarai) and Bakraur (Bodh Gaya) from … Read more

BIHAR Bihar 8th among 31 states in availing digital health service   Bihar has bagged eighth rank in the country among 31 participating states in utilising ‘eSanjeevani’, a digital health service platform of the Union ministry of health and family welfare. As per the data shared by the ministry, around 2,23,197 people from Bihar have … Read more