June 2018

BIHAR MoU for rail line land transfer on June 30   The Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited (BSRDCL) has initiated the bidding process for roping in firms to prepare a feasibility report for the construction of a six-lane road on the 6-km, 150- year-old track which has altogether 30 metres of land in width on its … Read more

BIHAR 100% household electrification in 8 districts soon   All households in Munger, Sheikhpura and Kishanganj districts have been provided with electricity connection under Har Ghar Bijli Lagatar scheme of the state government. The Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL) is now set to cover every household in Nalanda, Bhojpur, Gopalganj, Supaul and Purnia districts under the scheme in the next ten … Read more

BIHAR Monsoon session of Bihar legislature will commence from July 20   The monsoon session of the bicameral Bihar legislature will commence from July 20.   The state cabinet on Wednesday approved a parliamentary affairs department’s proposal to convene tenth session of the 16th assembly and 189th session of Bihar legislative council during monsoon session.   The state … Read more

BIHAR State to get spl centre to check cyber crime   Faced with growing cases of cyber crime, such as financial frauds and circulation of communal and pornographic contents, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) is mulling to set up an apex coordination centre and has also asked the states to establish a similar mechanism. … Read more

BIHAR After prohibition, Bihar gets high on milk and honey   Chief minister Nitish Kumar  reiterated that liquor would remain banned in Bihar although the government was to amend some of its legal provisions to prevent the misuse of stringent law, but the jury is still out on the positive changes of prohibition in society, as has … Read more

BIHAR Japan to help Bihar become‘vital gateway’ of Northeast, says envoy   Japanese ambassador to India, Kenji Hiramatsu said his country was keen to co-operate with Bihar for positioning it as the vital gateway to north eastern region and ASEAN, finding solutions to urban problems, disaster risk mitigation and promoting tourism through infrastructure development and … Read more

BIHAR SC nod to Bihar to amend liquor laws   The Supreme Court (SC) has given its go-ahead to the Nitish Kumar government to bring amendments, if it so wishes, to the Bihar Prohibitionand Excise Act, 2016. The Act prohibits sale and consumption of liquor in the state. A petition concerning prohibition in the state has … Read more

BIHAR Bihar mulls policy for bamboo   Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi  underlined the need to create a task force to formulate a separate bamboo policy for the state.   Addressing a ‘bamboo conclave’ in Patna, Modi said the central government’s National Bamboo Mission under the agriculture ministry would function under the state environment and forests department.   Farmers, … Read more

BIHAR Bihar wants ‘khaini’ covered under food safety Act   The Bihar health department plans to write to the Union health ministry, requesting it to include ‘khaini’ as a food product under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. ‘Khaini’ is said to be a pure form of tobacco. Tobacco per se is not banned. Pure tobacco is not … Read more

BIHAR Rejecting the existing insurance scheme, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pitches new insurance scheme entitled to the farmers   As a game changer, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar rejected the insurance scheme pitched by the center for the farmers by chalking out his own scheme, which entitles farmers to compensation without having to … Read more