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BIHAR Skill mapping of 16 lakh migrants done, job options being created: Bihar government Even as the Supreme Court asked the state governments to carry out skill mapping of their respective returnee migrants, the Bihar government has claimed that the process is in the final stages of completing in the state . More than 16 lakh skilled workers have … Read more
BIHAR Bihar: Migrant workers to be engaged in railway projects The East Central Railway (ECR) has decided to provide employment to migrant workers in about 32 districts of the state under PM’s ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA)’. The ECR jurisdiction spreads over in four states – Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Though the GKRA scheme … Read more
BIHAR Bihar gears up to fight annual floods Apart from coronavirus, the state is also gearing up to fight annual floods following Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast about onset of monsoon around June 12. Of the 28 districts, 15 are identified as flood-prone and 13 as vulnerable to floods depending on the quantum of … Read more
BIHAR Bihar increases contingency fund to Rs 8,020 crore The state cabinet approved the government’s proposal to increase the Bihar contingency fund (BCF) corpus from the existing Rs350 crore to Rs8,020 crore till March 30 next year. The cabinet also cleared Rs384 crore from the BCF for the payment of old age pension pertaining to … Read more
BIHAR Trade, industry unions seek support from state Grappling with the challenge of galvanizing business activities and creating job opportunities in the face of surging Covid cases, various trade and industrial bodies of Bihar have sought help from the state government. The three main trade and industry bodies of the state: Bihar … Read more
BIHAR All departments to have a finance section All the state government departments would now have a finance section to be headed by an officer of Bihar Finance Service (BFS). Peoples’ income in the state is increasing. The purchasing power of even middle class people has increased. The market status has improved a lot … Read more
BIHAR SEED selected for WHO award World health organisation has conferred ‘World No tobacco Day 2020 Award’ on socio Economic and educational development society (SEEDS) for its extensive work in controlling the use of tobacco. SEED works in the field of tobacco control in two states of India – Bihar and Jharkhand. As per the data of global adult … Read more
BIHAR ODF deadline looming, Bihar far behind Bihar is still far behind the deadline for achieving open defecation-free (ODF) status by October 2 this year. Only five out of the 38 districts in the state could so far be declared ODF. The deadline of Gandhi Jayanti. 2019 was set by chief minister … Read more
BIHAR Superspecialty hospitals at Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga soon Union minister for health and family welfare Ashwani Kumar Choubey directed to complete the construction of superspecialty block at Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) by June end and dedicate these health facilities to common people by July. Apart from another AIIMS in Bihar, the number of medical colleges … Read more
BIHAR CM Nitish Kumar launches portal for grievance redressal CM Nitish Kumar launched a web portal — ‘Sewa Samadhan’ — for quick redressal of the grievances of state government employees and their dependants under the ‘Bihar Government Servants’ Grievance Redressal Rules’. The grievances would be registered online. Retired employees or their dependants can also … Read more