March 2018

BIHAR Education minister launches app to monitor schools   State education minister Krishnanandan Prasad Verma launched a mobile app, ‘BEST’ (Bihar Easy School Tracking), for real-time monitoring of elementary schools in the state.   The app has been developed by the Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC) with technical support from Unicef, Bihar.   It will lead to … Read more

BIHAR HC asks for govt action plan by April 10 to curb noise pollution   The Patna high court asked the state government to come up with an action plan by April 10 to curb noise pollution in Patna.   The court also asked for suggestions to be submitted to the advocate general and the state government from … Read more

BIHAR Agriculture studies in govt schools soon   The state education department has decided to introduce agriculture studies as a subject in senior secondary classes of government and government-aided schools in 27 districts during the 2018-20 session.   The vocational subject will be introduced in districts like Araria, Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, Begusarai, Bhabhua, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, East Champaran, … Read more

BIHAR Champaran satyagrah is theme for 3-day Bihar Diwas this year   Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the Bihar Diwas celebrations at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on March 22. ‘Champaran Satyagrah: Centenary Year’ is the theme this year as it will also mark the closing ceremony of Champaran Satyagrah centenary celebrations. Various cultural activities have been planned at … Read more

BIHAR Rs 220 crore okayed for lab equipment in schools   The state cabinet sanctioned Rs220 crore for procurement of lab equipment in government middle and high schools in Bihar, sources said. While Rs100 crore has been sanctioned and released for 2,000 high schools, Rs120 crore has been earmarked for buying lab equipment in 4,000 middle schools.   … Read more

BIHAR Centre assures help to make Madhubani ‘art capital’   Union textiles secretary Anant Kumar Singh has appreciated the Madhubani administration’s initiative to make the district the country’s ‘art capital’ and assured all possible assistance in this regard.   Underlining the importance of Madhubani in the field of handicrafts, Manu said at least 48,238 of the 1,18,000 … Read more

BIHAR PM housing scheme: Govt asks DMs to include left out families   State rural development department (RDD) minister Shrawan Kumar said in the state assembly that all the DMs concerned have been asked to prepare the list of families which have been left out of the Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY), so that their claims under … Read more

BIHAR Bihar govt to check corruption through IT-based system: Sushil Modi   Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi  said an IT-enabled centralised human resource management system will be implemented in various government departments in order to check corruption. “The state government intends to check corruption with the help of IT. The government is going to implement … Read more

BIHAR Govt to release revised list of essential drugs   The state health department will release the revised list of essential drugs.   The revised list is basically a list of generic drugs, which are provided by the state government to the government health facilities at subsidized rates.   Sources in the health department said the … Read more

BIHAR Bihar to give Rs 5L aide to acid attack survivors   Bihar government on Monday announced to give an aide of Rs 5 lakh to acid attack survivors of Bihar for treatment in any Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) tagged hospital.   State health minister Mangal Pandey made this announcement here on Monday at … Read more