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BIHAR Assembly passes Bill amending FRBM The Legislative Assembly passed the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) (amendment) Bill, 2020, in accordance with the guidelines of the Centre. It will allow the state to borrow an additional ₹5,688 crore to meet the revenue shortfall and take the net borrowing limit to ₹25,745 crore in the … Read more
BIHAR Home delivery of high-breed seeds to farmers in Bihar soon The state government would ensure home delivery of high-breed seeds of various crops to farmers through Bihar State Seeds Development Corporation (BSSDC). It will start with the ‘garma’ variety of paddy cropping season. The home delivery of high-breed seeds to farmers was implemented successfully as a … Read more
BIHAR All births, deaths not registered in Bihar: Study Even as the registration of birth is mandatory for the people aspiring to avail the benefits of almost all welfare schemes launched both by central and state governments, Bihar lags far behind in ensuring registration of vital elements under the civil registration system (CRS). Only … Read more
BIHAR Bihar tops in use of injectable contraceptive: Mangal Pandey Health minister Mangal Pandey that Bihar has topped in the use of single shot injectable contraceptive, called Antara, which prevents pregnancy for three months. Pandey said the state’s fertility rate was 4.3 in 2005, which has now come down to 3.2 as per Sample Registration System 2017. … Read more
BIHAR Bihar assembly passes Bill to help government borrow Rs 5,688 crore from market The state assembly passed the Bihar Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (Amendment) Bill, 2020, by voice vote, increasing the cap on the limit regarding government’s market borrowings from 3% of the gross state domestic product (GSDP) to 3.5%. It was done 12 … Read more
BIHAR Govt starts setting up sanitary pad banks in schools The state government, in collaboration with the Unicef, Bihar, has introduced a pilot project under which sanitary pad banks have been set up at government schools in order to make pads easily and readily available at a reasonably low prices. Importantly, this pad bank is … Read more
BIHAR Just 7 banks per 1 lakh population in Bihar: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said in the legislative council that Bihar is far behind national average in terms of number of banks and ATMs in the state. “Though the national average for number of banks per one lakh population … Read more
BIHAR CM Nitish Kumar demands special status for Bihar at EZC meeting Amid reports of growing bonhomie between leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and CM Nitish Kumar, the latter reiterated his demand for special category status to the state at the 24th Eastern Zonal Council (EZC) meeting chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah in Bhubaneswar. … Read more
BIHAR All births, deaths not registered in Bihar: Study Even as the registration of birth is mandatory for the people aspiring to avail the benefits of almost all welfare schemes launched both by central and state governments, Bihar lags far behind in ensuring registration of vital elements under the civil registration system (CRS). Only … Read more
BIHAR Coronavirus: Bihar government yet to decide on use of breathalysers While Maharashtra police temporarily stopped the use of breathalyser on roads as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, the state government is yet to take a clear decision on its use in Bihar. The equipment detects alcohol when someone blows into it after taking … Read more