Nov 2018

BIHAR   Sikkim model for organic farm   The Bihar government is preparing a roadmap for the promotion of organic farming in the state.   State agriculture minister Prem Kumar on Monday said the state government was eyeing the Sikkim model of organic farming. Prem said this during Javik Dhan Katni Mahotsav, an event organised … Read more

BIHAR   Seismological research centre to be set up in Patna University   Patna University (PU) is likely to get a Centre for Advanced Seismological Research soon. Decks for its establishment were cleared by the PU syndicate.   The syndicate had given its nod to the proposal of the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) for … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar CM for registration of all workers   Chief Minister Nitish Kumar  emphasized the need to expedite the process of registration of workers so that they could avail the benefits of the state government’s labour welfare schemes.   He also launched a ‘Chikitsa Sayahta Yojana’ (medical assistance scheme) for registered construction workers. They will … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar gets 40 lakh farmers to register online   The efforts of the agriculture department to create a database of state farmers through their online registration have started bearing fruit.   According to the latest data compiled at the state headquarters, about four million farmers have registered themselves using the facility.   The … Read more

BIHAR Rs 300cr cleared for girl graduates in Bihar   The Bihar government sanctioned Rs 300 crore under the Mukhya Mantri Balika (Snatak) Protsahan Yojana to provide Rs 25,000 to all girls who have passed graduate examinations after April 25 in the current financial year.   Every girls who passed BA from universities in the … Read more

BIHAR Centre okays Metro Railway plan for Patna   The Centre has approved Patna Metro’s detailed project report that the state government had submitted last month.   As far as the Patna Metro DPR is concerned, the ambitious project has a cost component of a little over Rs 17,800 crore out of which the Centre … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar govt approves Rs 25,000 to every girl graduating from this year   The Bihar cabinet  approved a proposal to pay Rs 25,000 to every girl graduating in 2018 and onwards.   The cabinet allotted Rs 300 crore for disbursal of this payment to an estimated 1.2 lakh girls expected to clear their graduation … Read more

BIHAR   Government to boost fishery sector in state: Sushil Kumar Modi   Deputy CM  said fish production in the state had made new strides as it went up from 2.79 lakh metric tonne (MT) in 2005 to 5.87 lakh MT in the last fiscal. He said the state also exported 32,000 MT of fish … Read more

BIHAR Increase state’s share in central taxes: Sushil Kumar Modi   Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said the 15th Finance Commission chairman N K Singh should tweak the parameters for the devolution of divisible pool of central taxes to the states so that that Bihar gets benefited from it, as there has been progressive decline in the actual … Read more

BIHAR   Patna’s air 3rd most polluted in country   Air quality in Patna continued to deteriorate for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. The air quality index (AQI) of the city, as per a bulletin issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), surged from 402 on Tuesday to 423 on Wednesday, the third highest … Read more