Oct 2018

BIHAR   Eco­tourism: River cruise, bird watching on cards from Nov   The forest department’s eco-tourism plan in Ganga is likely to take off in November this year. It has now been substantially long since the plan was conceived. Due to lack of response from bidders, against the tender floated by the local forest department … Read more

BIHAR Only 18% students of Bihar government schools bought new books   A survey conducted by Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC) has revealed that only 18% students of Classes I to VIII in government schools have bought new books while the rest are still using the old books. BEPC is a wing of state education department. The survey was … Read more

BIHAR Bihar gets its first solid waste processing site   Bihar’s first solid waste processing site, which will convert organic waste into compost fertiliser, was inaugurated in Muzaffarpur district   By January 1, 2019, all 49 wards of Muzaffarpur will have segregation practiced at source, along with five model centres to make compost fertiliser and … Read more

BIHAR Bihar cabinet approves cycle money hike for students   The state cabinet increased the money given to Class IX students of government schools for buying bicycles to Rs 3,000 from Rs 2,500, and approved the release of Rs 250 crore to the education department. From the Rs 250 crore, all unmarried girl students (around … Read more

BIHAR   End-Oct target for Bihar rooftop solar plan   The installation of solar power plants under the grid connected rooftop scheme will start from government buildings in Bihar. The selection of agency for this work has been done and the installation work is expected to start by the end of the current month.   … Read more

BIHAR Bihar to deploy ‘Cyber Senani’ in police stations   The Bihar government has planned to depute “Cyber Senanis” at 100 police stations across the state to monitor and check spread of rumours on social media to engineer trouble.   The deployment of Cyber Senanis is aimed at countering any possible move to spread false … Read more

BIHAR   CM lays foundation stone for waste to energy plant   Chief minister Nitish Kumar laid the foundation stone of long-delayed waste to energy plant and launched the door to door waste collection scheme for the state capital to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.   Contrary to the earlier agreement for … Read more

BIHAR Tobacco consumption in Bihar declines from 53.5% to 25.9%   State health minister  sought the support of International Union against TB and lung diseases (IUTLD) and World Lung Health (WLH) Conference in eradicating TB from India by 2025.   5% of people of Bihar had been consuming tobacco and related products around 2011, but … Read more

BIHAR Bihar government issues fresh directives on mobile phones     Bihar government issued an interesting directive for the state officials. From now, bureaucrats will not be able to access the facility of mobile phones while attending key deliberations with top authorities like Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers or chief secretary. An order issued by Aamir Subhani, … Read more

BIHAR   Sexual abuse in almost all homes across Bihar :TISS     Sexual abuse, varying in forms and degree of intensity, was prevalent in almost all shelter homes in Bihar, a TISS report made public by the Bihargovernment   The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), which had conducted social audit of short stay … Read more