Oct 2018

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 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 CM launches housing schemes for poor, targets SC and ST   Chief minister Nitish Kumar launched two important schemes to fulfil the housing needs of the poor.   These will provide Rs 60,000 to them to buy land to construct houses and Rs 1.20 lakh to renovate the dilapidated abodes constructed under Indira Awas … 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.   The … 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   Students will grow vegetables for their midday meals in Bihar     Students of over 70,000 government primary and middle schools in Bihar will grow their own vegetables, and in some cases fruits too, for use in the midday meal scheme.   The education department has issued directions to all districts for the … Read more

BIHAR Chemical alarm on fish from Andhra   Chemical analysis of samples collected from these fish has revealed presence of formalin, a chemical used for preserving fish, in the samples.   Formalin is carcinogenic, which means it can cause cancer.   The presence of formalin in fish from Andhra was discovered in Odisha and Bengal … Read more