sep 2018

BIHAR   Bihar waters down liquor law, 1st-time offence now bailable  People caught for the first time drinking liquor in Bihar will be allowed to go free after payment of Rs 50000 fine or will spend three months in jail, according to a Bihar government proposal to amend the state’s prohibition law.   The state … Read more

BIHAR Power for all likely before deadline   Bihar is all set to achieve cent per cent household electrification work, which is one of the seven resolves of the state government, well before the December 31 deadline.   According to the latest figures available with the Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL), the household … Read more

BIHAR Cabinet nod to uniform service conditions for contractual employees   The state cabinet approved the recommendations of Ashok Kumar Chaudhary committee to bring uniformity in the service conditions of contractual employees working in various departments and introduced the concept of annual work appraisal to standardise their output.   Those working on contractual basis will … Read more

BIHAR App launched for booking unreserved tickets, ECR mulls awareness camps   THE East Central Railway (ECR) is among the railway zones in the country to have successfully launched the unreserved ticketing service for smartphones.   Passengers can book unreserved tickets on an application. The service covers all 725 railway stations and other zonal halts … Read more

BIHAR Centre funds to buy rural vehicles   The government sanctioned funds worth Rs 425 crore for Mukhyamantri Gram Parivahan Yojana for rural transportation and connectivity that chief minister Nitish Kumar had announced on Independence Day this year. Under it, youth belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) … Read more

BIHAR Patna bans loud music, political cartoons at festivals   The district administration has issued reminders that no Muharram procession can be taken out without prior permission and that loud music at religious processions and events, including Durga Puja, will not be tolerated.   Political cartoons will also not be allowed at religious festivals.   … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar LWE ranking improves, gets MHA pat for efforts   Bihar has successfully managed to combat the left extremist menace. At least the figures say so.   “Bihar has dropped to the fifth position among left wing extremism (Lwe)-affected districts from the third spot last year. It has also witnessed reduction in civilian … Read more

  BIHAR Bill to regulate school fees   The Bihar government is planning to bring a bill in the next Assembly session to check arbitrary fee hikes by private schools, a move that will come as a relief to countless parents.   States such as Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Assam already have their … Read more

BIHAR Irrigation via separate agri feeders by March 2019, says deputy CM   Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said power would be supplied for irrigation purpose through 1,312 dedicated agriculture feeders in the state by March 2019.   “After making power available to every households in all the villages and hamlets, the state … Read more

BIHAR Best panchayat tag on Dhanrai   The Centre has awarded Dhanrai panchayat of Jehanabad district as the Best Performing Panchayat in implementation of schemes under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) for the 2017-18 fiscal year.   The award was conferred to the panchayat in a function held in Delhi on September … Read more