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 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 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 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

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   ·        Bihar-Nepal bus service launched ð  Bihar and Nepal are now connected by bus. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off the first bus service between Bihar and Nepal. ð  The service will link Bodh Gaya and Patna in Bihar to Kathmandu and Janakpur in Nepal. ð  The bus service was commissioned following … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar chalks out 15% jump in literacy rate by 2021   After recording the highest jump in the literacy rate in 2011, Bihar eyes another 12-15% growth in the next 2021 census to catch up with the national average.   The state is still at the bottom of the literacy rate table. Its … Read more

BIHAR   ·        Govt to expand e-market reach   ð  GeM is an online market platform to facilitate procurement of goods and services by various ministries and government, sellers being from big multinational companies, small industrial units or the local cottage industry.   ð  Through the online market, the Bihar government has procured goods worth … Read more

BIHAR   Govt’s virtual classroom push   The state government has decided to introduce virtual classrooms at government high and higher secondary schools in order to overcome the shortage of teachers.   A virtual classroom allows teachers and students to communicate and interact through video-conferencing. In a virtual classroom, the teacher need not be present … 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