sep 2018

BIHAR   Bid to do away with fish trade middlemen   Plans are afoot to weed out the role of middlemen in marketing of fishes produced in Bihar to ensure that fishermen get their due from direct sales.   To start with, the Bihar Fish Cooperative Federation will be set up at the state-level, which … Read more

BIHAR   Policy push for taxi services   The transport department will soon unveil a policy under which the government will monitor private taxi aggregator services such as Ola.   The taxi service is based on concept of ownership of vehicles and exclusive attachment of drivers to some operator or company.   Aggregators, however, neither … Read more

BIHAR Govt drones to verify farmland cropping   Plans are afoot to use drones for collecting authentic data about cropped areas in Bihar to help farmers in case they fail to cultivate seasonal crops due to some reason.   These flying machines will also help the agriculture department cross-check data provided by field officials on … 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 Mobile app to locate govt health facility soon   The health department will soon launch a mobile application, which will allow one to locate the nearest health facility in the area and also provide details of health staff deployed there.   The app would incorporate features like name of health staff deputed at a … Read more