September 2019

BIHAR   ·         Centre to invest ₹41,000 crore in Bihar power projects ð  Having already invested Rs 33,000 crore, the NTPC will infuse another Rs 41,000 crore in power projects in Bihar, as the Centre moved towards its next milestone of ensuring 24×7 power supply. ð  Bihar will get an additional 559 MW of thermal … Read more

BIHAR Gaya tops in water conservation   Gaya district emerged first with a score of 79.79 in the all-India final ranking of the Union Jal Shakti Mantralay for the initiatives taken towards water conservation and restoration of groundwater level.   The ranking of the districts may change in future as the assessment by the Jal … Read more

BIHAR Bihar State govt. bans Jeans, T shirts in its Secretariat   The Bihar government has announced a ban on wearing jeans and T-shirts within the state secretariat.The officers and workers are asked to wear simple, soft and light-colored apparel in the workplace. The order was issued by the higher Secretary of the government, Mahadev Prasad.    Apart from … Read more

BIHAR ·         Bihar cut up with Tamil Nadu for not following norms ð  Bihar cautioned Tamil Nadu that in future it would not accept children rescued there and sent back unless it followed the laid down norms under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. ð  In case of inter-state transfer, the state sending the rescued children … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar plans vegetables, fruits hubs   In its attempt to ensure better return of produce to farmers, the agriculture department has proposed to set up farmers’ producer organisation (FPOs) at the block level and provide subsidies up to 90% to encourage cluster farming of area-specific vegetables and fruits.   The proposal has been … Read more

BIHAR Malnutrition death shadow on Bihar kids   Bihar is among the worst performers when it comes to malnutrition deaths in children under five years of age and tops the list of states with stunted children and low birth weight of infants. The state has a 72.7% death rate attributable to malnutrition in children younger than five years, … Read more

BIHAR ·         Pataliputra University goes digital ð   Pataliputra University (PPU) has successfully introduced the University Management Information System (UMIS) at the varsity headquarters and 25 other constituent colleges located in Patna and Nalanda districts of the state. ð  PPU has taken various steps to streamline the academic activities of colleges during the past 17 months. ð  PPU, which … Read more

BIHAR Transport dept mandates online pollution certificate from Oct 1 State transport department has instructed all the pollution testing centres to upload emission test data of vehicles electronically to VAHAN database.   The pollution under certificates issued manually by pollution testing centres will be treated as invalid after 30 September and the vehicle owners will … Read more

BIHAR   ·         CM Nitish Kumar lays stone for Bihar’s first forestry college in Munger ð  Chief minister Nitish Kumar  laid the foundation stone for a government engineering college in Munger which will be constructed at a cost of Rs 80 crore. He also launched the commencement of construction work for the state’s first forestry college … Read more

BIHAR Ravi Shankar inaugurated Bihars first all women employee post office   Union Minister of Communications and Electronics and Information TechnologyRavi Shankar Prasadinaugurated Bihar’s first all-women employee post office on the campus of Bihar Public Service Commission. The post office will deal with all correspondent materials of BPSC competitive examinations. It will also help aspirants in providing … Read more