04-05.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Rs 52.88 crore for stadiums in 8 Bihar districts: Sports minister   State culture, sports and youth affairs minister Krishna Kumar Rishi has said his department has allotted Rs 52.88 crore for the construction of eight indoor stadiums called Khel Bhawan, one each in eight districts of the state.   A Khel Bhawan each is to come … Read more

26.12.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Merger of CM’S rural electrification plan with Centre’s Saubhagya gets go-ahead   The state-run ‘Mukhya Mantri vidyut sambandh nishchaya yojna’, aimed at reaching power in rural areas, will be merged with the Centre’s universal household electrification project – Saubhagya.   However, the state government would continue to provide funds for installation of metres … Read more

23.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Bihar industry ready for spl status tradeoff with IDF   With the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) taking the steam out of longstanding special category status demand, trade and industry bodies are now pitching for announcement of an industrial development fund (IDF) in the Union budget 2018 to help industrially backward states, … Read more

29.12.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Deputy CM asks rural banks to up Mudra loan amount   Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday asked the rural banks operating in the state to increase the loan amount given under the PM’s Mudra Yojana (PMMY) from the minimum Rs50,000 to Rs5 lakh, as the existing sum is not adequate to start and sustain any … Read more

05.09.17 Bihar (BPSC) Current Affairs

BIHAR   Bihar government to provide land, buildings for cellphone tower.   The state government would allot its land and buildings to mobile phone service providers to install towers in order to solve the call drop and poor connectivity problems in the state.   The service providers would not install mobile phone towers on government land or buildings within … Read more

03.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR 3,400 grooms abducted for ‘pakadua vivah’ in 2017   “Pakadua vivah is rampant in Bihar. About 3,405 youths have been kidnapped for forced marriage in the state. In most of the cases, marriages were solemnised at gunpoint or threats to their life and families.   According to the data, about 3,070 youths were kidnapped for ‘pakadua … Read more