06.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR 5,000 new cancer patients are diagnosed in state every year   Every year, the world gets around 1.2 crore new cancer patients, while 70 lakh die annually due to the disease. In India, around 3 lakh people suffer from cancer every year, while in Bihar, on an average, around 5,000 new patients are diagnosed … Read more 06.02.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

31.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR 3 hydroelectric projects closed, eight transferred to Jharkhand   The state cabinet approved the closure of three hydroelectric power projects due to technical and financial unviability. It also cancelled the two proposed hydroelectric projects due to unavailability of land and decided to hand over its eight hydroelectric units in Jharkhand to the Jharkhand government. All these … Read more 31.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

30.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Centre to release special funds for six Maoist-hit districts in state   The Centre is to allocate special yearly funds to 35 different districts across seven states in India, including six districts in Bihar that are worst affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE). The funds are meant for development of public infrastructure and services and to … Read more 30.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

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 23.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

21 & 22.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Biharsharif makes it to Smart City list   Union housing and urban affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has announced the name of nine more cities chosen in the latest round of the Centre’s flagship Smart Cities Mission.   The number of cities picked under the project now stands at 99. Under the scheme, each … Read more 21 & 22.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

18.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

  BIHAR Drones to keep tab on Railways project   The East Central Railway (ECR) has decided to use high-tech drone cameras to keep a close surveillance on the progress of ongoing railway projects worth several crores in the zone during 2017-2018 fiscal.   Drones are being used by the railways for the first time for 11 … Read more 18.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

17.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR ·        ASER 2017: Major challenges in way of Bihar’s secondary education ð  The annual status of education report (ASER) – 2017 released on Tuesday has highlighted the growing challenge of living up to the aspirations of Bihar youth in terms of better post-elementary opportunities keeping in view rapid expansion at primary education level. ð  … Read more 17.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

An introduction to economy of Bihar

An introduction to economy of Bihar BIHAR ECONOMY: AN OVERVIEW The growth momentum of the Bihar’s economy, experienced in the last decade, was continued in the recent years also. Last year the Central Statistical Organisation has released a new series of GSDP, with 2011-12 as the base year for estimation of both national and state … Read more An introduction to economy of Bihar

14-15 .01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Bihar needs some serious thinking on secondary education: ASER   For the first time, annual status of education report (ASER) – 2017 by Pratham, to be released in New Delhi, has gone beyond the basics to focus on students in the 14-18 age group, i.e. the secondary and higher secondary stage – the Achilles’ … Read more 14-15 .01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

11.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Bihar sees substantial rise in new voters   74 lakh new electors in the age group of 18-19 years, as per the updated data released by the election commission recently. There are a total of 7.17 lakh young voters in the same age bracket.   Overall voters in the state now stands at 6.98 … Read more 11.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs