28-29.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Government to provide science-based information to farmers in state   To strengthen linkage between scientists and farming community and provide science-based information at famers’ doorsteps, the Bihar Agricultural University (BAU) initiated ‘Kisan Chaupal’, which is now likely to be adopted across the country for disseminating scientific information to farmers. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) … Read more

19.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Dial ‘102’ gets 104 ambulances   State health minister Mangal Pandey flagged off 104 new ambulances of the ‘Dial 102’ service from the State Health Society, Bihar(SHSB). The health department has outsourced the call centre and operations of the 102 ambulances.   The consortium has been asked to start the functioning of 100 medium basic … Read more

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

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

13.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR CM Nitish Kumar launches schemes worth Rs 396 crore in 2 districts   Chief minister Nitish Kumar  inaugurated and laid stones of schemes worth Rs 168 crores at Nandan panchayat in Buxar district and another 63 schemes worth Rs 228 crore at Ahinaura village in Kamur.   The CM spoke at length about his mission against alcoholism and dowry and … Read more

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

10.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Government to appoint retired doctors on contract basis   The Bihar government has decided to appoint retired doctors on contract basis to fill the vacant posts in government hospitals in the wake of a recent Patna high court order.   According to sources, retired doctors can serve on contractual basis up to the age … Read more

07-08.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR Centre’s paddy procurement policy helps farmers in Bihar   The Centre’s decision to allow procurement of paddy even with 19% moisture content has given a big fillip to the paddy procurement drive as being done and managed by 6,598 Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACSs) and vyapar mandals active in the state.   Normally, the … Read more

28.12.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Govt to frame agroforestry policy: Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi   Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said the government has asked the environment and forest department to frame the state’s agroforestry policy at the earliest. The government, he said, has also decided to promote planting of bamboo saplings on both private and public land for … Read more