Bihar : Planned Development

Bihar : Planned Development Bihar is the least urbanized state in the country, with an urbanization level of only 11.3 percent, according to census 2011. The state accounts for 8.6 percent of India’s total population, but it has only 3.1 percent of country’s total urban population. Between 2001  and 2011, the increase in urbanization was … Read more

05.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   CM launches development schemes worth Rs 904 crore   Chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated and laid stones of schemes worth Rs 904 crore at Madhepura and Saharsa during the third leg of his Vikas Sameeksha Yatra.   At least 51 schemes worth Rs 85 crore were inaugurated and stones of 109 schemes worth Rs 193 crore … Read more

22-23.10.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   New PhD regulations in Bihar universities   PhD aspirants in Bihar will now be required to adhere to the new regulations approved by the chancellor about a month back. The new guidelines are based on the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M Phil/PhD Degrees) Regulations, 2016. The ordinance has been sent to … Read more

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

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

19-10-2017 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Bihar board fined Rs 5 lakh for wrongly failing girl   The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) was fined Rs 5 lakh by the Patna HC for flunking a meritorious girl in the Class X exam this year. A bench passed the order after it became evident during the trial that petitioner Priyanka Singh had answered … Read more