10.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Bihar to have organic farming corridors along Ganges: Nitish Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the state would give a boost to organic farming by forming a “corridor” along both sides of the river Ganges. “Organic farming is the way forward. Many enterprising farmers in our state have taken initiatives on their … Read more

District and Divisions of Bihar part 3

Gopalganj Gopalganj is a town, municipality and headquarters of Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. Modern District of Gopalganj was established on October 2, 1973. Gopalganj district covers 2,033 square kilometres (785 sq mi) in area and ranks as the 26th largest district in the state of Bihar. The district is mostly plains and fertile land. In the district’s western part, the Gandak river flows southwards. It … Read more

04.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Bihar Government to apply reservation formula in engaging outsourced employees   The Bihar government decided to follow its reservation policy while engaging professionals and other employees through outsourcing agencies. The new policy will make private outsourcing agencies recruit manpower based on the reservation policy of the state government if they want to work with the … Read more

02.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Licence mandatory for selling tobacco products    The advisory issued by Patna municipal corporation on November 3, ordering tobacco sellers not to sell any other nontobacco products like bread, candies, water bottles etc under one roof and to obtain license for selling tobacco products before December 1, is yet to be implemented in … Read more

17.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   No need to hide mobiles, now jail inmates can officially make calls   Making phone calls secretly from prisons is a big menace the jail authorities have to grapple with. Quite frequently, mobile phones are recovered during raids in prisons.   Now, making phone calls will be legal for more than 30,000 inmates … Read more

13-10-2017 Bihar Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Prime Minister to lay foundation stone of multiple sewerage and highways projects in Bihar   Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of four sewerage and four National Highways projects, worth over Rs 3,760 crores, in Bihar.   The cost of four sewerage projects at Beur, Karmalichak and Saidpur is estimated at Rs 738.04 … Read more

Archeological sites of bihar

Archeological sites of bihar Barabar Caves The Barabar Caves are perhaps the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, 24 km (15 mi) north of Gaya.  These caves are situated in the twin hills … Read more

16-10-2017 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   Four new old age homes to be opened in state soon   With the objective of sheltering elderly people, especially those abandoned by their next of kin or otherwise having none to look after them, the Bihar government is set to open four new old age homes in different towns in the coming … 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

03.11.17 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs

BIHAR   State seeks Rs 1,100 crore from Centre for power connections   The state energy department is to submit within a week a detailed project report to the Centre to seek Rs1100 crore for providing household electricity connections under Saubhagya scheme that envisages payment of power installation charges to every household in 60:40 ratio by the … Read more