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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 04-05.02.18 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
BIHAR 53 crore children to get deworming tablets on February 19 Over 5.53 crore children in the age group of 1-19 years will be administered Albendazole – a chewable tablet – in all government, government-aided and private schools to mark National Deworming Day (NDD) on February 19. The state health department has drawn up a … Read more 25.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs
BIHAR Bihar wins Kalam award for grievance redressal The state has won Kalam Innovation in Governance Award (KIGA) for exemplary implementation and monitoring of the Bihar Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act (BRPGRA). The Act, first of its kind in the country, was introduced in 2015 to give legal right to citizens for time-bound hearing and redressal of their grievances. … Read more 24.01.18 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
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
BIHAR Bihar legislature’s budget session from February 26 The budget session of the bicameral state legislature in Bihar is likely to commence on February 26 and the state budget would be presented the next day, an official said. Other decisions taken at the cabinet meeting include state guarantee for a Rs 500 crore loan to be taken by … Read more 16.01.18 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
BIHAR Nitish conferred with 1st Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been selected for the 1st Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Award for Probity in Public Life. He was conferred the award at an official function of Jammu & Kashmir government held at Jammu. The award was constituted recently by the … Read more 09.01.18 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 07-08.01.18 Bihar (BPSC) Daily Current Affairs