BIHAR

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday exhorted the students, who have passed out from Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture University (DRPCAU), to strive and excel in their chosen domains and contribute to the Growth of the country.

Naidu said it was a pleasure for him to be part of the convocation in the historically important land of Champaran where Mahatma Gandhi had experimented his first satyagrah in support of poor farmers in 1917.

Piprakothi has become Home to multiple farmer-centric institutes, such as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Forestry College and the Centre of Excellence in Embryo Transfer Technology.

State farmers who could not plant their crop(s) due to flood would also be provided financial assistance from the .

CMNitish Kumar asked all the district magistrates (DMs) and theagriculture departmentofficials to consider non-planting of crops due to flood as the case of crop loss and provide adequate assistance to such farmers.

Nitish asked the officials of Disaster Management department (DMD), Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture department and the DMs to do proper panchayat-wise assessment of crop losses in the next three to four days, so that all affected farmers could be provided financial assistance.

A Population of 69.63 lakh in altogether 26 districts has so far been affected by flood in Bihar. The number of affected families is 16.60 lakh. All possible help is being provided to these families,

Eight new power substations are being set up in BodhGaya, Manpur, Khizarsarai, Banke Bazar andWazirganjblocks of the district,South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited(SBPDCL) executive engineer (project) Balvir Prasad Bagish said.

While power supply will start from two substations at Mahkar (Khizarsarai) and Bakraur (Bodh Gaya) from July 20, the other six would be functional by the end of this year. The power substations are being set up at an estimate cost of Rs4 crore each under the Union governmentsDeenDayal Gram Jyoti Yojana and the state plan.

Each substation would have two power transformers of five MVA each. One transformer can supply power to 50 transformers of 200 kVA each. The new substations are being set up to meet the increasing power requirements as every household has got a power connection in the villages. Every year, the load on transformers is increasing and to meet the requirement has to be kept ready. Within the last three years, 24 new power substations have been set up across the district under Deen Dayal Jyoti Yojana and the state plan.

Bihar CMNitish Kumar asked the officials of the department of Environment, forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change (DoEFCC) to properly execute the work-plan of planting 433.93 lakh saplings in the current financial year (2023-24) with an aim to increase the states total green cover to 17% from the existing 15%.

Director (Forestry“>Social Forestry) C P Khanduja, through a presentation, informed the CM that the department has fixed a target of planting a total of 433.93 lakh saplings under the Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali Abhiyan in FY 2023-24. Khanduja also informed the CM about the plantation works executed in the past four financial years from FY 2019-20 to 2022-23 in Bihar.
While reviewing the works of the DoEFCC, the CM asked the officials to properly execute whatever work-plan they have prepared for plantation in FY 2023-24.

The Mukhyamnatri Cycle Yojana launched in 2006 has worked wonders in Bihar, which has been reflected in the number of girl students appearing in Class X exams. The number of girls appearing in matric exams increased from 1.87lakh in 2005 to 8.37 lakhs in 2020.

Being in the Cycle programme increased girls age-appropriate enrolment in secondary schools by 30% and reduced the gender gap by 40%. This increase mostly took place in villages where the nearest secondary school was further away.

Payments to suppliers of raw material for works under the rural job guarantee scheme MGNREGS in Bihar will henceforth be made only after two per cent TDS (tax deducted at source), in line with recent directions of the ministry of rural development (MoRD) following detection of evasion of goods and service tax (GST) by vendors in Bihar, officials familiar with the matter said.

MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural EMPLOYMENT Guarantee Scheme) is a central scheme that seeks to provide at least 100 days of employment in a year to the unskilled workers in rural areas. All payments against materials supplied and wages go directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.

A TDS @2% (1% each of state GST and central GST) is mandatory on payments to suppliers against bills of2.50 lakh and above as per GST rules, but an audit team from the AG office, during a random check in Banka district a few months back, detected that programme officers had not cut any TDS during payments made to suppliers, who provided various materials like , stone chips, bricks and TMT bars for MGNREGS works.

City residents and celebrities are overjoyed with the success of the south Indian hit song “Naatu Naatu” at the 95th Academy Awards. The song, part of the movie “RRR”, received the Oscar award for Best Original Song.
For many in Bihar, this win represents a glimmer of hope that Indian regional cinema will someday break Bollywood’s dominance on the world stage. “This award is a moment of pride for all of us. It shows that great art can come from anywhere, and that talent can be recognized regardless of which region it comes from,” said actor Neetu Chandra.

State social welfare ministerMadan Sahni said the government was taking all possible steps to curb child marriage inBihar.

The minister, however, added the data for National Family Health Survey 2019-20 was surprising as only 1% reduction was recorded in girl child getting married before 18 years when compared to the previous data ofNFHS2015-16.

The government has also launched various schemes for schoolgirls so that they continue their studies. Education is necessary to end the menace of child marriage. Mahadalit Vikas Nigam and Unicef are also working to curb early marriage of girls.

State industries ministerSyed Shahnawaz Hussainon Tuesday said to boost among Women and youths, Mukhyamantri Mahila Udyami Yojana and Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyami Yojana will be implemented from April 1 this year.

Talking about the upcoming scheme for women and youths, he said a maximum of Rs five lakh will be given as a loan and up to Rs five lakh as a grant. While women will not have to pay any interest on the loan, youth belonging to the general category will have to pay 1% interest. He further said there is a provision of a Rs 25,000 stipend for training purposes.

On the eligibility to get the benefit under this scheme, Shahnawaz said the beneficiary must be a resident ofBiharand should have a minimum qualification of intermediate, ITI, polytechnic diploma or equivalent. The minimum age is 18 years, and the upper age limit is 50 years. The unit should be either a proprietorship firm,PARTNERSHIP firm, limited liability partnership (LLP) firm or private limited company.

BiharChief MinisterNitish Kumar announced that players from the state bringing medals in international and national sporting events will get Grade I’ jobs in the state administration.

Inaugurating the 18th National Inter District Junior Athletics Meet (NIDJAM) at the Patliputra Sports Complex here, Kumar said that till now, the was providing Group C jobs to such medallists.

The CM said that the state government has provided jobs to 235 medallists since 2012.

He said that the state government is constructing an international sports stadium and sports university in Rajgir, for which Rs 740 crore has already been released.