States PCS: Bihar GK for BPSC and other Bihar PCS Exams

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Chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the Ayurveda Parv at Rajgir International Convention Centre on December 11, 2021. It was a three-day convention, in which free consultation and medicines were provided to the people. It was jointly organised by Bihar Pradesh Ayurveda Sammelan and state Ayush committee. The Ayurveda Parv has been conceptualised by AYUSH ministry. for overall development of Ayurveda. Bihar is among the four states to organise the Ayurveda Parv.

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Bihar Cooperation Minister Subhash Singh launched Tarkari Express on August 24, 2021. It is a service to deliver vegetables to the residents of Patna at their doorstep at half prices. The vegetables are obtained directly from farmers’ fields and reaches all the neighbourhoods of Patna on e-rickshaws. This scheme is part of Bihar State Vegetable Processing and Marketing Cooperative Federation Limited’s move to provide higher rates to farmers and cheaper vegetables to people by following ‘farm-to-table formula.

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Bihar Legislative Assembly recently passed the “Bihar Sports University Bill 2021”. Under it, state’s first ever sports university will be set up in Nalanda (Rajgir). It will be India’s eighth such university. 150 acres of land has been allocated to it. It will also include a sports academy. One-third of total seats in the university would also be reserved for women and girls.

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Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, K. Vijay Raghavan, inaugurated a decentralized biomedical waste incinerator at Buxar. This technology has been developed by Ganesh Engineering Works. It was selected through Biomedical Waste Treatment Innovation Challenge, which was launched in June 2020 by “Waste to Wealth Mission”. The plant at Buxar is a portable, forced draft incinerator and is capable to handle 50 kg of biomedical waste made of cotton, plastic, with the provision of waste heat recovery.

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Under the ‘innovation in pandemic’ category, Bihar government won Digital India Award 2020. It was awarded for promptly transferring money to the bank accounts of beneficiaries amid Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. More than 21 lakh beneficiaries were provided financial assistance through “Bihar Sahayata Mobile App”.

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Sebari, Dhelabagh and Jayanagara hydroelectric projects are located in Rohtas district of Bihar.

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Bihar recently received the Skoch Governance Gold Award in 75th Skoch conference. At the same time, Mukhyamantri Gram Sampark Yojana, under the Department of Rural Affairs, received silver award by Skoch Institute. This award was presented to Bihar for promoting online delivery of public services and e-governance. Bihar Administrative Reforms Mission received this award for implementing a unique initiative of innovation adopted in form of ‘Bihar e-Lok Seva’.

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Milkha Singh Sports Complex has been inaugurated in Central University In South Bihar in Gaya. The sports facility was built to encourage good sportsmanship among the students. This Sports Complex was inaugurated at ‘The Central University of South Bihar (CUSB)’ on its campus at Gaya.  Students will have access to facilities at the complex’s basketball court, hockey rink, volleyball court, Kho-kho court, 400-meter track, kabaddi court, and badminton courts that meet international sporting standards.

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Bihar’s government JD (U) made the decision to challenge its ally BJP in the ongoing Manipur assembly elections primarily to gain the position of “state party” in another northeastern state and broaden its base outside of its home territory. In the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar, JD (U) is already acknowledged as a “state party”.

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According to the Bihar budget 2022-23, 6 cities of the state will be developed as model towns these include Muzaffarpur, Bihar Sharif, Munger, Supaul, Bodh Gaya, and Rajgir.