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Important Current Affairs of Bihar 2025

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Important Current Affairs of Bihar

Current Affairs of Bihar: April 2025

  • The Prime Minister of India presented the National Panchayat Awards during an event organized on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day (24th April 2025) at Madhubani, Bihar. Motipur Panchayat of Bihar has been awarded the National Panchayat Award 2025. The Prime Minister presented this award to Mukhiya Prema Devi.
  • On 24th April, the Prime Minister inaugurated the first Namo Bharat Rapid Rail service (also known as Vande Metro) of Bihar, which will be the second of its kind in India. This train runs from Jayanagar to Patna. The first Namo Bharat Rapid Rail was launched between Ahmedabad and Bhuj.
  • The seventh edition of Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) will be held from 4th-15th May of Bihar – Patna, Rajgir, Gaya, Bhagalpur, and Begusarai.
  • India won the gold medal in the Sepak takraw World Cup 2025 held in Patna , Bihar.
  • The Union Cabinet approved the inclusion of Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project of Bihar under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (PMKSY-AIBP).

Current Affairs of Bihar: March 2025

  • Bihar’s Industry Minister announced setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Buxar and West Champaran .
  • Bihar was awarded the Gold Award for the successful implementation of ‘Bihar Krishi’ App and ‘Smart Prepaid Meters’ at the Government Digitech Awards 2025 ceremony held in New Delhi.
  • The first Shaurya Vednam festival was organized in Motihari, East Champaran district of Bihar on 7-8 March 2025. The aim of this festival was to showcase the military strength of the Indian Armed Forces.
  • On 8 March 2025, the Chief Minister of Bihar launched the Valmiki Mahotsav 2025. Valmiki Mahotsav is an effective platform to honor the contribution of Maharishi Valmiki as well as to preserve and promote the rich cultural heritage of Bihar.
  • On 3rd March 2025, the Bihar Finance Minister presented a Rs 3.17 lakh crore budget in the state assembly.

Current Affairs of Bihar: February 2025

  • Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been given approval for the construction of a new airport at Bihta, Bihar.
  • Bihar State Women’s Wushu Championship 2025 was inaugurated at the Sports Bhawan, Muzaffarpur district of Bihar in between 22nd & 23rd February 2025.
  • A three – day Buddhist Festival 2025 was organized at the Kalachakra Ground in the Gaya district of Bihar.
  • Recently, the 300 year old stone art of the Gaya district has been granted GI tag. Patharkatti village of Neemchak Bathani block of Gaya district of Bihar is famous for stone art.
  • Bihar won the gold medal after 25 years in the 38th National Games, held in Uttarakhand.
  • The Bihar Chief Minister attended the 756th Urs of Hazrat Makhdoom Shah Kamaluddin Ahmed Yahya Maneri at Maner Sharif. Urs is an annual festival that commemorates the death anniversary of a Sufi saint.
  • On 6 February 2025, the Chief Minister of Bihar inaugurated the Lakhisarai Museum built for Rs 35.8 crores.
  • Recently, Bihar Governor released the book “Street Vendor se Bureaucrat” written by Manoj Kumar at Raj Bhawan.
  • Recently, the Bihar Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of a bridge to be built on the Kiul River at a cost of Rs 49 crore.
  • In Union Budget 2025, major allocations for Bihar are as follows:
    • Makhana board for foxnut farmers.
    • New greenfield airports in Bihar to meet future demands.
    • Capacity expansion of Patna airport and the development of a brownfield airport at Bihta.
    • A National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Management will be set up under the Purvodaya initiative to develop eastern India.
    • The Budget pledges support for the comprehensive development of the Vishnupad and Mahabodhi temple corridors, modeled after the Kashi Vishwanath temple corridor.
    • Nalanda will be developed as a major tourist center, with efforts to restore Nalanda University to its historical prominence.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: January 2025

    • Bihar’s tableau at the Republic Day parade showcased the revered Bodhi Tree and the legendary Nalanda University.
    • The Bihar Sports University, Rajgir, has received recognition from the UGC. It was inaugurated by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on National Sports Day in 2024. This university is in Rajgir, Nalanda.
    • The Royal Mint of Britain has issued a coin to honor George Orwell, born in Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, marking his 75th death anniversary.
    • Recently, Arif Mohammad Khan was sworn in as the 42nd Governor of Bihar.
    • Seven people from Bihar were selected for the prestigious Padma awards:
      • Padma Vibhushan: Sharda Sinha
      • Padma Bhushan: Sushil Kumar Modi
      • Padma Shri:
        • Kishor Kunal: social worker and founder of Mahavir Sansthan
        • Bhim Singh Bhavesh: social work,
        • Hemant Kumar: in medicine,
        • Nirmala Devi: for her contributions in the art field,
        • Vijay Nityanand Surishwer Ji Maharaj: in spiritualism

    Current Affairs of Bihar: December 2024

    • Recently, the Bihar government has organised a twoday ‘Makhana Mahotsav’ in Bengaluru to expand the market for Bihar’s important crop, makhana, and other food products in Karnataka.
    • Recently, a study by scientists from Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna revealed that Manganese (Mn) contamination of water is causing cancer in the Gangetic plains of Bihar.
    • Bihar will host the Women’s Kabaddi World Cup, in the indoor hall of the Rajgir Sports Academy in March
      2025.
    • Recently, the Bihar government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sankara Eye Foundation India, Coimbatore to facilitate the construction and operation of a super-specialty eye hospital in Patna.
    • In ‘Bihar Business Connect-2024,’ the state received investment proposals worth Rs 1.80 lakh crore.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: November 2024

    • Bihar will host the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) and Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) in 2025.
    • Rajgir Sports Complex will be hosting the Men’s Hockey Asia Cup in 2025.
    • Rajgir Sports Complex recently, hosted the Women’s Asian Hockey Champions Trophy, 2024 from 11th to 20th November, 2024 in Rajgir, Bihar.
    • The common cat snake (Boiga trigonata), a rare and minimally venomous species, was recently discovered in Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve.
    • Recently, Bihar’s folk music icon Sharda Sinha passed away.

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    Current Affairs of Bihar: October 2024

    • On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated Bapu Tower dedicated to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi. This is the first building in the country whose exterior is covered with 40 tonnes of copper.
    • In Swachhta Hi Seva 2024, Bihar has got the first position in the entire country in public participation and cleaning of garbage units.
    • 500 agricultural machinery banks will be created in the state. The Central Government has made a separate allocation of Rs 20 crore to increase the use of agricultural equipment in farming.
    • Bihar became the first state to have a dynamic and data driven lab. The objective of this lab is to equip the administrative officers of Bihar with state-of-the-art data-driven and artificial intelligence (AI) based tools.
    • A tortoise of Indian Softness species was found by the villagers in Piprakutty village of Valmikinagar.
    • Bihar Industry minister Nitish Mishra on October 21 inaugurated the state’s first dry port at Bihta, a town near state capital Patna. The dry port is being seen as the state’s big initiative to boost export of goods being produced in Bihar, in collaboration with a private company.
    • The Janata Dal (United) party in Bihar has formally demanded the Government of India to grant classical language status to Maithili, as many other languages ​​are included in this category. The literary history of the Maithili language goes back about 1,300 years and the state has sought to classify it as a classical language.
    • Chief Minister of Bihar unveiled the logo and mascot for the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, 2024, which will be held in Rajgir, Bihar from November 11 to November 20, 2024. The mascot of the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, 2024 is “Gudiya”, an affectionate term for young girls in Bihar. Inspired by the endangered species, the house sparrow, this mascot represents resiliency, strength and natural heritage. The logo depicts the Bodhi tree, which is a symbol of growth and resilience and is associated with the spiritual heritage of Bihar.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: September 2024

    • Bihar government laid the foundation stone of a Rs 1,347 crore project to provide drinking water from Son river to Aurangabad, Dehri and Sasaram.
    • Bihar Development Mission released the ranking of districts in achieving 7 Nishchay Part 1 and Part 2. While Araria stood first, Madhubani stood last.
    • Nidar Nari Project, started for women, has been started in Bihar. Bihar became the third state to provide ‘safe travel facility’ to women. Before Bihar, this facility is being provided to women in Haryana and Telangana.
    • Bihar is among the top five states in GST collection. The state’s GST collection is up 18 per cent, 5 per cent higher than the national average of 13 per cent.
    • In the Union Budget 2024-25, a plan was presented to develop corridor projects for Vishnupad Temple in Gaya, Bihar and Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya.
    • According to the Periodic Labor Force Survey 2023-24, there is 3% unemployment rate in Bihar. Madhya Pradesh is the only state in the country, where the unemployment rate is less than 1% (0.9%).
    • Barrages will be built on 4 rivers to prevent floods in North Bihar. Barrages will be built at Areraj on Gandak River, Dagmara on Kosi River, Dheng on Bagmati River and Masan on Mahananda River by the selected agency with the help of the Central Government.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: August 2024

    • An industrial park will be built on 1670 acres in Gaya. This will be done under the National Industrial Corridor Development Program of the Central Government.
    • On the occasion of National Sports Day Bihar chief minister inaugurated the state’s first Sports Academy and Bihar Sports University which is a part of the International Sports Complex in Rajgir.
    • Union Ministry of Education has selected Two Bihar educators for the National Teachers Award, 2024.
      • The selected teachers are: Sikendra Kumar Suman, the principal-in-charge of Tarhani New Primary School in Kaimur district and Dr Meenakshi Kumari, teacher at Shiv Ganga Girls High School in Madhubani district.
      • They will be felicitated by President Draupadi Murmu on Teacher’s Day at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi.
      • The award is given to teachers for outstanding contribution in the field of education.
      • They will be given a cash prize of ₹50,000, a silver medal and a citation.
      • A total of 50 teachers have been selected for the prestigious award from all over the country.
    • The Bihar Waqf Board has sent notice to villagers in Govindpur village, demanding they vacate the land within 30 days. After receiving these notices, all landowners filed a petition in the Patna High Court. The High Court stated that the land has been in the names of the petitioners’ descendants since 1910.
    • Gopalganj Police in Bihar seized 50 grams of a substance believed to be Californium, a highly radioactive metal worth Rs 850 crore. However, initial tests by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) revealed no radioactivity. Californium is a silvery-white synthetic radioactive metal with the atomic number 98 on the periodic table.
    • A team of researchers has uncovered an array of medicinal plants at Brahmayoni Hill in Gaya, Bihar, with Gymnema sylvestre (commonly known as Gurmar) being one of the notable findings that is known as anti-diabetic herb.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: July 2024

    • Madhubani’s Menaka Mallick has received the 2023 Sahitya Akademi Translation Award for translating the Nepali novel Neelkanth into Maithili.
    • The Supreme Court has refused to stay the Patna High Court’s order that set aside the increase in reservation for SC/STs, Backward Classes, and Extremely Backward Classes in Bihar from 50% to 65% in public employment and educational institutions.
      • The Patna High Court set aside the amended reservation laws in Bihar, which increased quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50% to 65%, declaring the amendments as “ultra vires” of the Constitution, “bad in law” and “violative of the equality clause”.
      • The amendments had followed a caste survey, which put the percentage of Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes at 63% of the state’s total population, while SCs and STs were stated to have accounted for more than 21%.
      • After the quotas were hiked, reserved seats in the state, including those for the economically weaker sections, came to be 75% of the total.
    • The Union Budget 2024 allocated Rs 11,500 crore for harnessing and utilizing the waters of Kosi – a river that is known to be highly unpredictable and prone to shifting its course. It was the first time the problem of floods in Bihar was recognized as a national priority.
    • The Bihar Assembly passed the Bihar Public Examinations (PE) (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024 aimed to curb the questions paper leaks and other malpractices in government recruitment examinations in the State. The Bill includes provisions for imprisonment terms of three to five years and a fine of Rs. 10 lakh. If a service provider, whether a government entity or a private agency, engages in malpractices, it will face a fine of Rs. 1 crore and a four-year termination of its services.
    • In the Union Budget 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an investment of Rs. 26,000 crore in highway development in Bihar. Highway Development in Bihar: The government aims to boost road infrastructure in Bihar by allocating funds for several projects, including:
      • Patna-Purnea Expressway
      • Buxar-Bhagalpur Expressway
      • Expressway connecting Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Vaishali, and Darbhanga
      • Additional 2-lane bridge over river Ganga at Buxar
      • Power Projects: The budget also includes the setting up of a new 2400 MW power plant at Pirpainti, Bihar, at a cost of Rs. 21,400 crore
    • The Bihar government has urged the Centre to declare the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for makhana, an aquatic crop cultivated across 10 districts in the state.
    • The Eastern Zone Circuit Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set up a four member committee to look into allegations made in encroachment of Kanwartal wetland at Begusarai district in Bihar.
      • The allegations of encroachment and degradation of the Ramsar Site were made by an environmental activist who approached the NGT.
      • The site of Kanwartal wetlands was designated as Bird Sanctuary by the Government of Bihar in 1989. It was designated as a Ramsar site in 2020 and is recognized as Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake.
    • The second phase of construction of the “world’s largest Ramayan temple” began in East Champaran district of Bihar. The construction of the three-storey temple, spread over an area of 3.76 lakh sq.ft., began in June 2023 and is expected to be complete in 2025. The Viraat Ramayan Mandir will be three times larger than the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Constructed at a cost of Rs 500 crore, it will feature a 33-foot-tall Shivling in the arghya (sanctum sanctorum).

    Current Affairs of Bihar: June 2024

    • In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the highest NOTA votes were cast in Indore while the highest in Bihar was cast in Gopalganj.
    • After Madhya Pradesh, Bihar will be the second state in the country where MBBS studies will also start in Hindi from this session.
    • Senior BJP leader Awadhesh Narayan Singh became the acting chairman of Bihar Legislative Council. Senior JDU leader Devesh Chandra Thakur had resigned and contested the Lok Sabha elections.
    • Rinki Jha Rishika of Madhubani has received the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for River Valley Civilization in Maithili language.
    • Bihar’s two wetlands have been added to the global list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. This brings the total number of such wetlands in India to 82. The Nagi and Nakti bird sanctuaries in Bihar’s Jamui district are now part of the Ramsar Convention. Both the bird sanctuaries are built on human-made wetlands primarily developed for irrigation through the construction of the Nakti Dam. Both sanctuaries were designated as Bird Sanctuaries in 1984 due to their importance as wintering habitats for migratory species.
    • According to the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at Cornell University, Bihar could reduce emissions by 9.4-11.2 metric tons each year by adopting alternate wetting and drying for paddy cultivation, advanced artificial insemination for cattle breeding, and antimethanogenic feed supplements in its livestock sector. Research shows that alternate wetting and drying, advanced breeding techniques, and anti-methanogenic feeds can help Bihar to lower its agricultural emissions without damaging productivity. The policy presented a breakdown of emissions reductions for each of Bihar’s four agroclimatic zones. For alternate wetting and drying, Bihar’s southwest and northwest zones have the highest potential mitigation levels.
    • The Prime Minister of India has inaugurated the new campus of Nalanda University at Rajgir, Bihar.
      • The University is conceived as a joint collaboration between India and East Asia Summit (EAS) countries.
      • The Campus is a ‘Net Zero’ Green Campus. It is selfsustainable with a solar plant, domestic and drinking water treatment plant, water recycling plant for reusing wastewater, 100 acres of water bodies, and many other environment friendly facilities.
      • The original Nalanda University, established around 1600 years ago, is considered to be amongst the first residential universities of the world.
      • The ruins of Nalanda Univesity was declared as a UN Heritage Site.
    • The Patna High Court overturned the Bihar government’s decision to raise the reservation quota for backward classes, scheduled castes, and scheduled tribes from 50% to 65% in government jobs and higher educational institutions in the state.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: May 2024

    • Patna Women’s College has become the first college in the state to get A++ grading in NAAC.
    • According to new research published in the Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal, Bihar’s alcohol ban in 2016 prevented 2.4 million cases of daily and weekly consumption, and 2.1 million cases of intimate partner violence. The ban is also estimated to have prevented 1.8 million men in the state from becoming overweight or obese.
    • Recently, Senior Political leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi passed away in New Delhi at the age of 72. He was suffering from cancer. He was a Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar as well as the Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020.
    • For the past two elections, residents of Khokhanaha village in Supaul’s Kosi region have boycotted the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls in anger against all political parties over lack of government initiative to mitigate their sorrows from Kosi river. Due to this Khokhanaha village is also refusing to vote in the 2024 elections.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: April 2024

    • The Commercial taxes department has witnessed a rise of 18.13% in Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in the financial year 2023-24 as compared to 2022-23. The department collected Rs 1,058 crore GST in state in March, the highest in the last seven years. The monthly overall revenue of Rs 5,403.15 crore collected in March is the highest in any given month so far.
    • National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) extended financial support of Rs 10372.86 crore in Bihar during the financial year 2023 – 24 in the form of refinance,direct finance, and grant support. This is the highest financial support extended by NABARD to the state in a year so far and recorded a growth of 21 % over the previous financial year (2022-23).
    • SJVN Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IIT Patna) to use advanced geological models in SJVN’s tunneling projects, thus significantly reducing time and cost overruns.
    • Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar urged young professionals to be part of the endeavour of making India a developed country by 2047. He was addressing the 6th convocation ceremony of IIM Bodh Gaya in Bihar.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: March 2024

    • The Bihar government has appointed Brajesh Mehrotra as the new Chief Secretary.
    • Parmar Ravi Manubhai has been appointed the Chairman of Bihar Public Service.
    • Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inaugurated the e-radiation center and pack house in Bihta.
    • Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled development projects worth ₹ 21,400 crore in Bihar’s Aurangabad district.
    • Bihar Government has decided to provide “free medical treatment up to ₹5 lakh every year to all ration card holder.
    • According to the ‘Climate Resilient and Low-Carbon Development Pathway’ report, Bihar’s greenhouse gas emission is projected to increase 5.2 times by 2070, when India targets to achieve net zero emission. The findings were in the report drafted by the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) in association with the United Nations Environment Programme. The government of Bihar had initiated the process to prepare the strategy for a climate resilient and low-carbon development pathway in February 2021.
    • As per the World Air Quality Report 2023 released by the Swiss organization IQAir, Bihar’s Begusarai has emerged as the world’s most polluted metropolitan area.
    • ONGC has acquired 3D seismic data for 300 sq. km for its block in Samastipur and is set to drill two exploratory wells. The first drilling will be carried out in 2024.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: February 2024

    • The Bihar State Disaster Management Authority has launched the Novel Initiative Technological Intervention for Safety of Human Lives (NITISH) device. It is an innovative pendant-shaped device designed to provide timely alerts to farmers and the public, specifically targeting lightning, floods, heatwaves, and cold waves.
      • It is introduced in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Patna.
      • The device is connected to the Bihar Meteorological Service Centre, ensuring real-time and accurate weather-related alerts.
      • The pendant will get charged from body heat.
      • The device will sound an alert in three ways:
      • It will send voice messages.
      • Its colour will change from green to red.
      • The device will keep warming till its user switches it off.
    • The Bihar government presented a Rs 2.78 lakh crore budget, making education its top priority by allocating over 22% of funds to the department. The budget has a revenue surplus of Rs 1,121.41 crore and shows a fiscal deficit of 2.98%. It also shows an outstanding debt of Rs 3.48 lakh crore.
    • CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated the Bapu Tower in Patna. It will provide information about Gandhiji’s from his childhood to his contribution in the freedom movement. This is the first building in the country whose entire outer layer has been covered with copper.
    • Kaimur’s young writer Gaurav Tiwari’s first book ‘Love That Lasted For Ever’ has been selected for the prestigious Golden Books Award.
    • A 2400 MW thermal power plant will be built in Pirpainti, Bhagalpur with the cooperation of Coal India. Rs 20000 crore will be spent on its construction.
    • After 5 years, the excavation of Kesariya Stupa has been started again. The surface found in the excavation so far is in the form of steps. Excavation will be done up to about 12 feet.
    • Recently, ‘Smart Gram Panchayat: Revolution towards Digitization of Gram Panchayat’ Project was inaugurated at Paprour Gram Panchayat of Begusarai District, Bihar.
      • The project aims to extend the PM-WANI (Prime Minister’s Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) Service to Gram Panchayats in Begusarai, marking a paradigm shift in rural connectivity.
      • It is implemented by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, funded under the revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).
      • The project targets 455 Gram Panchayats across 37 Blocks in Begusarai and Rohtas Districts in Bihar.

    Current Affairs of Bihar: January 2024

    • Bihar’s first Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant has been set up in Ghosia village of Bikramganj. In this, straw and cow dung will be used as raw material, which will also provide relief from the problem of stubble.
    • The state cabinet has approved the Bihar IT Policy – 2024. This policy will remain in force for 5 years. Its main facts are as follows:
      • Those units already working in the IT sector in the state which create new jobs and in which 50% are Biharis, will be eligible to get the subsidy.
      • 10% additional amount will be given to units outside Patna and Danapur Corporation area.
      • 30% capital subsidy will be given on minimum capital investment of Rs 5 crore. Its maximum amount will be Rs 30 crore.
    • Bihar State Cabinet has approved the formation of the ‘Sports Department’. This will be the 45th department of the state government. Jitendra Kumar Rai will be the first Sports Minister of the state.
    • According to the NITI Aayog Report National Multidimensional Poverty Index, the highest population of 26.59% in Bihar is still poor. Whereas in Kerala only 0.48% population is poor.
    • To provide employment to one member of 94 lakh 33 thousand 212 poor families of the state, the government will give Rs 2 lakh each under the Bihar Small Entrepreneur Scheme, which will not be taken back.
    • According to the ASER-2023 report, Bihar has the highest number of children reaching class 10th in the country.
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