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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
मुख्यमंत्री पद छोड़ना मेरी सबसे बड़ी भूल थी: नीतीश
जनता दल यूनाइटेड के नेता और बिहार के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने कहा है कि राज्य का मुख्यमंत्री पद छोड़ना उनकी सबसे बड़ी भूल थी। अपने समर्थक विधायकों को मंगलवार रात दिल्ली लेकर पहुंचे नीतीश ने पत्रकारों से बात करते हुए कहा कि वह नहीं जानते थे कि जीतनराम मांझी इस तरह से उन्हें धोखा देंगे।
उन्होंने कहा कि मांझी उन्हें अलग थलग करने की साजिश रच रहे हैं। उनका आरोप था कि यह सब वह भाजपा के इशारे पर कर रहे हैं। दिल्ली पहुंचे नीतीश ने कहा कि वह राज्य में लोगों का मूड देखकर दिल्ली लौटे हैं। बिहार के पूर्व सीएम का कहना था कि वह यहां पर अपने समर्थक विधायकों के साथ आए हैं और शाम को राष्ट्रपति के सामने उनकी परेड भी करवाएंगे।
उनके इस बयान पर भाजपा के शाहनवाज हुसैन ने कहा है कि नीतीश ने भाजपा का साथ छोड़कर भी गलती की थी। उन्होंने कहा कि केजरीवाल और नीतीश की तुलना करना गलत है।
Saturday, May 31, 2014
world's longest free Wi-Fi zone
PATNA: If you have an internet-enabled device and you are anywhere on the stretch from NIT-Patna on Ashok Rajpath to Danapur, you can now access the internet free of cost.
Once known as a backward state, Bihar has made a strong bid for a mention on the world's infotech map as chief minister Nitish Kumar unveiled the 20km free Wi-Fi zone, the longest across the globe, at a function christened e-Bihar summit in Patna on Wednesday. Kumar also unveiled a 'city surveillance and dial 100' scheme under which at least 100 CCTV cameras installed in different localities of the state capital became operational. A state data centre has also been opened for storing of the 'data' collected by these cameras.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Kumar announced an IT City would be developed on a 200-acre plot at Rajgir. He also said the government has in principle approved an infotech building on a plot of one lakh sq ft and another on a plot of 5 lakh sq ft in Patna. Besides, an infotech park is coming up on the outskirts of the city.
Kumar asked the information technology department officials to hold roadshows in select cities across the country to spread awareness about the progress made by Bihar in the field of information technology. "Our state should now be the IT industry's fave destination," he said.
The state's free Wi-Fi zone is the longest in the world since China's 3.5km zone was treated as the longest so far. The 'city surveillance and dial 100' project is first of its kind in the country as it integrates the surveillance of the city, vehicle tracking and dial 100 control centre schemes. An automated number plate recognition system has been installed on 11 roads, which will automatically note the registration number of the vehicles entering and exiting the city. "It was with this surveillance system's help that the Patna police rescued the son of a city-based trader from Ara within 24 hours of his kidnapping recently," CM Kumar said.
IT minister Shahid Ali Khan said free Wi-Fi facility would be provided at all the tourist spots in the state. Principal secretary (IT) N K Sinha said Bihar might be a late entrant to this sector but "we are on the cusp of IT revolution". Nasscom president R Chandrashekhar and Beltron MD Atul Sinha were among those who also spoke at the bihar event.
Once known as a backward state, Bihar has made a strong bid for a mention on the world's infotech map as chief minister Nitish Kumar unveiled the 20km free Wi-Fi zone, the longest across the globe, at a function christened e-Bihar summit in Patna on Wednesday. Kumar also unveiled a 'city surveillance and dial 100' scheme under which at least 100 CCTV cameras installed in different localities of the state capital became operational. A state data centre has also been opened for storing of the 'data' collected by these cameras.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Kumar announced an IT City would be developed on a 200-acre plot at Rajgir. He also said the government has in principle approved an infotech building on a plot of one lakh sq ft and another on a plot of 5 lakh sq ft in Patna. Besides, an infotech park is coming up on the outskirts of the city.
Kumar asked the information technology department officials to hold roadshows in select cities across the country to spread awareness about the progress made by Bihar in the field of information technology. "Our state should now be the IT industry's fave destination," he said.
The state's free Wi-Fi zone is the longest in the world since China's 3.5km zone was treated as the longest so far. The 'city surveillance and dial 100' project is first of its kind in the country as it integrates the surveillance of the city, vehicle tracking and dial 100 control centre schemes. An automated number plate recognition system has been installed on 11 roads, which will automatically note the registration number of the vehicles entering and exiting the city. "It was with this surveillance system's help that the Patna police rescued the son of a city-based trader from Ara within 24 hours of his kidnapping recently," CM Kumar said.
IT minister Shahid Ali Khan said free Wi-Fi facility would be provided at all the tourist spots in the state. Principal secretary (IT) N K Sinha said Bihar might be a late entrant to this sector but "we are on the cusp of IT revolution". Nasscom president R Chandrashekhar and Beltron MD Atul Sinha were among those who also spoke at the bihar event.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Sunday, July 14, 2013
Organic veggies produced in Bihar on their way to Europe kitchens
Farmers of a village in Bihar’s Nalanda district are planning to go global. Potatoes, pumpkins, garlics, chillis and ladyfingers, among other vegetables, produced in Sohdih village are all set to make their way to kitchens in Europe.
The farmers are eyeing to export organic vegetables to Britain, France, Germany and other European Union countries after their village was awarded the prestigious C3 certificate by the Ecocert, France-based inspection and certification body.
The organic vegetable growers in this village are overjoyed as theirs is the first village in Bihar to obtain the fully organic status.
“It is bound to provide us a lifetime opportunity to send our produce, mainly organic vegetables, to international and national markets. We also hope to earn more,” Rakesh Kumar, a farmer, told IANS..
Another peasant Ritesh Prasad said he too was looking forward to “prosperity from export of organic vegetables”.
District Horticulture Officer Dev Narayan Mahto said Ecocert had awarded its certificate to 180 hectares of the village, providing their produce with 100 percent organic status.
Mahto told IANS by telephone that it took nearly two years for the farmers to move from chemical to organic farming.
“Their hard work has paid off, now they can export organic vegetables,” he said.
R.K. Sohane, director extension education, Bihar Agriculture University, Sabour, said that it will change the face of the village and its neighbourhood.
“Now the farmers of this village will get a chance to have tie-ups with export companies of international firms to sell their produce,” he said.
According to district agriculture officials, it is a matter of pride for the state that a village had got such a certificate.
“It is not a mean achievement. The farm produce are tested for 118 chemicals, pesticides and fertiliser with chemicals like endosulfan, chlordane and lindane. The certificate is given only when no residual traces are found,” they said.
Kumar said that some Mumbai- and Kolkata-based companies dealing in organic products had started placing enhanced orders for vegetables, including potato, pumpkin, garlic, chilli and ladyfinger with the farmers associated with Sher-e-Bihar Sohdih Krishakhit Samuh.
Mahto said that application for C3 status for over 900 hectares is pending .C1 and C2 certificates are given in the first and second year after chemical use on land is stopped by farmers.
After Ecocert certification, a few Mumbai- and Kolkata-based companies have shown interest for setting up their procurement and collection centres at Biharsharif, the district headquarters, and in Patna, he said.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is keen to promote organic farming in Nalanda, his home district, about 100 km from Patna.
Bihar is turning its attention to popularising and promoting organic farming in the state to usher in a new “Green Revolution” in agriculture.
Nitish Kumar’s government has decided to promote organic farming in at least one village of the state’s 37 districts. It launched an “organic farming promotion programme” over a year ago, intended to develop organic ‘grams’ (villages).
A sum of Rs.255 crore ($50 million) has been sanctioned for the development of organic farming, said an official of the agriculture department.
“Initially, the farmers were reluctant to adopt organic farming despite the state government providing free seeds, fertiliser and experts to guide them. But now more farmers have shown interest in it,” said a district official in Nalanda.
Last year, a young farmer of Darveshpura village in Nalanda district set a world record in potato production through organic farming. Earlier, farmers of the same village had created a world record by producing 224 quintals of paddy per hectare.
The chief minister has repeatedly said that he wants to have one or two agriculture products from the state on the plate of every Indian in the coming years.
“Several steps, including promotion of modern techniques of farming, organic farming and use of improved seeds, have been taken in the last two-three years, but it is still a long way to go in developing the agriculture sector,” said an agriculture department official.
Agriculture is the backbone of Bihar’s economy, employing 81 percent of workforce and generating nearly 42 percent of the state’s domestic product, according to the state government.
The farmers are eyeing to export organic vegetables to Britain, France, Germany and other European Union countries after their village was awarded the prestigious C3 certificate by the Ecocert, France-based inspection and certification body.
The organic vegetable growers in this village are overjoyed as theirs is the first village in Bihar to obtain the fully organic status.
Image of vegetables courtesy IBNLive
Another peasant Ritesh Prasad said he too was looking forward to “prosperity from export of organic vegetables”.
District Horticulture Officer Dev Narayan Mahto said Ecocert had awarded its certificate to 180 hectares of the village, providing their produce with 100 percent organic status.
Mahto told IANS by telephone that it took nearly two years for the farmers to move from chemical to organic farming.
“Their hard work has paid off, now they can export organic vegetables,” he said.
R.K. Sohane, director extension education, Bihar Agriculture University, Sabour, said that it will change the face of the village and its neighbourhood.
“Now the farmers of this village will get a chance to have tie-ups with export companies of international firms to sell their produce,” he said.
According to district agriculture officials, it is a matter of pride for the state that a village had got such a certificate.
“It is not a mean achievement. The farm produce are tested for 118 chemicals, pesticides and fertiliser with chemicals like endosulfan, chlordane and lindane. The certificate is given only when no residual traces are found,” they said.
Kumar said that some Mumbai- and Kolkata-based companies dealing in organic products had started placing enhanced orders for vegetables, including potato, pumpkin, garlic, chilli and ladyfinger with the farmers associated with Sher-e-Bihar Sohdih Krishakhit Samuh.
Mahto said that application for C3 status for over 900 hectares is pending .C1 and C2 certificates are given in the first and second year after chemical use on land is stopped by farmers.
After Ecocert certification, a few Mumbai- and Kolkata-based companies have shown interest for setting up their procurement and collection centres at Biharsharif, the district headquarters, and in Patna, he said.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is keen to promote organic farming in Nalanda, his home district, about 100 km from Patna.
Bihar is turning its attention to popularising and promoting organic farming in the state to usher in a new “Green Revolution” in agriculture.
Nitish Kumar’s government has decided to promote organic farming in at least one village of the state’s 37 districts. It launched an “organic farming promotion programme” over a year ago, intended to develop organic ‘grams’ (villages).
A sum of Rs.255 crore ($50 million) has been sanctioned for the development of organic farming, said an official of the agriculture department.
“Initially, the farmers were reluctant to adopt organic farming despite the state government providing free seeds, fertiliser and experts to guide them. But now more farmers have shown interest in it,” said a district official in Nalanda.
Last year, a young farmer of Darveshpura village in Nalanda district set a world record in potato production through organic farming. Earlier, farmers of the same village had created a world record by producing 224 quintals of paddy per hectare.
The chief minister has repeatedly said that he wants to have one or two agriculture products from the state on the plate of every Indian in the coming years.
“Several steps, including promotion of modern techniques of farming, organic farming and use of improved seeds, have been taken in the last two-three years, but it is still a long way to go in developing the agriculture sector,” said an agriculture department official.
Agriculture is the backbone of Bihar’s economy, employing 81 percent of workforce and generating nearly 42 percent of the state’s domestic product, according to the state government.
Farmer’s son gifts Bihar an engineering college
Amit Kumar Das ran away from home to pursue his education with Rs 250 in his pocket.
Today, he is a crorepati in Australia who has gifted Rs 120 crore to set up an engineering college in Bihar.
His story seems like it is from a Bollywood movie.
Das, a farmer's son from Bihar, ran away from home with Rs 250 in his pocket to Delhi to study engineering. Once in Delhi, Das realised that he could not afford an engineering degree.
He refused to give up. Instead, he did a BA at Delhi University. He had a passion for computers, so he applied for a six-month course at NIIT. He was refused admission to that institute because of a lack of English.
Again, Das did not let this stand in his way. He took the advice of the receptionist and took a crash course in English.
He became a faculty member after graduating from the course.
Das opened his own firm from a cybercafe with a few thousand rupees he had saved up. The firm today has clients in 40 countries.
He has now gifted Bihar an engineering college worth Rs 120 crore. The college Moti Babu Institute of Technology (MBIT) will be inaugurated at July 22. The institute is named after his father.
Amit Kumar said that his dream was to give something to his home state and contribute to the education field. He also rued that he couldn’t pursue engineering.
He also wanted to ensure that students should be able to study in spite of their financial background.
The 33 year old is now based in Australia and is the founder chairman of the Sydney based multinational software company ISOFT. He has cleared the Microsoft professional examination and also developed and patented software called ERSys.
Today, he is a crorepati in Australia who has gifted Rs 120 crore to set up an engineering college in Bihar.
His story seems like it is from a Bollywood movie.
Das, a farmer's son from Bihar, ran away from home with Rs 250 in his pocket to Delhi to study engineering. Once in Delhi, Das realised that he could not afford an engineering degree.
He refused to give up. Instead, he did a BA at Delhi University. He had a passion for computers, so he applied for a six-month course at NIIT. He was refused admission to that institute because of a lack of English.
Again, Das did not let this stand in his way. He took the advice of the receptionist and took a crash course in English.
He became a faculty member after graduating from the course.
Das opened his own firm from a cybercafe with a few thousand rupees he had saved up. The firm today has clients in 40 countries.
He has now gifted Bihar an engineering college worth Rs 120 crore. The college Moti Babu Institute of Technology (MBIT) will be inaugurated at July 22. The institute is named after his father.
Amit Kumar said that his dream was to give something to his home state and contribute to the education field. He also rued that he couldn’t pursue engineering.
He also wanted to ensure that students should be able to study in spite of their financial background.
The 33 year old is now based in Australia and is the founder chairman of the Sydney based multinational software company ISOFT. He has cleared the Microsoft professional examination and also developed and patented software called ERSys.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
caste politics in bihar
According to state BJP leader Sushil Modi, the party will use its MBC leaders, notably one Narendra Modi, to take on the JD (U) in its stronghold: the backward caste vote. "The JD (U)'s position is aimed at helping those who want to thwart a backward class leader's bid for the top post," he says. "Narendra Modi is a leader who has come up from a humble background." Kumar retorted: "Modi is closer to corporates than to backward classes even in his state (Gujarat)."
Even as the verbal jousting gains pitch, the split between the JD (U), which has 118 legislators, and the BJP has pulled the Kumar government out of its comfort zone. The doors of the chief minister's Anne Marg residence will now have to open for many hangers-on and whimsical legislators who will demand their pound of political flesh in exchange for their loyalty. Most of these MLAs are former socialists who are known to realign at the drop of a hat. This means that Kumar, who has so far maintained an impeccable image on issues of patronage, may come under pressure.
Pai says JD (U)'s success will depend on support from the Muslim community. Now that it has walked out of an alliance with the saffron party, JD (U) expects the Muslims—who comprise as high as 15% of the state's population, and have traditionally voted for RJD and Congress—to reward Kumar's new political positioning. "Maybe by increasingly veering towards the Congress, he (Kumar) is playing his cards well and is trying to warm up to Muslims as well. The recent political realignment hasn't made him a villain in the eyes of his vote base," she adds.
The JD (U) leader quoted above points to select granular details of the by-elections to the Lok Sabha seat of Maharajgang, which the RJD won. He says the bypoll, held on June 2 this year, 14 days before the JD (U)-BJP split, saw their party candidate secure, on an average, 40% of the total votes in 60 villages dominated by Muslims. Calling it a "major comforting factor", the JD (U) leader adds that this Muslim vote may have emboldened Kumar into snapping a 17-year relationship whose ideological underpinning sat uncomfortably his liberal socialist image.
The JD (U) is laying political premium on its government's track-record of maintaining communal harmony.
Kumar reopened the 1989 Bhagalpur communal riot cases—in which police forces were accused of an anti-Muslim bias—and made sure that those who had gone scot-free and were awarded with investitures by the previous RJD-led government were sent back to the gallows. "Kumar is nobody's fool," says a Bihar government official who has watched the socialist politician for decades and did not want to be named.
Lalu's Hopes
Meanwhile, Lalu Prasad's RJD, buoyed by the Maharajganj win, is hopeful of making a comeback by forging an alliance with the Congress party to crack the caste calculus. "We are optimistic the Congress will opt for the RJD for the electoral alliance," says Ram Kripal Yadav, member of Parliament and RJD's secretary-general. "We want the secular vote to remain in one political basket, unlike the previous elections, when both the RJD and Congress fought separately, splitting the secular vote. We have been supporting the Congress and we will back it in the future as well." He, however, declined comment on why the Congress has dumped the RJD for the JMM in Jharkhand for 2014.
The Congress party still hasn't disclosed its Bihar strategy. Several senior party leaders are leaning towards an alliance with the JD (U) as, they feel, that such an arrangement can thwart Modi's prime ministerial ambitions.
In the coming months, Kumar will have to settle on a consistent political message and ensure smooth governance in Bihar. For, a large section of the aspiring classes have voted for a government that provided a break from mis-governance and misery-mongering that characterised 15 years of Lalu's rule.
"Unfortunately, everything in this state, especially elections, like in many other Indian states, is decided by caste and caste alone," says a top JD (U) leader. "But remember, development is a palpable thing in Bihar...and let's not forget this is a state in transition— from brutal upper caste hegemony through to 'creamy layer' OBC domination to greater representation for all communities."
The BJP feels Narendra Modi's pitch—good governance, purposeful leadership and macho nationalism—will unsettle equations in the state. "There is a popular surge over the leadership of Modi," says BJP general secretary in charge of Bihar Dharmendra Pradhan. "Even if we accept the claim that the BJP will be a swing state in the next elections, political climate will favour us. Swing states almost always follow the overall trend.
And this overall trend is in favour of Modi." But even a politician as astute as Modi will have to solve the caste calculus that is Bihar.
Even as the verbal jousting gains pitch, the split between the JD (U), which has 118 legislators, and the BJP has pulled the Kumar government out of its comfort zone. The doors of the chief minister's Anne Marg residence will now have to open for many hangers-on and whimsical legislators who will demand their pound of political flesh in exchange for their loyalty. Most of these MLAs are former socialists who are known to realign at the drop of a hat. This means that Kumar, who has so far maintained an impeccable image on issues of patronage, may come under pressure.
Pai says JD (U)'s success will depend on support from the Muslim community. Now that it has walked out of an alliance with the saffron party, JD (U) expects the Muslims—who comprise as high as 15% of the state's population, and have traditionally voted for RJD and Congress—to reward Kumar's new political positioning. "Maybe by increasingly veering towards the Congress, he (Kumar) is playing his cards well and is trying to warm up to Muslims as well. The recent political realignment hasn't made him a villain in the eyes of his vote base," she adds.
The JD (U) leader quoted above points to select granular details of the by-elections to the Lok Sabha seat of Maharajgang, which the RJD won. He says the bypoll, held on June 2 this year, 14 days before the JD (U)-BJP split, saw their party candidate secure, on an average, 40% of the total votes in 60 villages dominated by Muslims. Calling it a "major comforting factor", the JD (U) leader adds that this Muslim vote may have emboldened Kumar into snapping a 17-year relationship whose ideological underpinning sat uncomfortably his liberal socialist image.
The JD (U) is laying political premium on its government's track-record of maintaining communal harmony.
Kumar reopened the 1989 Bhagalpur communal riot cases—in which police forces were accused of an anti-Muslim bias—and made sure that those who had gone scot-free and were awarded with investitures by the previous RJD-led government were sent back to the gallows. "Kumar is nobody's fool," says a Bihar government official who has watched the socialist politician for decades and did not want to be named.
Lalu's Hopes
Meanwhile, Lalu Prasad's RJD, buoyed by the Maharajganj win, is hopeful of making a comeback by forging an alliance with the Congress party to crack the caste calculus. "We are optimistic the Congress will opt for the RJD for the electoral alliance," says Ram Kripal Yadav, member of Parliament and RJD's secretary-general. "We want the secular vote to remain in one political basket, unlike the previous elections, when both the RJD and Congress fought separately, splitting the secular vote. We have been supporting the Congress and we will back it in the future as well." He, however, declined comment on why the Congress has dumped the RJD for the JMM in Jharkhand for 2014.
The Congress party still hasn't disclosed its Bihar strategy. Several senior party leaders are leaning towards an alliance with the JD (U) as, they feel, that such an arrangement can thwart Modi's prime ministerial ambitions.
In the coming months, Kumar will have to settle on a consistent political message and ensure smooth governance in Bihar. For, a large section of the aspiring classes have voted for a government that provided a break from mis-governance and misery-mongering that characterised 15 years of Lalu's rule.
"Unfortunately, everything in this state, especially elections, like in many other Indian states, is decided by caste and caste alone," says a top JD (U) leader. "But remember, development is a palpable thing in Bihar...and let's not forget this is a state in transition— from brutal upper caste hegemony through to 'creamy layer' OBC domination to greater representation for all communities."
The BJP feels Narendra Modi's pitch—good governance, purposeful leadership and macho nationalism—will unsettle equations in the state. "There is a popular surge over the leadership of Modi," says BJP general secretary in charge of Bihar Dharmendra Pradhan. "Even if we accept the claim that the BJP will be a swing state in the next elections, political climate will favour us. Swing states almost always follow the overall trend.
And this overall trend is in favour of Modi." But even a politician as astute as Modi will have to solve the caste calculus that is Bihar.
Bihar gets coal supplies to kick-start mega power projects
For three years, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was trying to secure, albeit unsuccessfully, the all-important coal linkage for nearly Rs 20,000- crore worth of mega power projects, proposed in the State.
The initiative was part of the election promise of the JD(U)-BJP alliance in 2010, to resurrect the dilapidated power infrastructure in the State.
But everything has now changed for the better. In a happy coincidence, after Kumar broke away from the BJP-led NDA, the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre has showered Bihar with coal.
According to sources, in a recent decision, the Coal Ministry awarded Bihar with a captive asset, ‘Deocha Panchami’ in Birbhum district of West Bengal. This is the second coal block awarded to Bihar since 2006. The State will get nearly a quarter of the 2,100 million tonne (mt) recoverable reserve from the Birbhum asset, to be shared with West Bengal (25 per cent), Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Tamil Nadu.
Bihar’s share (486 mt) is linked to three proposed super critical power stations of 2X 660 MW each at Chausa (Buxar), Kajra (Lakhisarai) and Pirpainti (Bhagalpur).
Huge potential
Bihar has already entered into a preliminary pact with SJVN Ltd (formerly Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd) in October for setting up the 1320-MW Chausa thermal power station on build-own-operate (BOO) basis.
The State’s previous attempts to attract investment in Kajra (1320 MW) and Pirpainti (1320 MW), were unsuccessful, in the absence of fuel linkage. With the availability of coal block, Bihar is now expected to invite bids for both the projects.
But, that’s not all. In an immediate boost to the power availability outlook in the State, the Centre recommended Coal India (CIL) to supply nearly 5 mt coal to State generation utility sponsored projects.
Supplies from CIL
Currently dependent on nearly 950 MW daily supplies from NTPC, the State utility is scheduled to commission renovated own capacities at Barauni (2 X 110 MW) and Muzaffarpur (2 X 110 MW) from this month. To be operational this fiscal, both the plants will now enjoy long-term supplies from CIL.
In addition, Bihar is offered nearly 2.5 mt tapering linkage (short-term supplies granted against captive assets) by for the proposed 2 X 250 MW Barauni extension project, undertaken by the State utility.
The linkage was granted against the only captive asset (Urma Paharitora, Jharkhand) Bihar was awarded in the past. The block is held jointly with the Jharkhand State utility.
Monday, July 8, 2013
fake electrification under RGGVY IN BIHAR
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please check electrification status of maniyari village. wheather it has been done?
Saturday, July 6, 2013
The Famous Husk Power Systems of Bihar
Husk Power Systems is the name behind lightening up of over 2 lakh households in India. Started by Gyanesh Pandey, Ratnesh Yadav, Manoj Sinha and Charles “Chip” Ransler, it provides power to thousands of rural Indians households using the Rice Husks at a very economical rate.
Husk Power Systems was started in August 2007 at a village Tamkuha in the W. Champaran district of Bihar. Since then it has spread to over 100 Plants in the state providing daily lightening to over 1.5 Lakh people in villages. It has also started its operation in villages of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and now plans to expand its operation in African continent. Recently, it has joined the ranks of GE and the likes for Powering Africa Program (a $7 billion initiative) launched by US President Barack Obama. It will install 200 decentralized biomass-based mini power plants in Tanzania, providing affordable lighting for 60,000 households.
The Plant has optimized gasifiers that uses rice husks alone, producing a Methane like gas which fuels the generator generating about 32KW of Power from 50 kg of Husk per hour. The cost of a single Husk Power Unit is around Rs 15-16 Lakh.
The rice husks used to fuel the process are purchased from local rice mills for under one rupee per kilogram. The cost of the service is about 80 rupees (less than US$2) per month, about half the cost of the kerosene that most villagers use to power lamps that provide far less light than the CFL bulbs distributed by the company.
Local residents are employed to feed rice husks into the converter, to collect payments in advance and to monitor the electricity usage by customers, who are typically allocated enough electricity to each home for several hours each evening to power two 15-watt compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and to recharge their cell phones.
To keep costs to a minimum, HPS has taken various measures. For instance, the system design itself requires the most basic of gasifiers and generators, thereby reducing manufacturing and maintenance costs. Instead of laying underground cables or using cement poles for supporting overhead distribution cables, HPS uses inexpensive bamboo poles. To avoid electricity theft, the firm has designed its own low-cost, pre-paid energy meters. Labor costs are kept low by employing locals from the villages. When HPS noticed that their customers were using poor-quality bulbs that led to loss of power, they partnered with a manufacturer of high quality bulbs and sourced the bulbs for their customers at discounted rates.
Husk Power plans to have a total of over 2,000 units up and running by the end of 2014. The Company is incorporated at Patna Bihar.
A waste product of the HPS power plant operations is rice husk char, which can be used to make incense sticks. Local village women are trained and employed for this purpose by a non-governmental organization (NGO) set up by HPS. HPS then sells the incense sticks to companies who add various fragrances and market the incense under their own brands.
Husk Power Systems was started in August 2007 at a village Tamkuha in the W. Champaran district of Bihar. Since then it has spread to over 100 Plants in the state providing daily lightening to over 1.5 Lakh people in villages. It has also started its operation in villages of Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and now plans to expand its operation in African continent. Recently, it has joined the ranks of GE and the likes for Powering Africa Program (a $7 billion initiative) launched by US President Barack Obama. It will install 200 decentralized biomass-based mini power plants in Tanzania, providing affordable lighting for 60,000 households.
The Plant has optimized gasifiers that uses rice husks alone, producing a Methane like gas which fuels the generator generating about 32KW of Power from 50 kg of Husk per hour. The cost of a single Husk Power Unit is around Rs 15-16 Lakh.
The rice husks used to fuel the process are purchased from local rice mills for under one rupee per kilogram. The cost of the service is about 80 rupees (less than US$2) per month, about half the cost of the kerosene that most villagers use to power lamps that provide far less light than the CFL bulbs distributed by the company.
Local residents are employed to feed rice husks into the converter, to collect payments in advance and to monitor the electricity usage by customers, who are typically allocated enough electricity to each home for several hours each evening to power two 15-watt compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and to recharge their cell phones.
To keep costs to a minimum, HPS has taken various measures. For instance, the system design itself requires the most basic of gasifiers and generators, thereby reducing manufacturing and maintenance costs. Instead of laying underground cables or using cement poles for supporting overhead distribution cables, HPS uses inexpensive bamboo poles. To avoid electricity theft, the firm has designed its own low-cost, pre-paid energy meters. Labor costs are kept low by employing locals from the villages. When HPS noticed that their customers were using poor-quality bulbs that led to loss of power, they partnered with a manufacturer of high quality bulbs and sourced the bulbs for their customers at discounted rates.
Husk Power plans to have a total of over 2,000 units up and running by the end of 2014. The Company is incorporated at Patna Bihar.
A waste product of the HPS power plant operations is rice husk char, which can be used to make incense sticks. Local village women are trained and employed for this purpose by a non-governmental organization (NGO) set up by HPS. HPS then sells the incense sticks to companies who add various fragrances and market the incense under their own brands.
Top ten Tourist destinations in Bihar
Bihar is a beautiful state of India. This pilgrimage destination of India also includes botanical gardens, national parks and historic destinations, which tourist would love to visit. A visit to Bihar alone gives you a picture of India, Indian values and Indian culture. Some famous tourist destinations of Bihar are listed below for you to know Bihar better.
1. Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park
Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park is situated in Patna the capital of Bihar. This biological park is one of the largest national parks of India. This park alone has as many as 300 different species of trees, herbs and shrubs. It is a home to approximately 800 animals. It also contains a snake house and an aquarium.
2. Har Mandir Sahib of Patna
This beautiful holy shrine of the Sikhs is made up of white marbles. It is again situated in Patna. This shrine is of Guru Gobind Singh, he was the last guru of the Sikhs.
3. Rajgir
Rajgir is one of the most significant tourist places of India. Rajgir has a complex of temples and monasteries. Besides being a significant tourist place Rajgir is also a holy destination as it has been an ideal spot of Buddhism. Beautiful scenic views and small hills covered with lush green forest is the identity of Rajgir.
4. Valmiki National Park
This national park is a home to the great Bengal tigers of India and hence is also a tiger reserve of India. Valmiki National Park is situated in the west Champaran District of Bihar. It is contiguous to Royal Chitawan National Park of Nepal. Gandak River flows through it.
5. Shanti Stupa
This place Shanti Stupa is situated on a 400mts tall hill. It is built in stunning white marble. The main attractions of Shanti Stupa are its four corners. These four corners are sparkling statues of Lord Buddha. To get to this place you need to take the ropeway.
6. Barabar Caves
Barabar caves are situated in Gaya, one of the Hindu pilgrimage cities of Bihar. These caves are carved on Nagarjuni hills. This historic place of Bihar consists of 7 caves out of which 4 caves have carvings of the life of Lord Buddha.
7. Mahabodhi Mandir, Gaya
This memorably decorated temple of Lord Buddha is situated in Gaya. The temple alone is 170 feet tall and it consists of a beautiful large image of Lord Buddha. This temple is a historic temple built by the King Ashoka in the 3rd century BC.
8. Mahavir Mandir, Patna
This modern Temple of Lord Hanuman is situated in Patna. The attraction of this place is in the nights when the temple is lit up with the pink and neon color lights.
9. Mahatma Gandhi Setu
This bridge is the longest River road Bridge in the World. The length of the bridge is exactly 5.575km. The bridge contains a two way roadway and a two meter wide footpath.
10. Vikramshila Museum
This museum is a wonder. The museum exhibits a variety of ancient monuments, art pieces, ancient utensils, coins, jewelry and also ancient weapons. The magnificent museum is situated at the entrance of the Excavation site.
1. Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park
Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park is situated in Patna the capital of Bihar. This biological park is one of the largest national parks of India. This park alone has as many as 300 different species of trees, herbs and shrubs. It is a home to approximately 800 animals. It also contains a snake house and an aquarium.
2. Har Mandir Sahib of Patna
This beautiful holy shrine of the Sikhs is made up of white marbles. It is again situated in Patna. This shrine is of Guru Gobind Singh, he was the last guru of the Sikhs.
3. Rajgir
Rajgir is one of the most significant tourist places of India. Rajgir has a complex of temples and monasteries. Besides being a significant tourist place Rajgir is also a holy destination as it has been an ideal spot of Buddhism. Beautiful scenic views and small hills covered with lush green forest is the identity of Rajgir.
4. Valmiki National Park
This national park is a home to the great Bengal tigers of India and hence is also a tiger reserve of India. Valmiki National Park is situated in the west Champaran District of Bihar. It is contiguous to Royal Chitawan National Park of Nepal. Gandak River flows through it.
5. Shanti Stupa
This place Shanti Stupa is situated on a 400mts tall hill. It is built in stunning white marble. The main attractions of Shanti Stupa are its four corners. These four corners are sparkling statues of Lord Buddha. To get to this place you need to take the ropeway.
6. Barabar Caves
Barabar caves are situated in Gaya, one of the Hindu pilgrimage cities of Bihar. These caves are carved on Nagarjuni hills. This historic place of Bihar consists of 7 caves out of which 4 caves have carvings of the life of Lord Buddha.
7. Mahabodhi Mandir, Gaya
This memorably decorated temple of Lord Buddha is situated in Gaya. The temple alone is 170 feet tall and it consists of a beautiful large image of Lord Buddha. This temple is a historic temple built by the King Ashoka in the 3rd century BC.
8. Mahavir Mandir, Patna
This modern Temple of Lord Hanuman is situated in Patna. The attraction of this place is in the nights when the temple is lit up with the pink and neon color lights.
9. Mahatma Gandhi Setu
This bridge is the longest River road Bridge in the World. The length of the bridge is exactly 5.575km. The bridge contains a two way roadway and a two meter wide footpath.
10. Vikramshila Museum
This museum is a wonder. The museum exhibits a variety of ancient monuments, art pieces, ancient utensils, coins, jewelry and also ancient weapons. The magnificent museum is situated at the entrance of the Excavation site.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
who does it in your city
Who carries you on a rickshaw or an autorickshaw in Delhi? Biharis. Who drives the cars of Delhiites? Biharis. Who built the Delhi Metro? Biharis.
(You may not agree with the last one.)
Who is building the new houses and the expanding suburbs of Delhi? Biharis. Who made Punjab the most prosperous state in the country? The answer again is Biharis. (Here too you may not agree.)
The credit for building the Delhi Metro or making Punjab prosperous will never go to Biharis. Does anyone ever say that blacks built America?
In colonial days, Bihar supplied the "girmitiya", or indentured, labour force that built countries like Mauritius, Suriname and Fiji. A bulk of the labour employed in the Raj capital of Calcutta came from Bihar. After Independence, as opportunities grew, Bihari workers flocked to places like Delhi, Punjab and Mumbai.
At the same time, Biharis excelled in other fields. Many of them became great political leaders, ICS and IAS officers, scientists, doctors, engineers, writers and artists. Delhi and other Indian cities attracted huge white-collar Bihari populations and Biharis formed a large part of the Indian diaspora of professionals.
But in the eyes of the rest of India, "Bihari" had come to mean a labourer, a person doing menial jobs. It had become a term of scorn and contempt. In their anglicized lingo, places like Delhi University turned the word into "Harry", but the pejorative tone remained unmistakable.
Heaping scorn on the working classes is a universal phenomenon. That is how words like Negro, Paki (used for Pakistanis and Indians in Britain) and some of the words denoting dalit castes in India earned contemptuous connotations.
In fact, while Biharis were getting their hands dirty on Punjab's farms, Punjabis were migrating in hordes to the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. Never mind that they would take up blue-collar jobs as taxi drivers, petrol pump attendants and waiters in those faraway lands.
As the years passed, many of the Biharis who had come to Punjab or Mumbai as manual labourers started moving up the economic ladder as did the blue-collar Indian emigrants abroad. A usually unnoticed aspect of the so-called racial attacks against Indians abroad is the threat the rise of working classes poses to the entrenched social order. This accentuates the contempt they face. Viewed thus, the attacks on Biharis in Punjab, and Mumbai, and the attacks on Indians abroad are manifestations of the same phenomenon.
What stopped Biharis from bringing about a green revolution or building a Metro in Bihar? The answer is geography and history. Geography, because ravaged by floods, the land of Bihar was unable to feed its growing population. And history, because what was the centre of the biggest Indian empire in ancient times was reduced to an obscure provincial existence. The skewed landownership system introduced by the British rulers worsened the situation.
It is a story of a couple of hundred years. Things could have improved after Independence had the political leadership of Bihar been able to exert influence on the rulers in New Delhi to get enough funds for development projects and set off a process of industrialization in the state.
On the contrary, Bihar continued to live the same, conveniently ignored, provincial existence. A system built on casteism, nepotism, corruption and crime came to dominate the state. It spawned a neo-rich class of netas, babus, contractors and government engineers who would build palatial houses for themselves with the money meant for dams, power projects, ration for the poor or even fodder for cattle.
The money meant for roads, other infrastructure and public amenities would go into their bank accounts. No wonder, the roads - supposed to be built with public money - in front of those houses would be full of ditches and become the playground of pigs every monsoon.
With limited options of higher education and hardly any employment opportunities in the state, the youth of Bihar started looking out. They flooded places like Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University. They started dominating the country's toughest competitive tests like the IIT Joint Entrance Examination and the UPSC's civil services examination. With this success, Biharis started believing that they were the brainiest. As for others, they at least began to acknowledge that Biharis were inferior to none when it came to brainpower.
The academic success, however, did not do much to rid the word "Bihari" of the scorn it had gathered. People in Delhi continued to laugh at those who spoke with a Bihari accent. Those who spoke without an accent would get this compliment: "Oh, you are from Bihar? But you don't sound like a Bihari."
Biharis, meanwhile, were retreating into a shell, with little but the glory of ancient and medieval heroes like Buddha, Mahavira, Chandragupta, Chanakya, Ashoka, Aryabhatta, Guru Gobind Singh and Sher Shah to bask in. Now comes 11% growth. The state can recover from the damage it has suffered over hundreds of years only if such a high rate of growth can be sustained for many, many years. Then Biharis would not have to till others' land or build cities and countries elsewhere.
Monday, March 25, 2013
murder in maniyari
A local lawyer, Ram Kumar, 32, was shot dead at Purushottampur village under the Maniyari police station of the district on Saturday evening. Kumar was returning to his native village Ratnauli on his motorcycle from Muzaffarpur when he was shot from close range. He died before reaching the hospital at Bairiya here.
Sources said the lawyer had filed a case of corruption at the local vigilance court against the mukhiya of Ratnauli panchayat, Rajkumar Sahni. After that, he had received several threatening calls from the mukhiya and his supporters. Kumar then met the police officers concerned, seeking action against the culprits
MUZAFFARPUR: Senior superintendent of police Rajesh Kumar on Sunday suspended Maniyari station house officer (SHO) Shafir Alam who was found guilty of dereliction of duty for failing to save the life of local lawyer Ram Kumar Thakur. The lawyer was gunned down on Saturday evening.
Angry over the killing, the city lawyers have decided to boycott all courts till the main accused of the case, Ratnauli panchayat mukhiya Raj Kumar Sahni, is arrested.
Muzaffarpur Bar Association, which met under the presidentship of Shiv Mohan on Sunday, also decided that no lawyer of Muzaffarpur will plead the case of the accused persons. The association demanded government job for one of the dependents of the deceased and a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the bereaved family.
The SSP said on Sunday that an FIR had been lodged against Raj Kumar Sahni, Bramhanand Sahni, Mahesh Sahni, Rajesh Sahni, Sukhdev Sahni and others on the statement of Pankaj Thakur, son of the deceased. The autopsy report has confirmed that two bullets, fired from a pistol and found in the lower abdomen of the deceased, caused the death. Raids are going on to nab the mukhiya, his son and other accused persons, the SSP added.
He said although the main reason behind the murder would be known only after a thorough investigation, preliminary reports indicated personal enmity led to the murder. Ram Kumar had filed a case of corruption in the local vigilance court against the mukhiya. He had also sought information under the RTI Act regarding the activities and business of the mukhiya. Some persons close to the lawyer's family claimed that as many as seven petitions had been filed under the RTI Act.
The SSP said according to complaints received by the police, the enmity between the lawyer and the mukhiya had reached such a point that both of them had assaulted each other. The local pancahyat had tried to sort out the differences, but could not succeed. The lawyer wanted the mukhiya to be punished for allegedly swindling money of different development schemes.
The SSP said that a village woman was assaulted by some of the accused and Maniyari SHO Shafir Alam had not acted in favour of the woman. Alam was also charged with deliberately delaying the lifting of the injured lawyer from the place of occurrence for providing immediate medical relief to him, resulting in his death. Alam has been placed under suspension and Maniyari police station sub-inspector Jai Kishore Sinha has been made the new SHO.
According to bar association joint secretary Sudheer Kumar ojha, the lawyer had specifically alleged in the vigilance court that the mukhiya had swindled government money to the tune of Rs 20 lakh in the name of distributing solar lights in villages, Rs 5 lakh in illegal payment of wages under MGNREGA and a huge amount in earth-filling and brick-soling work of road construction.
The mukhiya had also lodged a case under the SC/ST Act against the lawyer. The DSP (West) had made an inquiry later and had found the charges against the lawyer false. The mukhiya had also threatened Ram Kumar many times and a delegation of lawyers had met the DIG, SSP and DSP seeking protection for him. Ojha also alleged the accused persons had assaulted Ram Kumar's elder brother recently, but the Maniyari police did not register an FIR in this connection
Sources said the lawyer had filed a case of corruption at the local vigilance court against the mukhiya of Ratnauli panchayat, Rajkumar Sahni. After that, he had received several threatening calls from the mukhiya and his supporters. Kumar then met the police officers concerned, seeking action against the culprits
MUZAFFARPUR: Senior superintendent of police Rajesh Kumar on Sunday suspended Maniyari station house officer (SHO) Shafir Alam who was found guilty of dereliction of duty for failing to save the life of local lawyer Ram Kumar Thakur. The lawyer was gunned down on Saturday evening.
Angry over the killing, the city lawyers have decided to boycott all courts till the main accused of the case, Ratnauli panchayat mukhiya Raj Kumar Sahni, is arrested.
Muzaffarpur Bar Association, which met under the presidentship of Shiv Mohan on Sunday, also decided that no lawyer of Muzaffarpur will plead the case of the accused persons. The association demanded government job for one of the dependents of the deceased and a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the bereaved family.
The SSP said on Sunday that an FIR had been lodged against Raj Kumar Sahni, Bramhanand Sahni, Mahesh Sahni, Rajesh Sahni, Sukhdev Sahni and others on the statement of Pankaj Thakur, son of the deceased. The autopsy report has confirmed that two bullets, fired from a pistol and found in the lower abdomen of the deceased, caused the death. Raids are going on to nab the mukhiya, his son and other accused persons, the SSP added.
He said although the main reason behind the murder would be known only after a thorough investigation, preliminary reports indicated personal enmity led to the murder. Ram Kumar had filed a case of corruption in the local vigilance court against the mukhiya. He had also sought information under the RTI Act regarding the activities and business of the mukhiya. Some persons close to the lawyer's family claimed that as many as seven petitions had been filed under the RTI Act.
The SSP said according to complaints received by the police, the enmity between the lawyer and the mukhiya had reached such a point that both of them had assaulted each other. The local pancahyat had tried to sort out the differences, but could not succeed. The lawyer wanted the mukhiya to be punished for allegedly swindling money of different development schemes.
The SSP said that a village woman was assaulted by some of the accused and Maniyari SHO Shafir Alam had not acted in favour of the woman. Alam was also charged with deliberately delaying the lifting of the injured lawyer from the place of occurrence for providing immediate medical relief to him, resulting in his death. Alam has been placed under suspension and Maniyari police station sub-inspector Jai Kishore Sinha has been made the new SHO.
According to bar association joint secretary Sudheer Kumar ojha, the lawyer had specifically alleged in the vigilance court that the mukhiya had swindled government money to the tune of Rs 20 lakh in the name of distributing solar lights in villages, Rs 5 lakh in illegal payment of wages under MGNREGA and a huge amount in earth-filling and brick-soling work of road construction.
The mukhiya had also lodged a case under the SC/ST Act against the lawyer. The DSP (West) had made an inquiry later and had found the charges against the lawyer false. The mukhiya had also threatened Ram Kumar many times and a delegation of lawyers had met the DIG, SSP and DSP seeking protection for him. Ojha also alleged the accused persons had assaulted Ram Kumar's elder brother recently, but the Maniyari police did not register an FIR in this connection
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
First batch Convocation: Kalam calls IIT-Patna to partner in Bihar’s growth
Patna,(BiharTimes): Conferring degrees on the first batch of 89 students of the
Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, former President, A P J Abdul Kalam on
Sunday called for first of its kind centre for sustainable development there.
Kalam asked IIT-Patna to be a growth partner in the development of the state. He said “the IIT Patna can be a growth partner of Bihar in many ways, right from finding ways to tackle floods in the state to working towards sustainable rural development.”
Kalam asked IIT-Patna to be a growth partner in the development of the state. He said “the IIT Patna can be a growth partner of Bihar in many ways, right from finding ways to tackle floods in the state to working towards sustainable rural development.”
The convocation was a grand affair with conferring the
President of India gold medal on Gagandeep Singh, a passout from the Computer
Science and Engineering faculty, for securing the highest cumulative progress
index, while Anushmita Kaushik received the director’s gold medal for being
adjudged the best all-rounder.
Kalam said the mission of transforming India into a developed nation can be achieved by integrating action in five key sectors––agriculture and food processing, reliable and quality electric power, education and healthcare, information and communication technology and self-reliance in critical technologies.
Speaking on the occasion Kaushik, pursuing MBA from IIM-Bangalore, said: “Our experience at IIT-Patna was good. People here are co-operative. They came forward to help us whenever they got to know that we were IIT students. Though we didn’t get the chance to study on the new campus, the institute provided all the facilities that any good institution provides its students.”
At the end of her speech, Kaushik administered a Sanskrit oath to the graduates in which they vowed to apply the lessons they acquired at IIT towards the development of the nation.
Ajai Chowdhry, the new chairman of IIT-Patna and a founder member of HCL, said after getting engineering degrees, most techies join the software industry for earning more, buying car, booking a home and travelling abroad. “I am not against students joining such companies but the techies should look at their job content. They should pitch themselves to create and innovate in their jobs rather than just coding,” he added. The outgoing Director IIT Patna, Anil Kumar Bhowmick was also present.
IIT-Patna also honoured former IIT-Kharagpur director K L Chopra and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India Anil Kakodkar for their contribution to the field of education and research. Former chairman of the board of governor of IIT Patna, G Madhavan Nair, was also present on the occasion.
Kalam said the mission of transforming India into a developed nation can be achieved by integrating action in five key sectors––agriculture and food processing, reliable and quality electric power, education and healthcare, information and communication technology and self-reliance in critical technologies.
Speaking on the occasion Kaushik, pursuing MBA from IIM-Bangalore, said: “Our experience at IIT-Patna was good. People here are co-operative. They came forward to help us whenever they got to know that we were IIT students. Though we didn’t get the chance to study on the new campus, the institute provided all the facilities that any good institution provides its students.”
At the end of her speech, Kaushik administered a Sanskrit oath to the graduates in which they vowed to apply the lessons they acquired at IIT towards the development of the nation.
Ajai Chowdhry, the new chairman of IIT-Patna and a founder member of HCL, said after getting engineering degrees, most techies join the software industry for earning more, buying car, booking a home and travelling abroad. “I am not against students joining such companies but the techies should look at their job content. They should pitch themselves to create and innovate in their jobs rather than just coding,” he added. The outgoing Director IIT Patna, Anil Kumar Bhowmick was also present.
IIT-Patna also honoured former IIT-Kharagpur director K L Chopra and former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India Anil Kakodkar for their contribution to the field of education and research. Former chairman of the board of governor of IIT Patna, G Madhavan Nair, was also present on the occasion.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Gandhi Maidan to have 2 Large LED Screens to promote Tourism
Patna: Bihar Tourism Department is planning to install two large LED Screens similar to that at Times Square, New York which would display the Touristic Beauty of Bihar. These screens would be installed at two diametric ends of Historic Gandhi Maidan.
These Screens would be Water-Proof and can be easily viewed from any Angle.
One Screen would be placed near Biscomaun while the other would be near Udyog Bhawan. The LED Screens would be ready by January and can also be used for Advertisement purposes.
These Screens would be switched on at 6 PM in evening and would remain on till 11 PM in Summer, while 5PM-10PM in Winters
These Screens would showcase Touristic Facilities in Bihar, in addtion to the History of Bihar, Development and Progress undergoing in Bihar
These Screens would be Water-Proof and can be easily viewed from any Angle.
One Screen would be placed near Biscomaun while the other would be near Udyog Bhawan. The LED Screens would be ready by January and can also be used for Advertisement purposes.
These Screens would be switched on at 6 PM in evening and would remain on till 11 PM in Summer, while 5PM-10PM in Winters
These Screens would showcase Touristic Facilities in Bihar, in addtion to the History of Bihar, Development and Progress undergoing in Bihar
Patna to have American Business Corner very Soon
Patna might have the privilege to have a center of American Business Corner. This was revealed during the inauguration of American Business Corner at Guwahati.
US Ambassador to India Nancy J. Powell inaugurated the American Business Corner Guwahati – the first such in northeast India.
The next two centers would be at Patna and Bhubaneshwar said M.K. Saharia of Indian Chamber of Commerce which houses the Guwahati American Business Corner.
Speaking on the occasion, Powell noted the long history of co-operation between US Commercial Service office at the US consulate in Kolkata, and the ICC which led to setting up of the ABC.
“It’s been 20 years now that I visited last and I see Guwahati has undergone sea change in all spheres. I could see the difference while I landed and travelled by road to Guwahati,” she said.
“The ABCs are designed such a way to help everyone who wants to trade with the United States,” she added.
Showcasing catalogues and business materials of US companies in its library, the ABC is designed to assist US companies in promoting their brand and generating business leads from emerging metropolitan cities in India.
It is also a value added service by industry chambers to their members who seek American technologies and equipment to upgrade production capabilities and become more competitive in global markets.
Speaking on the occasion, M.K. Saharia of the ICC said that they are looking forward to opening two more ABCs at Bhubneswar and Patna soon.
US Ambassador to India Nancy J. Powell inaugurated the American Business Corner Guwahati – the first such in northeast India.
The next two centers would be at Patna and Bhubaneshwar said M.K. Saharia of Indian Chamber of Commerce which houses the Guwahati American Business Corner.
Speaking on the occasion, Powell noted the long history of co-operation between US Commercial Service office at the US consulate in Kolkata, and the ICC which led to setting up of the ABC.
“It’s been 20 years now that I visited last and I see Guwahati has undergone sea change in all spheres. I could see the difference while I landed and travelled by road to Guwahati,” she said.
“The ABCs are designed such a way to help everyone who wants to trade with the United States,” she added.
Showcasing catalogues and business materials of US companies in its library, the ABC is designed to assist US companies in promoting their brand and generating business leads from emerging metropolitan cities in India.
It is also a value added service by industry chambers to their members who seek American technologies and equipment to upgrade production capabilities and become more competitive in global markets.
Speaking on the occasion, M.K. Saharia of the ICC said that they are looking forward to opening two more ABCs at Bhubneswar and Patna soon.
Monday, September 3, 2012
maruti lunches disel car
In order to bring in some excitement in the market, Maruti suzuki, India's largest car maker has launched a refreshed Ritz diesel starting at Rs 5.31 lakh ex-showroom New Delhi.
Maruti Suzuki claims the new Ritz diesel offers 10% higher fuel efficiency at 23.2 kilometers per litre and comes packed with 52 changes such as new front design, new dual tone interiors, multi-information display on instrument panel, new audio system with USB, electrically adjustable rear view mirrors, body side moulding amongst others.
For the first time, the company has also introduced an all new ZDi variant at Rs 6.23 lakh in the Ritz Diesel with top of the line features such as Alloy Wheels, Dual Front Air Bags and steering audio controls.
Manohar Bhat, vice president (marketing) Maruti Suzuki India said, "Numerous changes being introduced now will make the Ritz brand more vibrant. Most important, the new Ritz is more fuel-efficient with enhanced driving comfort. This makes it even more attractive for the customer and also gives us confidence to generate additional sales."
Ritz which has already crossed a sales mark of over 2,00,000 units in a span of just 3 years, will now sport three new colours- mystique red, granite grey & breeze blue.
Maruti Suzuki claims the new Ritz diesel offers 10% higher fuel efficiency at 23.2 kilometers per litre and comes packed with 52 changes such as new front design, new dual tone interiors, multi-information display on instrument panel, new audio system with USB, electrically adjustable rear view mirrors, body side moulding amongst others.
For the first time, the company has also introduced an all new ZDi variant at Rs 6.23 lakh in the Ritz Diesel with top of the line features such as Alloy Wheels, Dual Front Air Bags and steering audio controls.
Manohar Bhat, vice president (marketing) Maruti Suzuki India said, "Numerous changes being introduced now will make the Ritz brand more vibrant. Most important, the new Ritz is more fuel-efficient with enhanced driving comfort. This makes it even more attractive for the customer and also gives us confidence to generate additional sales."
Ritz which has already crossed a sales mark of over 2,00,000 units in a span of just 3 years, will now sport three new colours- mystique red, granite grey & breeze blue.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Bihar plans its own North-South corridor
Talking about the state's own 'North-South corridor', RCD minister Nand Kishore Yadav said the state government has taken up this major initiative on its own. "This four-lane road will connect Nepal with Jharkhand. It will stretch in north Bihar from Bhitha Mor bordering Nepal to Rajauli in Nawada district in south Bihar, which borders Jharkhand," he said.
The construction of road from Rajauli to Bakhtiarpur, Yadav said, has already been awarded to an agency under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode at an estimated outlay of Rs 847 crore. From Bakhtiarpur, this road will be linked to the upcoming Bakhtiarpur-Tajpur river bridge. This bridge too is coming up under PPP mode at a cost of Rs 1,602 crore.
"From Tajpur to Nepal border, the work for construction of road would be given to the Bihar State Road Development Corporation, which has been asked to prepare the detailed project report (DPR)," the minister said. This four-lane, 115-km-long road will pass through Bithauli, Atarbail, Jale and Pupri in northern part of the state before culminating at Bhitha Mor. On completion of this North-South corridor, people would be able to travel from Nepal to Jharkhand by a shorter route without passing through Muzaffarpur, Hajipur and Patna.
In another major initiative in road sector, the state government has planned to link all the habitats with a population of 250 with concrete roads in the next five years. Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who has worked out this plan, said efforts would be made to arrange the huge funds required for the project. It is estimated that about 28,000km roads would have to be constructed at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore to achieve this goal by 2016-17.
Incidentally, in nine Maoist-affected districts of the state, the habitats with a population of 250 would be linked with roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). In the remaining 30 districts, the state will have to manage funds for the scheme on its own.
RWD minister Bhim Singh said the state would construct these roads with its own resources, including external and internal loans from agencies like World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Nabard.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Bihar grew by 16.71 percent in 2011-2012
For the First Time in Five Years Bihar grew by 16.71 percent which in itself is a record,according to data tabulated by Finance Minister Sushil Modi,
Bihar has recorded overall growth rate of 16.71 per cent during 2011-2012, the highest in the past five years, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said today.
Modi, who also holds the finance portfolio, said the state has created a record in foodgrains production during the year which is the highest since Independence.
Bihar produced 166.69 lakh mt of foodgrains during 2011-2012 compared to 103.47 lakh mt last year, he said quoting latest figures which were made available in June.
The 2011-12 agriculture production marked a growth rate of 17.16 per cent, which was considerably higher than in the previous years, Modi said.
The growth rate had been as low as 0 per cent from 1992-95 which rose to 3.8 per cent from 1995-1996 till 2001-02.
“Despite the ups and downs in the previous years the NDA government has tried to stabilise it and now we have plans to achieve a growth rate at 13 per cent during 12th Five Year Plan,” he said, adding the state government was working in this direction.
He said earlier there was misconception about Bihar’s growth rate as it was believed that it was based only on construction and communication. “It has now been established that the increase of growth rate has been because of record production of foodgrains.”
“We have worked out an agriculture road map for the next five years on which the state government proposes to spend more than Rs 150 lakh crore to boost agriculture production, storage, animal resources, dairy, poultry and other allied activities,” Modi said, adding it would boost the income of the people of the state.
Bihar has recorded overall growth rate of 16.71 per cent during 2011-2012, the highest in the past five years, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said today.
Modi, who also holds the finance portfolio, said the state has created a record in foodgrains production during the year which is the highest since Independence.
Bihar produced 166.69 lakh mt of foodgrains during 2011-2012 compared to 103.47 lakh mt last year, he said quoting latest figures which were made available in June.
The 2011-12 agriculture production marked a growth rate of 17.16 per cent, which was considerably higher than in the previous years, Modi said.
The growth rate had been as low as 0 per cent from 1992-95 which rose to 3.8 per cent from 1995-1996 till 2001-02.
“Despite the ups and downs in the previous years the NDA government has tried to stabilise it and now we have plans to achieve a growth rate at 13 per cent during 12th Five Year Plan,” he said, adding the state government was working in this direction.
He said earlier there was misconception about Bihar’s growth rate as it was believed that it was based only on construction and communication. “It has now been established that the increase of growth rate has been because of record production of foodgrains.”
“We have worked out an agriculture road map for the next five years on which the state government proposes to spend more than Rs 150 lakh crore to boost agriculture production, storage, animal resources, dairy, poultry and other allied activities,” Modi said, adding it would boost the income of the people of the state.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Bihar's Rs 1.5L cr agri roadmap launch likely next month
Patna: The five-year agriculture roadmap prepared by the Bihar government, probably first of its kind in the country, at an estimated cost of Rs 150 lakh crore is expected to be launched from next month.
"The launch of agriculture roadmap for 2012-17 is expected next month," Mangala Rai, Agriculture Advisor to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, told a news agency.
He said this is estimated to cost about Rs 150 lakh crore in the next five years.
The roadmap for implementation of the Rainbow Revolution targets to lift agriculture growth in the state to a minimum of 7 per cent annually, Rai, former head of Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR), said.
The state's cabinet has already approved the ambitious agriculture roadmap formulated under supervision of the Chief Minister.
Nitish Kumar, who met Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia last month for finalisation of the state's annual plan, had briefed him about the agriculture roadmap.
The share of Irrigation, Flood Control and Agriculture sectors in the Rs 28,000 crore state annual plan for 2012-13 approved on June 27, are 9.12 percent and 6.8 percent respectively.
As per the state government's 4th estimates, Bihar is expected to register a record foodgrains production of 16.97 million tonnes this fiscal. The previous highest was 12.2 million tonnes in 2008-09, he said.
Production of rice is estimated at 8 million tonnes while that of wheat is estimated at 2.76 million tonnes, Rai said.
Rai said in order to overcome the adverse impact of bad monsoon on agriculture, the state government has decided to provide 5-8 hours of uninterrupted supply of power to farmers across the state and earmarked Rs 600 crore for diesel subsidy.
He said a committee has been set up under him to decide steps to mitigate the effects of poor monsoon in the state whose 35 districts out of a total of 40 districts are rain-deficient till now.
The committee would suggest alternate crops and provide other vital inputs to minimise bad effects of poor monsoon in the state, he added.
Aamir Khan to promote Generic Medicine and Drugs in Bihar
Bihar Government is planning to take help of Satyamev Jayate Crusader Aamir Khan to create awareness and popularise the medicines and generic drugs among the people in the state.
“I have requested Aamir Khan to lead a campaign to help the Bihar government create awareness about generic drugs and popularise it,” said Ashwani Kumar Choubey, the state’s Health Minister.
Choubey said the government would make official announcement about the campaign after receiving a confirmation from Aamir.
“We hope that sensitive actor Aamir Khan will accept our request to lead a campaign for popularising generic drugs in Bihar,” Choubey said.
He feels Aamir’s association would help the government to reach common people and educate them about the importance and utility of cost-effective generic drugs.
The state government had decided to provide generic medicines in all the government hospitals and health centres, but the policy was yet to be implemented, said Chaubey.
He said, last year, the government ordered the supply of only a generic medicine to health centres for free distribution among patients.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
free medicine
India’s ambitious plan to provide free medicines to all will be launched from October, says a government report.
Strongly backed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself, the free-medicines-for-all scheme has received its first financial allocation of Rs.100 crore from the Planning Commission for 2012-13. The entire programme is estimated to cost Rs.28,560 crore over the 12th Five Year Plan.
Report of a working group on drugs and food regulation in the 12th Plan said the plan will be operational from October this year.
An announcement on the prime minister’s official Facebook page Saturday said the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the health ministry to set up a central procurement agency (CPA) for bulk procurement of drugs as early as possible.
At present, 78 percent of the entire health expenditure in India is from out of pocket (OOP). Purchasing drugs alone accounts for 72 percent of this expenditure.
Public sector provides healthcare to only 22 percent of the country’s population.
According to health ministry’s estimates, this will increase to 52 percent by 2017 once medicines are provided for free from 1.6 lakh sub-centres, 23,000 primary health centres, 5,000 community health centres and 640 district hospitals.
A list of medicines has been prepared by the central government, which has 348 drugs including anti-AIDS, anti-psychotic, sedatives, anaesthetic agents, lipid lowering agents, steroids and anti-platelet drugs. States have also been asked to create their own lists, keeping in mind the diseases that worst affect their populations.
The central government will bear 75 percent of the expenditure under the plan.
Strongly backed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself, the free-medicines-for-all scheme has received its first financial allocation of Rs.100 crore from the Planning Commission for 2012-13. The entire programme is estimated to cost Rs.28,560 crore over the 12th Five Year Plan.
Report of a working group on drugs and food regulation in the 12th Plan said the plan will be operational from October this year.
An announcement on the prime minister’s official Facebook page Saturday said the Prime Minister’s Office has asked the health ministry to set up a central procurement agency (CPA) for bulk procurement of drugs as early as possible.
At present, 78 percent of the entire health expenditure in India is from out of pocket (OOP). Purchasing drugs alone accounts for 72 percent of this expenditure.
Public sector provides healthcare to only 22 percent of the country’s population.
According to health ministry’s estimates, this will increase to 52 percent by 2017 once medicines are provided for free from 1.6 lakh sub-centres, 23,000 primary health centres, 5,000 community health centres and 640 district hospitals.
A list of medicines has been prepared by the central government, which has 348 drugs including anti-AIDS, anti-psychotic, sedatives, anaesthetic agents, lipid lowering agents, steroids and anti-platelet drugs. States have also been asked to create their own lists, keeping in mind the diseases that worst affect their populations.
The central government will bear 75 percent of the expenditure under the plan.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
ganga express way
Eight construction companies, including Gammon, Nagarjun and Reliance, have shown keenness to construct the proposed 40-km Expressway along the banks of the Ganga river in Patna modelled on Mumbai’s Marine Drive, officials said Sunday.
Eight companies have submitted quotations for the Rs.2,234.46 crore project, said an official of the Bihar State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Bihar Road Construction Minister Nand Kishore Yadav told IANS here that the government would select the company by June.
“We hope to start construction work by next year and the project would be completed by 2016,” he said.
Last year, the union finance ministry and the Planning Commission cleared the project.
In the first phase, the driveway will connect Digha and Didarganj, a stretch of 21 km, and in the second phase, it will go to Fatuha, a distance of 18 km. About seven km of the road will run on an elevated platform.
Indira Gandhi, then prime minister, had first proposed such a driveway in Patna, said a retired engineer associated with construction of the Mahatma Gandhi Setu here.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Bihar hires MBAs for Rural Livelihood Project
For the first time, Bihar has hired hired 85 young professionals, all fresh post-graduates of India’s top ranking management and social sciences institutes, to help in implementing a livelihood project for the poorest sections living in rural areas, officials Thursday said.
Bihar Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra said young professionals have been recruited by the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS), an independent body set up by the government, to help in implementing the World Bank-supported Jeevika project in the state.
The BRLPS has recruited them at salaries ranging from Rs.25,000 to Rs.60,000 per month.
Besides, they would be given several other benefits at par with the corporate world, officials said.
The BRLPS has picked up 19 students of the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), 15 from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 12 from Xavier Institute of Social Sciences, 10 from KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) School of Rural Management, nine from Institute of Forest Management, and three from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
The Rural Livelihoods Project has been designed to address rural poverty in Bihar through the collaboration of the poor, the Bihar government and the World Bank, he said.
Mishra said there were 1.26 crore below poverty line families in the state which formed 55 percent of its total population. “Ten lakh Self Help Groups would be formed in the state in the next five years to weed out poverty. As a first measure, five lakh SHGs would be constituted which would benefit 1.25 crore poor families,” he said.
Bihar Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra said young professionals have been recruited by the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (BRLPS), an independent body set up by the government, to help in implementing the World Bank-supported Jeevika project in the state.
The BRLPS has recruited them at salaries ranging from Rs.25,000 to Rs.60,000 per month.
Besides, they would be given several other benefits at par with the corporate world, officials said.
The BRLPS has picked up 19 students of the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), 15 from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, 12 from Xavier Institute of Social Sciences, 10 from KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) School of Rural Management, nine from Institute of Forest Management, and three from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
The Rural Livelihoods Project has been designed to address rural poverty in Bihar through the collaboration of the poor, the Bihar government and the World Bank, he said.
Mishra said there were 1.26 crore below poverty line families in the state which formed 55 percent of its total population. “Ten lakh Self Help Groups would be formed in the state in the next five years to weed out poverty. As a first measure, five lakh SHGs would be constituted which would benefit 1.25 crore poor families,” he said.
38 new govt hospital in bihar!
Bihar Government is currently constructing a new Sadar Hospital in every district of Bihar. This includes a 500 bed Hospital in 9 district , 300 bed hospital in 18 district while 100 bed hospital in the remaining 11 district. The number of beds has been decided based upon population of each district. These hospitals would be fitted with high end equipments and surgical facilities in order to provide better health facilities to the people of Bihar.
Government is also spending over Rs 100 crores for the setting up of 75 Bed Hospitals in 21 subdivisions of the state, of which hospitals had been constructed in 13 subdivisions.
The construction of hospital building has been completed in ten districts – Buxar, Kaimur, Banka, Kishanganj, Jamui, Sheikhpura, Supaul, Araria, Lakhisarai and Khagaria. In Khagaria, a new 100-bed hospital has already been inaugurated.
Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey recently said that it had been decided in 2010-11 to upgrade 15 referral hospitals into subdivisional hospitals, of which 10 hospitals in Kaimur, Munger, Saran, Katihar, East Champaran, Nalanda, Gaya, Purnia and Madhepura districts had already been completed.
Government is also spending over Rs 100 crores for the setting up of 75 Bed Hospitals in 21 subdivisions of the state, of which hospitals had been constructed in 13 subdivisions.
The construction of hospital building has been completed in ten districts – Buxar, Kaimur, Banka, Kishanganj, Jamui, Sheikhpura, Supaul, Araria, Lakhisarai and Khagaria. In Khagaria, a new 100-bed hospital has already been inaugurated.
Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey recently said that it had been decided in 2010-11 to upgrade 15 referral hospitals into subdivisional hospitals, of which 10 hospitals in Kaimur, Munger, Saran, Katihar, East Champaran, Nalanda, Gaya, Purnia and Madhepura districts had already been completed.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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