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Water level in Ganga increasing dangerously Posted: 15 Aug 2011 02:49 AM PDT Water levels along the Ganga (Ganges) River Bihar have risen considerably since the 2011 Monsoon season began. Rising water levels on the Ganga are not unusual during India's monsoon season. On August 11, 2011, however, The Times of India reported that the Ganga River had been observed rising more frequently during the 2011 monsoon. The Times of India noted that water levels on the river usually rise two or three times from late June through September. By August 11, 2011, the river had already risen a third time, with two months left in the season. The Ganga was not the only river to rise in northern India in the 2011 summer monsoon season. Elsewhere in Bihar, rising waters along the Kosi River had affected about 40,000 residents. Related News Bihar on again faces flood fear Patna, July 1 (IANS) After two consecutive years of drought, the fear of floods is back in Bihar with incessant rains and heavy water discharge ... Ganga Cleanup project gets World Bank Funds The World Bank has approved a $1bn loan to help clean the Ganga River as part of the Indian Government's river upgrade programme. The National ... Flood Scenario worsening in Bihar, over 100 villages flooded Patna: Hundreds of people in Bihar have been forced to abandon their homes as flood waters entered nearly 100 villages and rising levels of most ... Zoo gears up for monsoon season in Bihar Patna, July 29 (ANI): Authorities of the Sanjay Gandhi Botanical and Zoological Gardens in Patna, Bihar have started cleaning up the zoo enclosures to prevent ... Bihar monitoring river projects The Bihar government and the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) are examining several projects for linking rivers in the state, officials said. While the survey ...

Credit Deposit Ratio of banks soar in Bihar Posted: 14 Aug 2011 09:38 PM PDT For the first time in several decades, banks’ credit-deposit (CD) ratio in Bihar has crossed the mark of 35%, and stood at 36.51% in the first quarter of the current fiscal, ended June 30. However, this has been possible due to a change in the norm for computation of the ratio. But for this change, the ratio would still be 34.40%. The state’s 36.51% CD ratio is a tangible improvement over that recorded in the past five fiscals even under the Nitish Kumar government. The ratio was 33.81% in 2006-07, 32.35% in 2007-08, 28.96% in 2008-09 and 30.30% in 2009-10. In 2010-11, it was 33.99%, but this included the money utilized from Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard). The latest CD figure of 36.51% has been reached at in accordance with the new guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which, in April this year, asked the bankers to take into account both the advances made to borrowers and the fund utilized under RIDF. Related News State flayed Private Banks for poor Credit Deposit Ratio Patna, (PTI) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi  flayed the private banks for their failure to improve credit-deposit ratio in Bihar and said that ... Bank of India to take banking to 400 villages in Bihar Public sector lender, Bank of India has decided to take banking facilities to 400 villages in Bihar as part of the financial inclusion plan of ... Top bank brass all praise for Bihar CM Patna,(PTI) Top executives of nationalised banks today praised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the 'massive' change in Bihar under him and asked their respective ... Apex Bankers to gather at Patna to discuss state of the East, North-East This summer, public sector bank chiefs have a new destination on their travel schedule – Patna. That's because Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has decided to ... Bihar tops the nation in development expenditure in terms of GSDP According to RBI's study, 'State Finances: Study of Budgets of 2010-11 the development expenditure (DE) in terms of the GSDP (gross state domestic product) was ...

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