Maharashtra to follow Bihar's model of cyle gifting to girls

Saturday , March 19 2011 Inbox Edition

• Maharashtra to follow Bihar's model of cyle gifting to girls
  The Pune Cycle Pratishthan has urged Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to gift bicycles to schoolgirls. Jugal S Rathi and Dilip Sarda of the city-based organisation have written to the Chief Minister requesting him to make a budget provision in 2011-'12 for providing bicycles to schoolgirls. "Better access to schools translates into better education for girls. [...] View More
• Bihar likely to get a mega food park
  In addition to the 10 on-going mega food park projects approved in the 1st phase, the government has given nod for the establishment of 5 new mega food parks in the second phase under the Scheme for Infrastructure Development. This was informed by minister of state for food processing industries Harish Rawat in a written [...] View More
• Royal Sundaram renews MoU with Bihar
  Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance Company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Bihar to provide health insurance  under the government-sponsored Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) to the below-poverty-line (BPL) families in Sheohar, Vaishali and Kishengunj. The scheme is expected to benefit over nine lakh BPL families in these three districts. Royal Sundaram aims [...] View More
• Bihar govt keen on developing Kesaria stupa
  PATNA: The state government has asked the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation to develop the area around the world famous Buddhist stupa at Kesariya in East Champaran district. Replying to a question of JD-U’s Satish Kumar, tourism minister Sunil K Pintu said in the legislative council that Rs 1.38 crore has been sanctioned for construction [...] View More
• Meghalaya to follow Bihar's way of declaring assets
  Shillong, Mar 16 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Wednesday said the government was working on a policy to make it mandatory for politicians, bureaucrats and government servants to declare their assets annually. ‘Filing of Income Tax return is a mechanism to check assets annually. Since the tribal population here is exempt from filing IT returns, the [...] View More