50 lakh Jeevika Didis to become dairy 'Sudha Sakhis'
COMFED and Jeevika plan to grow Bihar's milk producers from about 12 lakh to over 50 lakh, mainly by bringing rural women into dairy.
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₹14 crore climate-smart farming plan for 1,200 villages in 24 districts
Five model villages per district will train farmers from nine neighbouring villages each in crops and methods that cope with floods, drought and heat.
Read storyPaddy purchase at ₹2,441 MSP with payment to farmers within 48 hours
Procurement starts on 1 November in North Bihar and 15 November in the south, using AgriStack IDs and online registration.
Read story₹141 crore mega leather and footwear cluster opens in Muzaffarpur
The cluster at BIADA Mahwal has shared manufacturing facilities, and FDDI will train workers for footwear jobs.
Read storyCtrlS opens a 12 MW data centre in Patna and plans a ₹10,000 crore AI factory at Bodh Gaya
The ₹400 crore Patliputra facility is Bihar's first large data centre; a 150 MW hyperscale AI campus is planned for Bodh Gaya.
Read storyAdani Power proposes doubling the Pirpainti plant to 4,800 MW
Three more 800 MW units are proposed at the Bhagalpur project, which is expected to employ 10,000–12,000 people during construction.
Read story₹12,000 crore plan to replace old wires and transformers for 2.25 crore consumers
The Energy Department has drawn up a plan to replace 1.18 lakh km of poles and cables and 12,000 transformers to end low-voltage and tripping problems.
Read storyRecord 51 lakh pilgrims at Gaya's Pitru Paksha Mela
Footfall rose by about 16 lakh over last year, helped by a tent city, AI translation for foreign visitors and wristbands for children and the elderly.
Read storyMakhana se Samriddhi: target of 30,000 tonnes of exports by 2030–31
The area under makhana is to double to 82,000 hectares, and farm income from the crop has risen more than twelvefold since 2012–13.
Read storyPatna Junction to get a ₹500 crore upgrade and an airport-style terminal at Harding Park
A multi-storey station building, a terminal for 1 lakh passengers a day and a direct metro link are planned under the Amrit Bharat scheme.
Read story₹400 crore of projects in Rohtas; Sone water supply promised for Sasaram and Aurangabad
The Chief Minister launched projects worth over ₹400 crore and said Sone river water will reach Sasaram and Aurangabad before next March.
Read storyJal-Jeevan-Hariyali: 27,036 ponds revived, green cover up from 9% to 16%
The state's water-and-greenery mission has restored public ponds and water bodies since 2019 and is aiming for 30% green cover.
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