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Bihar investor summit: 170 industry leaders show interest to invest in the state

Bihar hosted an investor summit in the national capital, after a gap of over 15 years. Industry representatives from 170 companies including ITC Limited, Hindustan Unilever, Adani Group, Britannia, Coca Cola, Pepsi and Ambuja Cement attended the summit and showed keen interest to invest in the state.

Four expressways to pass through Bihar under Bharatmala Project

Economy

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March 19, 2022

Four expressways to pass through Bihar under Bharatmala Project

Four expressways will crisscross Bihar under the Bharatmala Project (Phase-2). The state also plans to construct ring roads around four major cities including Darbhanga, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur and build eight bypass roads to ease traffic loads.

Bihar gets Rs 1,112.7 crore central grant for rural local bodies

Economy Governance

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March 12, 2022

Bihar gets Rs 1,112.7 crore central grant for rural local bodies

The central government has released Rs 1,112.7 crore as grant-in-aid to Bihar for providing grants to the rural local bodies. This grant-in-aid is the second installment of tied grants to the State of Bihar, according to data released by the Union Finance Ministry.

Education

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February 16, 2022

‘Adult Education’ programme to be now called ‘Education For All’

Adult Education programme which has been running in the country for years will now be called ‘Education for All’. Union Ministry of Education has taken this decision saying it is a “progressive step.”

Bihar Government offers 200 acres of Land for Vikramshila Central University

Education

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January 23, 2022

Bihar Government offers 200 acres of Land for Vikramshila Central University

Seven years on, the proposed central university near the ancient seat of learning in Vikramshila (Bhagalpur), announced as part of the Rs 1,25,000-crore special package for Bihar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 2015 assembly elections, awaits land acquisition to get closer to reality.

Gyanendra Kumar Keshri

Gyanendra Kumar Keshri is Secretary General of Bihar Development Forum and Editor of BiharConnect. He has nearly two decades of experience in media and social work.

Gyanendra has worked for diverse media streams in India and abroad. He began his journalistic career with Asian News International (ANI) as a correspondent and held senior editorial positions with Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) and also had a brief stint with Press Trust of India (PTI). Based in Doha he worked as business correspondent with Qatar Tribune newspaper. He was also Executive Editor of INCLUSION, a quarterly journal that champions the cause of social, financial and digital inclusion.

He has travelled and reported from different locations across the world, including the Middle East, Pakistan, Africa and Europe. Based in New Delhi Gyanendra handled assignments of key ministries and departments of the Government of India, including the Prime Minister’s Office, the Parliament, and the ministries of Finance, Commerce and Industry.

He worked abroad for 4 years and travelled widely as part of media delegations. As a part of the official media delegations he has visited several countries including Germany, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Uganda and Thailand.

Gyanendra has done extensive field studies and grassroots level assessments and evaluations of governance projects across the country. He has authored several research reports on socio-economic issues and writes regularly for leading publications.

After graduating in Economics, he did LLB and Masters in Mass Communications. He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi and Diploma in Financial Management from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), London.