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  ■  Monthly Current Affairs ■ The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has selected 21 institutions, including

■ Monthly Current Affairs ■ CM Nitish Kumar launched the Bal Hriday Yojana (BHY) . 

■  Monthly  Current Affairs   ■ The Bihar Assembly passed the  Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, 2021  amid protests by the Opposition. This proposes to rename the  Bihar Military Police (BMP)  to  Bihar Special Armed Police  and grant it powers of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). 

   ■  Monthly  Current Affairs • Bihar's first glass bridge along with state of art ropeway has been constructed amid scenic five hills at Rajgir in Nalanda district. The 200-feet high, 85-feet-long sky-walk will be a part of the nature safari that has been developed in 500 acres of the historical Budh Marg.

■ Bihar is primarily an agricultural state and almost all the economic activities are directly or indirectly dependent on soil. The soil covering most of Bihar is thick alluvium which shrouds the Siwalik and older tertiary rocks. The soil is mostly fresh loam replaced every year by intermittent deposition of silt, clay and sand by different rivers. It lacks phosphoric acid, nitrogen and humus but potash and lime are generally present in large amounts. There are three major types of soil in Bihar:

 ■  In the recent past, Bihar has progressed immensely in terms of availability of power across the state.   The vision roadmap supports low carbon pathway to sustain the economic growth which focuses on increasing the number of state-owned power generation plants, with an increased share of renewable energy, separate feeder for agricultural purpose, Demand-side management by improving the overall efficiency in distribution System and strengthen the distribution companies.

 ■    Infrastructure is a major sector that propels overall development of the economy. They are the basic systems that undergird its various components which include transportation facilities, telecommunications networks, building construction, energy & utilities etc.  

 ■   The  Election Commission of India   announced the schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar 2020 on   September 25, 2020 . • The Assembly Elections in Bihar was conducted in three phases : Phase-1 (71 Assembly Constituencies (ACs)); Phase-2 (94 ACs); Phase-3 (78 ACs).

■  In Bihar, the water area constitutes about 3.6% of the total geographical area . On average, the state receives annual rainfall amounting to 1000 mms , the bulk of which comes from the south-west monsoon .

   ■  Monthly  Current Affairs One-Liners •Union Minister, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad released a “My Stamp on Chhath Puja”. A special cover on the theme  ‘Chhath- A symbol of Simplicity and Cleanliness  was also released.