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Election Commission to deploy 470 central observers for Bihar election and eight bye-elections

The Election Commission of India announced on 28 September 2025 that it will deploy 470 officers as central observers for the Bihar Assembly election and bye-elections in eight seats across seven states and a UT.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Bihar Must know

Bihar's Gokul Jalashay and Udaipur Jheel become Ramsar sites; India's total reaches 93

India added two wetlands from Bihar – Gokul Jalashay in Buxar and Udaipur Jheel in West Champaran – to the Ramsar list on 26 September 2025, taking the country's total to 93 Ramsar sites.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Bihar Must know

PM launches Bihar's Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana; ₹10,000 each sent to 75 lakh women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Bihar government's Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana by video conference on 26 September 2025 and transferred ₹10,000 each to 75 lakh women, a total of ₹7,500 crore.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Centre releases over ₹2,400 crore XV Finance Commission grants to panchayats in Bihar, Himachal and UP

The Union Government released over ₹2,400 crore on 25 September 2025 as the first instalment of XV Finance Commission untied grants for 2025-26 to rural local bodies in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar Important

Cabinet approves 4-lane Sahebganj–Areraj–Bettiah section of NH-139W in Bihar

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 24 September 2025 a 78.942 km four-lane Sahebganj–Areraj–Bettiah section of NH-139W in Bihar on Hybrid Annuity Mode at a cost of ₹3,822.31 crore.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar

Cabinet approves doubling of 104 km Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya rail line in Bihar

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 24 September 2025 the doubling of the 104 km Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya single railway line in Bihar at a cost of about ₹2,192 crore.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Bihar

Rural Development Ministry signs MoUs for technical assistance under DAY-NRLM

The Ministry of Rural Development signed five MoUs on 21 September 2025 with NIRD&PR and the State Rural Livelihoods Missions of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Telangana to strengthen DAY-NRLM.

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🏛️ Judiciary & Judgements 📍 Bihar

Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri appointed Chief Justice of Patna High Court

The President appointed Justice Pavankumar Bhimappa Bajanthri, a judge of the Patna High Court, as its Chief Justice, the Law Ministry notified on 20 September 2025.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Gujarat Important

27 maritime MoUs worth over ₹66,000 crore exchanged at Bhavnagar, including MDL–Tamil Nadu shipyard

Twenty-seven maritime MoUs with investment potential of over ₹66,000 crore were exchanged at Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on 19 September 2025, on the eve of the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event, including an MDL–Guidance Tamil Nadu MoU for a greenfield shipyard.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

ECI revises EVM ballot paper guidelines; colour photos of candidates from Bihar polls

The Election Commission of India revised its guidelines under Rule 49B of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, on 17 September 2025, so that EVM ballot papers carry colour photographs of candidates for the first time, starting with Bihar.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India Important

Culture Ministry seeks partner support for multinational UNESCO nomination of Chhath Mahaparva

The Ministry of Culture held consultations on 16 September 2025 with envoys of the UAE, Suriname and the Netherlands to seek cooperation for a multinational nomination of Chhath Mahaparva to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Bihar Must know

PM launches ₹40,000 crore projects in Purnea; new airport terminal, Pirpainti power plant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation of projects worth around ₹40,000 crore in Purnea, Bihar on 15 September 2025, including Purnea Airport's new terminal and the 3x800 MW Pirpainti thermal power project.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Bihar Important

APEDA opens its first office in Patna; GI-tagged Mithila Makhana consignment flagged off

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated APEDA's first office in Bihar, in Patna, at the Bihar Idea Festival on 11 September 2025 and flagged off a 7-tonne consignment of GI-tagged Mithila Makhana for New Zealand, Canada and the USA.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar Important

Cabinet approves ₹4,447 crore Mokama–Munger 4-lane greenfield corridor in Bihar

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 10 September 2025 approved the 82.4 km four-lane greenfield access-controlled Mokama–Munger section of the Buxar–Bhagalpur High-Speed Corridor in Bihar, at ₹4,447.38 crore on Hybrid Annuity Mode.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Jharkhand Important

Cabinet approves ₹3,169 crore doubling of Bhagalpur–Dumka–Rampurhat rail line

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 10 September 2025 approved doubling of the 177 km Bhagalpur–Dumka–Rampurhat single railway line across Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal at a cost of about ₹3,169 crore.

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🏅 Hockey 📍 Bihar Must know

India beat South Korea 4–1 in Rajgir to win men's Hockey Asia Cup 2025, qualify for 2026 World Cup

India won the men's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 by beating defending champions South Korea 4–1 in the final at Rajgir, Bihar, on 7 September 2025, securing direct qualification for the 2026 FIH World Cup.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Bihar Important

PM Modi launches Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh for women of Jeevika groups

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh Limited via video conferencing on 2 September 2025, to help women associated with Jeevika access financial support more easily.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

CCEA approves four railway multitracking projects worth ₹11,169 crore

On 31 July 2025, the CCEA approved four railway multitracking projects costing about ₹11,169 crore, adding about 574 km across 13 districts in six States.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Bihar Must know

Bihar SIR: over 7.24 crore of 7.89 crore electors submit enumeration forms

On 27 July 2025, the Election Commission of India released key findings of the enumeration phase (24 June-25 July 2025) of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar's railway outlay rises nearly ninefold to ₹10,066 crore in 2025-26

On 23 July 2025, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the railway outlay for Bihar is ₹10,066 crore in 2025-26, nearly nine times the 2009-14 average of ₹1,132 crore a year.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar becomes first state with all polling stations under 1,200 electors

On 21 July 2025, the Election Commission said Bihar had become the first state where every polling station has fewer than 1,200 electors, after 12,817 new polling stations were added.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar SIR: 95.92% of electors covered with six days left

On 19 July 2025, the Election Commission said 95.92% of Bihar's 7.89 crore electors had been covered in the Special Intensive Revision, with six days left to submit enumeration forms.

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🎓 Women & Child 📍 Bihar

Around 76,000 Indian startups are women-led, says Jitendra Singh in Patna

On 19 July 2025 in Patna, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said around 76,000 startups in India are women-led, and launched the Jeevika E-Learning Management System App.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Bihar Must know

PM launches projects worth over Rs 7,000 crore in Motihari, Bihar

On 18 July 2025 in Motihari, Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones, inaugurated and dedicated projects worth over Rs 7,000 crore and flagged off Amrit Bharat Express trains on four routes.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Five new High Court Chief Justices appointed, four Chief Justices transferred

On 14 July 2025, the President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, appointed five Chief Justices of High Courts and transferred four sitting Chief Justices.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Bihar

Bihar SIR: 80.11% of electors submit enumeration forms

On 12 July 2025, the Election Commission said 80.11% of Bihar's electors had submitted enumeration forms in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar Important

New terminal at Patna's Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport inaugurated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ₹1,200 crore new terminal building at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport, Patna, and laid the foundation stone of a civil enclave at Bihta on 29 May 2025.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

Mann Ki Baat 122: first bus to Katejhari, CBSE sugar boards, honey output and Khelo India records

In the 122nd episode of Mann Ki Baat on 25 May 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke of the first bus reaching Katejhari village in Gadchiroli, CBSE's 'sugar boards', India's honey output of about 1.25 lakh metric tonnes and drone-flying women in Telangana's Sangareddy district.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Bihar Important

Patna hosts Bihar's first International Buyer-Seller Meet for agri-food products

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries, with the Bihar Government, APEDA and TPCI, concluded Bihar's first-ever International Buyer-Seller Meet at Gyan Bhawan, Patna, it said on 21 May 2025.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India

ECI trains 371 field-level electoral officials from Bihar, Haryana and Delhi at IIIDEM

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar inaugurated a two-day training at IIIDEM, New Delhi, on 14 May 2025 for 371 field-level electoral officials — 306 BLOs from Bihar and EROs and BLO Supervisors from Haryana and Delhi.

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