Bihar Current Affairs — Last 12 months | Daily News + MCQs

🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 West Bengal Important

First tigress released in Buxa Tiger Reserve under Tiger Reintroduction Programme

On 2 October 2026 a tigress translocated from Valmiki Tiger Reserve (Bihar) was released in Buxa Tiger Reserve (West Bengal), the first phase of a Tiger Reintroduction Programme, marking the start of Wildlife Week 2026.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar Cabinet approves Bihar Green Hydrogen Policy, 2026

On 30 September 2026 the Bihar Cabinet, led by CM Samrat Choudhary, approved the draft Bihar Green Hydrogen Policy, 2026 to promote renewable energy, reduce dependence on imported natural gas and cut carbon emissions.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Assam Important

World Rhino Day: PM says Assam holds nearly 80% of world's rhinos; Project Rhino initiated for range states

On 22 September 2026, World Rhino Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Assam holds nearly 80% of the world's rhino population and shared that Project Rhino has been initiated to support rhino range states.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Bihar

Shivraj Singh Chouhan surveys flood-hit Bihar and assures central support

On 16 September 2026, Union Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited flood-affected areas of Bihar on the Prime Minister's directions, along with Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Bihar Important

India approves export of up to 654 MW of power to flood-hit Nepal till December 2026

On 14 September 2026, the Ministry of Power announced approval for exporting electricity to the Nepal Electricity Authority for 18 hours a day from 13 September to 31 December 2026, after floods damaged Nepal's hydropower plants.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Nepal Must know

Deadly flash flood hits Nepal along Bhote Koshi; India offers help and alerts Bihar, UP

A flash flood triggered by a glacier collapse on the Nepal–Tibet border devastated central Nepal on 26 August 2026; PM Modi offered all possible help and the Centre put Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on alert.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar Cabinet approves filling 22,891 anganwadi posts and Bihar Sports Policy 2026

On 29 July 2026 the Bihar Cabinet chaired by CM Samrat Choudhary approved selection guidelines to fill 22,891 anganwadi worker and helper posts and cleared the Bihar Sports Policy 2026.

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🎓 Education 📍 Bihar Important

Permanent campus for NSTI (Women), Patna announced; MoU for Skill India International Centre in Bihar

Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Union Skill Development MoS (Independent Charge) Jayant Chaudhary on 23 July 2026 announced a permanent campus for the National Skill Training Institute for Women (NSTI-W), Patna, and the MSDE and Bihar exchanged an MoU for a Skill India International Centre (SIIC).

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Bihar Must know

Bihar CM inaugurates the State's first river-linking project, Belwa–Minapur Link Channel

Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary inaugurated the 68.80-km Belwa–Minapur Link Channel in Sheohar on 19 July 2026, Bihar's first river-linking project, linking the Bagmati with the Burhi Gandak.

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🚄 Urban Development 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary launches 982 projects worth ₹1,047 crore in Muzaffarpur

Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 982 development projects worth ₹1,047.09 crore in Muzaffarpur on 12 July 2026 and opened the Sikandarpur Lake Front.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Bihar

Vice-President inaugurates orientation programme for members of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated a two-day orientation-cum-training programme for members of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly at BIPARD, Gaya Ji, on 11 July 2026.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

ECI notifies bye-elections to Datia, Manjalpur and Bankipur; polling on 30 July

The Election Commission issued notifications on 6 July 2026 for bye-elections to 22-Datia (Madhya Pradesh), 145-Manjalpur (Gujarat) and 182-Bankipur (Bihar); polling is on 30 July and counting on 3 August.

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🌟 Persons in News 📍 India

PM Modi pays tribute to Ram Vilas Paswan on his birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on his birth anniversary on 5 July 2026, recalling his contribution to the upliftment of deprived and weaker sections.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Bihar Important

Munger banyan, about 700 years old, is the oldest accurately dated banyan

A banyan tree in Munger, Bihar, about 700 years old, has been identified as the oldest accurately dated banyan (Ficus benghalensis) through radiocarbon dating by scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow (announced 3 July 2026).

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar Important

Railways approves Rs 499 crore doubling of Mansi-Saharsa section in Bihar

Indian Railways approved the doubling of the 44.40 km Mansi-Saharsa section of East Central Railway in Bihar at a cost of Rs 499 crore, the Ministry of Railways said on 30 June 2026.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Odisha

Eastern Regional Agriculture Conference opens in Bhubaneswar with five eastern states

On 19 May 2026 Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the Eastern Regional Agriculture Conference in Bhubaneswar, bringing together Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar

Railways approves ₹962-crore Kiul–Jhajha third line in Bihar and ₹993-crore Arakkonam–Chengalpattu doubling in Tamil Nadu

On 19 May 2026 Indian Railways approved the 54-km Kiul–Jhajha third line on the Howrah–Delhi route at ₹962 crore and the 68-km Arakkonam–Chengalpattu doubling of Southern Railway at ₹993 crore.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Assam Important

Draft National Water Metro Policy 2026 circulated; Water Metro planned for 18 cities, Guwahati in Phase I

On 18 May 2026 Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the Draft National Water Metro Policy, 2026 has been circulated for inter-ministerial consultation, with Water Metro services planned in 18 cities and Guwahati, Srinagar, Patna, Varanasi, Ayodhya and Prayagraj in Phase I.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Bihar Important

Expert task force formed to tackle litchi stink bug damage in Bihar

On 7 May 2026, on Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's direction, ICAR's National Research Centre on Litchi, Muzaffarpur, set up an expert task force to study damage to litchi crops in Bihar by the litchi stink bug and report within a week.

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🎓 Education 📍 Bihar

President Droupadi Murmu addresses Nalanda University convocation at Rajgir

On 31 March 2026 President Droupadi Murmu addressed the convocation of Nalanda University at Rajgir, Bihar, where over half the graduates were international students.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Bihar Important

Railways sanctions Kosamba rail-over-rail flyover in Gujarat and Bhagalpur bypass in Bihar worth ₹647.58 crore

On 24 March 2026 the Ministry of Railways approved a ₹344.38 crore rail-over-rail flyover at Kosamba, Gujarat, and a ₹303.20 crore, 13.38 km rail bypass at Bhagalpur, Bihar – a total of ₹647.58 crore.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

Ministry of Mines launches seventh tranche of critical and strategic mineral auctions with 19 blocks

Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy launched the 7th tranche of e-auction of critical and strategic mineral blocks on 23 March 2026, offering 19 blocks in 10 States, with Bihar offering the most (4).

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar celebrates 114th foundation day with theme 'Unnat Bihar, Ujjwal Bihar'

Bihar marked its 114th foundation day on 22 March 2026, recalling its creation from the Bengal Presidency on 22 March 1912, with a three-day state celebration at Gandhi Maidan, Patna, on the theme 'Unnat Bihar, Ujjwal Bihar'.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Bihar

Nitish Kumar's Samriddhi Yatra reaches Gaya and Aurangabad with a raft of projects

On 20 March 2026 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited Gaya and Aurangabad districts during his Samriddhi Yatra, inaugurating completed schemes and laying foundation stones for new projects, including 140 projects in Gaya.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar regulator keeps power tariff unchanged for 2026-27, rejects 35-paise hike and unifies domestic tariff

The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) on 18 March 2026 announced no electricity tariff hike for 2026-27, rejecting the DISCOMs' proposal of 35 paise per unit, and introduced a uniform tariff for urban and rural domestic consumers.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

Cabinet approves three railway multitracking projects worth ₹9,072 crore

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved three railway multitracking projects worth about ₹9,072 crore across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand on 24 February 2026, adding about 307 km to the network.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar cabinet approves up to ₹2 lakh more for Mahila Rozgar Yojana beneficiaries, Semiconductor and GCC Policies 2026

On 29 January 2026 the Bihar cabinet approved additional help of up to ₹2 lakh for women under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana, the Bihar Semiconductor Policy 2026 and the Bihar GCC Policy 2026.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Bihar Important

ECI releases 'Chunav Ka Parv, Bihar Ka Garv' on Bihar Assembly Elections 2025

The ECI released a publication on the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, which recorded the highest turnout since 1951 at 67.3% and women's participation of 71.8%.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 Bihar Important

Bihar's first PARAM Rudra supercomputer inaugurated at IIT Patna

Bihar's first PARAM Rudra supercomputer, set up under the National Supercomputing Mission, was inaugurated at IIT Patna on 26 December 2025.

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🏛️ Constitution & Amendments 📍 India Must know

President releases Constitution of India in Santhali (Ol Chiki script)

President Droupadi Murmu released the Constitution of India in the Santhali language, in the Ol Chiki script, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 25 December 2025.

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