Bihar Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Thu, 23 Apr 2026

• NCCF began organised procurement of masoor (lentil) in Bihar for the first time under the Atmanirbhar Pulses Mission, with 100.4 MT procured against a 32,000 MT target as of 22 April 2026, the Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry said on 23 April.

Mon, 20 Apr 2026

• The Ministry of Minority Affairs signed an MoU with IIT Patna under the PM VIKAS scheme, announced on 20 April 2026, to train 600 minority youth from Bihar in roles such as AI Technocrat and Business Analytics Executive.

Wed, 15 Apr 2026

• Samrat Choudhary took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar on 15 April 2026 at Lok Bhawan, Patna, administered by Governor Syed Ata Hasnain, succeeding Nitish Kumar, who had resigned after becoming a Rajya Sabha member.

Tue, 31 Mar 2026

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

Tue, 24 Mar 2026

• 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.

Mon, 23 Mar 2026

• 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).

Sun, 22 Mar 2026

• 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'.

Fri, 20 Mar 2026

• 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.

Wed, 18 Mar 2026

• 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.

Tue, 24 Feb 2026

• 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.

Tue, 17 Feb 2026

• Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan paid floral tributes to Bharat Ratna Karpoori Thakur on his death anniversary at Uparashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, on 17 February 2026.

Thu, 12 Feb 2026

• The Union Government released over ₹3,324 crore as the second instalment of Fifteenth Finance Commission untied grants for 2025-26 to rural local bodies in Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal on 12 February 2026.

Sat, 07 Feb 2026

• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the NeVA Digital House in the Bihar Legislature and addressed legislators on the foundation day of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in Patna on 7 February 2026.

Thu, 29 Jan 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.

Sun, 25 Jan 2026

• 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%.

Fri, 26 Dec 2025

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

Thu, 25 Dec 2025

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

Thu, 18 Dec 2025

• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off 34 mobile forensic laboratory vehicles in Patna on 18 December 2025 so that forensic teams can begin examinations at crime scenes.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025

• The Bihar Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on 16 December 2025 approved Saat Nischay-3, a set of seven resolves for 2025–2030 aimed at placing Bihar among the developed States.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025

• The National Makhana Board held its first board meeting at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, on 12 December 2025, starting implementation of the Board and the ₹476.03-crore Central Sector Scheme for Development of Makhana.

Thu, 20 Nov 2025

• Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan, Patna on 20 November 2025, with Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha as Deputy Chief Ministers.

Wed, 19 Nov 2025

• The Election Commission of India (ECI) published 14 statistical reports on the 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election on 19 November 2025, within five days of the election's conclusion.

Sun, 16 Nov 2025

• The Ministry of Culture announced on 16 November 2025 that seventeen Indian Buddhist organisations will, for the first time, jointly organise the 20th International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony at the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya, Bihar from 2 to 13 December 2025.

Fri, 14 Nov 2025

• The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won 202 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly election, with results declared by the Election Commission of India on 14 November 2025.
• Minister of State Jitin Prasada inaugurated the 44th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 14 November 2025, themed 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'.

Thu, 13 Nov 2025

• The Election Commission of India said on 13 November 2025 that the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 recorded a polling percentage of 67.13%, the highest ever since 1951, with zero repolls and zero appeals during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
• India and Nepal exchanged a Letter of Exchange amending the Protocol to the India–Nepal Treaty of Transit in New Delhi on 13 November 2025, during talks between Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Nepal's Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister Anil Kumar Sinha.

Fri, 07 Nov 2025

• The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) said on 7 November 2025 that the Kalughat Intermodal Terminal in Saran district, Bihar, had been handed over to a PPP operator and that cargo operations had begun at the Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal in West Bengal, both under the Jal Marg Vikas Project on National Waterway-1.
• The Election Commission of India said on 7 November 2025 that no re-poll was recommended in any of the 121 Assembly constituencies that voted in Phase-I of the Bihar Assembly elections, after post-poll scrutiny of Form 17A (Register of Voters) and other poll-day documents.

Thu, 06 Nov 2025

• Polling for the first phase of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held across 121 constituencies in 18 districts of Bihar on 6 November 2025, with a provisional turnout of 64.66% that the Election Commission later finalised at 65.08%.