Nitish Kumar

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to families of deceased and Rs 50,000 to injured in the recent Pune Building Collapse. Notably, in a building collapse incident, five labourers hailing from Katihar died in the incident. Approximately 10 labourers were working for an under construction building in Pune, when an iron rod tapped over them killing five. The incident took place on February 3, night. 

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar renewed his pledge of liquor prohibition in the entire State on November 26. He took the pledge at Gyan Bhavan, on the banks of Ganga. Along with Kumar, Police officials, students, government officials, and MLAs also took the pledge to make Bihar an alcohol-free State. In addition, Nitish Kumar rejected the plea of liquor traders, demanding reconsideration over the pledge of liquor prohibition in Bihar. 

Leader of Bihar's opposition party, Tejashwi Yadav on October 26 said that Nitish Kumar is the most 'shyest' Chief Minister who refrains from talking about the ongoing issues of education, employment, and inflation in the state. The young leader further slammed Kumar of the poor health facilities in Bihar and alleged the need to conduct by-polls. "Running the state since 15 years yet there is no development," he added.

The Bihar administration, via a January 21 circular, warned the social media users that any online post against the government will fall under cybercrime. The order provisions for arrests of offenders under the IT Act and the IPC for criticising CM, MPs, MLAs and officials. While the JDU leader Tejashwi Yadav blamed the government for "ripping apart democratic values in the birthplace of the Republic", the party spokesperson found "nothing… read-more

Chairing a cabinet meeting on January 5, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announced to provide financial assistance to the infants having congenital heart defect, primarily Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). Under the Aatmanirbhar Bihar programme, the scheme will pe implemented as the part of government’s manifesto – Nischaya. The government will bear the cost of recovery, the rare heart hole defect (3 in 1000 newborns) which costs nearly Rs 1-1.5 lakhs in the… read-more