Nitish Kumar

Flood-hit Bihar now faces shortage of cattle fodder

Nitish Kumar asks for more relief from CentrePatna, Sept. 4 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that flood-affected state was toying with the idea of providing fodder for its starving cattle.

Kumar made an aerial survey of the flood-ravaged regions along with a top official of the state''s animal husbandry department on Wednesday.

He said providing fodder was on the government''s priority list along with other mitigating measures for the flood victims.

Nitish Kumar asks for more relief from Centre

Nitish KumarPatna, Sep 2 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on today asked for more central assistance for providing relief and rescue operations to the victims of devastating flood in the state.

Kumar, who met Union Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekhar and his team, said the state government has formed a high level team under Development Commissioner to undertake rehabilitation of people, displaced by ravaging Koshi river which breached embankment at Kushaha in Nepal on August 18.

Bihar flood situation grim: CM asks all to refrain from politicizing

Bihar flood situation grim: CM asks all to refrain from politicizingPurnia, Aug 29 : Flood waters continue to sweep parts of Bihar and with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar describing the calamity as very grim, politicians have been asked to refrain from politicising the matter.

"This is not the time to play politics on the issue. I know this is the year of Central elections. Therefore, people are out to make comments for political reasons," Kumar said.

Bihar CM demands apology from Goa Minister on Bihari remark

Nitish KumarPatna, August 20 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday demanded an apology from a Goa Minister for his remark that there will be more beggars in the coastal state if trains linking it to Patna are introduced.

Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik on Tuesday made the remark, which triggered an outrage in Bihar.

Nitish said the remark had hurt the sentiments of the people of Bihar.

Bihar Government to launch ''Mamta'' scheme for mothers, newborns

Patna, Aug 3 : Chief Minister Nitish KumarChief Minister Nitish Kumar will today launch an ambitious project aimed at improving condition of mothers and newborns in Bihar.

Under the ''Mamta'' scheme, trained midwives would be posted at hospitals and sub-divisional health centres to take care of mothers and their newborn babies, said Principal Health Secretary Deepak Kumar.

The midwives will be paid Rs 75 for taking care of a mother and her newborn, he added.

The scheme is expected to attract pregnant women, particularly in rural areas, to go for institutional delivery.

Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, Nitish Kumar to review National Rural Health Mission in Bihar

Patna, July 11 : Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will review the progress of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Bihar today.

Dr. Ramadoss is visiting Bihar in connection with a function to celebrate World Population Day.

Bihar is one of the 18 high focus States to be covered under NRHM. Before NRHM, Bihar was part of Empowered Action Group (EAG) States.

Under NRHM, a manifold increase in the allocation for the health sector in Bihar has taken place.

The State has shown significant improvement in outpatient load in government facilities, sterilization cases, immunization and institutional delivery.

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