State PCS - Bihar (BPSC)

• 04 Apr 2025

Inauguration of Various Schemes in Bihar

Why in News? 

The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation inaugurated and launched various Central and State Government schemes worth over Rs 800 crore in Patna, Bihar, on International Cooperative Day, March 30, 2025. 

Key Points 

• About the Schemes:
  • Grain Storage Scheme :  
    • Under the world's largest foodgrain storage scheme, the foundation stone was laid for the project to develop a storage capacity of 62,500 metric tonnes in twenty-five PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Societies). The cost of which will be Rs 83.16 crore. 
  • Police Building : 
    • The foundation stone was laid for the construction of a total of 133 police buildings under the Home Department. The cost of which has been fixed at Rs 181.14 crore. 
  • Road Transport and Highways Projects : 
    • The foundation stone was laid for three projects under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, with a total cost of Rs 109.16 crore. 
  • Hostel in Deep Narayan Singh Cooperative Institute : 
    • A hostel built in Patna at a cost of Rs 27.29 crore was inaugurated. 
  • Makhana Processing and Marketing Center: 
    • Darbhanga district Makhana processing and marketing center was inaugurated at a cost of Rs 46 lakh under the Integrated Cooperative Development Project . 
  • Drinking Water Supply Schemes : 
    • Five drinking water supply schemes were inaugurated at a total cost of Rs 421.41 crore under the Amrit-1 project of the Urban Housing and Development Department .  

Amrit Yojana 

• Introduction: 
  • Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) was launched on June 25, 2015 in 500 selected cities across the country, covering about 60% of the urban population . 
  • The mission aims to enhance infrastructure and implement improvements in selected urban areas, including water supply, sewerage, drainage, green spaces, non-motorised transport and capacity building. 
• Amrit 2.0 Scheme : 
  • The scheme was launched on October 1, 2021, covering AMRUT 1.0 for a period of 5 years i.e. from financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26. 
  • This includes universal coverage of water supply from 500 cities to about 4,900 statutory towns in the country and coverage of sewerage/septage management in 500 cities covered in the first phase of the AMRUT scheme. 
  • AMRUT 2.0 aims to promote the circular economy of water through development of the City Water Balance Plan (CWBP) by recycling/reuse of treated sewage, revival of water bodies and water conservation. 
  • The mission also includes a reform agenda to improve the ease of living of citizens through urban planning, strengthening urban finance etc.