BPSC Bihar Special • Current Affairs15 September 2026
Bihar Current Affairs: VB-G RAM G Act, 8th Pay Commission, Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar & Bihar Makhana Board
Source: Information & Public Relations Department (IPRD Bihar) / Official Gazettes•Exam Target: BPSC 71st & 72nd CCE Prelims
BPSC 72nd Core Foundation Dossier — Module 6
1. VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 (Replacing MGNREGA)
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Historic Legislative Transition: The Viksit Bharat–Rozgar aur Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025 was introduced in Lok Sabha on 16 December 2025 by Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
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Effective Rollout Date: Formally takes effect on 1 July 2026, completely superseding and repealing the 20-year-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005.
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125 Days Guaranteed Employment: Mandates 125 days of guaranteed wage employment per rural household per financial year (Section 5(1)), an enhancement of 25 days (25% increase) over MGNREGA’s 100 days.
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The 60-Day "No-Work Period": Introduces a structured 60-day pause during peak agricultural sowing and harvesting seasons to prevent rural farm labour shortages. The 125 days are delivered across the remaining 305 calendar days.
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Unemployment Allowance: If employment is not provided within 15 days of formal application, mandatory daily unemployment allowance is statutorily payable.
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Revised Financing Pattern:
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Replaces MGNREGA’s 100% central wage liability with a shared architecture:
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60:40 (Centre:State) for general states for both wages and materials.
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90:10 (Centre:State) for North-Eastern and Himalayan states.
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Planning Framework: Integrated with the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan and digitized spatial alignment via PM Gati Shakti.
2. Eighth Central Pay Commission (8th CPC)
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Implementation Timeline: Effective from January 2026.
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Commission Structure: Constituted as a temporary three-member body comprising one Chairman, one part-time Member, and one Member-Secretary.
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Tenure for Recommendations: Formally constituted on 3 November 2025; mandated to submit its comprehensive report within 18 months (approx. May 2027), with powers to submit interim awards.
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Terms of Reference: Balancing fiscal prudence, macroeconomic capacity, unfunded non-contributory pension liabilities, state government budgetary parity, and CPSE remuneration scales.
3. Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana (Bihar)
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Inauguration: Announced on 29 August 2025 and formally launched on 26 September 2025 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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Target Beneficiary: One adult woman per household across Bihar aged 18 to 60 years to foster micro-entrepreneurship.
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Exclusion Criteria: Applicant or spouse must not be an income-tax payer or a regular/contractual government employee.
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Phased Financial Grants:
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First Installment: ₹10,000 transferred directly into bank accounts via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to initiate micro-ventures (tailoring, grocery, livestock, handicrafts).
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Expansion Assistance: Scalable financial assistance of up to ₹2,00,000 upon successful enterprise operation and verification.
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Implementing Agency: Anchored by the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (JEEViKA) under the Rural Development Department, and Urban Development & Housing Department in urban areas.
4. Bihar National Makhana Board & Makhananomics
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Union Budget 2025–26 Announcement: Establishment of the dedicated National Makhana Board in Bihar with an approved financial development package of ₹475 crore.
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Bihar's Production Monopoly: Bihar accounts for approximately 90% of India's total makhana (fox nut) production, cultivating over 15,000 hectares with an annual harvest of ~10,000 metric tonnes of popped makhana (and 50,000–60,000 tonnes of raw seeds).
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GI Tag Status: Awarded the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) Tag for ‘Mithila Makhana’ in 2022.
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Top Producing District: Saharsa district ranks #1 in makhana production across Bihar, followed by Darbhanga, Madhubani, and Purnea across the 9 Mithilanchal wetlands districts.
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Makhananomics: Domestic makhana trade stands at ~₹3,000 crore, with global trade exceeding ~₹5,000 crore.
5. India AI Impact Summit 2026 & Sovereign AI Showcase
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Venue & Host: Held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi (16–21 February 2026), organized by MeitY under the IndiaAI Mission.
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Three Sutras: People (जन), Planet (धरा), and Progress (प्रगति) across seven thematic Chakras.
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Flagship Sovereign Models Showcased:
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BharatGen Param2: 17-billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) multimodal model supporting 22 Indian languages.
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Sarvam AI Vikram: 30-billion parameter indigenous LLM alongside Kaze Smart Glasses.
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IndiaAI Mission Outlay: Approved at ₹10,371.92 crore for 5 years with 10,000+ public-private GPU compute capacity.
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