🕸BIHAR SDG score:- 57
(At the BOTTOM)

🕸 National average score:- 71

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India's population is projected to reach 1.5 billion by 2100, double that of China, with the US among top countries driven by immigration for growth.

🟤 Project Kusha:

👉In News: India is embarking on Project Kusha a mission designed to enhance it's air defence capabilities with a system rivalling the effectiveness of the renowned S-400.

👉About

▪️It includes the acquisition of three long-range Interceptor missiles with ranges of 150km, 250km, and 350km, ensuring comprehensive protection against aerial threats.

▪️These missiles have a high single-shot kill probability of at least 85% and can increase this to 98.5% when two different missiles are launched sequentially with a short gap.

Bihar current affairs

🕸New industrial areas will be developed in 31 districts of Bihar.

🕸Bihar Cabinet has approved Rs 7.02 crore for feasibility study of starting metro rail services in Bhagalpur, Gaya, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur.

🕸Kosi Basin Development Project
-It has been extended for 9 months.
-It is a World Bank assisted project, with 67% funding provided by the World Bank and 33% funding by the Government of Bihar.
-It was launched in 2010.
-A large part of Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Purnia and Araria was damaged in the 2008 flood.

🕸Bihar has been ranked last in the category of states with a cumulative score of 57 in the SDG Index, 2023-24 released by NITI Aayog.

🕸National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to protect the Kabartal wetland in Begusarai. It was notified as a bird sanctuary by the Government of Bihar in 1989 and is the first Ramsar site in Bihar.

🕸Bihar Cabinet has approved the purchase of 400 electric buses for the cities of Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga, Purnia and Bhagalpur under the PM e-Bus Seva Yojana.

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