Bihar signs MoU with Bangkok firm for disaster risk reduction

• Bihar signed an MoU with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) for implementation of Bihar Disaster Risk Reduction roadmap. It will help reduce disaster risk management in the state
• As per provisions of the MoU, the ADPC will provide technical assistance to the state government to implement the Roadmap for Disaster Risk Reduction in Bihar
• The MoU was signed by the ADPC Executive Director Jingjai Hanchanlash and state Disaster Management Department Principal Secretary Vyasji
• One of the targets of the roadmap is bring down the loss of human lives in natural disasters by 75 per cent within 2030 in comparison to the current data

About Bihar:

• CM of Bihar: Nitish Kumar
• Governor of Bihar: Ram Nath Kovind
• Capital of Bihar: Patna

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. Which Sate Government signed a MOU with Bangkok-based Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) for implementation of disaster risk reduction: a)Maharashtra b)Karnataka c)Andhra Pradesh d)Bihar