New Delhi: After Bihar took center stage in the Union Budget on Saturday, Union Minister Nityanand Rai hailed the establishment of the Makhana Board as a significant announcement and expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
“This budget is for the welfare of poor, farmers and to help the middle class… This budget is such that it will generate employment opportunities. The announcement of the Makahna Board was special, and also for the projects that were announced for the region of Koshi River. I thank PM Modi and the union finance minister on behalf of the people of Bihar,” he said.
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BJP Bihar MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy described the overall budget as balanced, non-inflationary, and containing infrastructural incentives with numerous societal inputs that will create a balanced social lifeline.
“Also, a lot of things have been given to the state of Bihar, which the state has been lagging behind in many cases. After the 2015 package, this is a new proposal that has come to Bihar, be it airports, IITs, education, Makhana board, I think Bihar deserves what it has got… Thanks to the PM and Finance Minister,” Rudy said.
Bihar BJP President Dilip Jaiswal underlined that the budget addresses Bihar’s needs. “There is a discussion in the budget about starting an airport under the Udan scheme for Bihar, building a medical college and an expressway. Bihar has been taken great care of in the budget. The central government is helping in every way for the development of Bihar,” he said.
Janata Dal (United) Sanjay Kumar Jha said that the biggest announcement for Bihar is that it will have a greenfield airport.
“It is a huge announcement. A Makhana Board will be formed, 85-90 per cent of Makhana is cultivated in Mithila area, Kosi area…There is global demand for Makhana now. Western Kosi irrigation system had been a long pending demand of the Mithila region. FM has made an announcement for this. Announcement for a food-processing institute has also been made. So, overall these announcements are very positive for Bihar…Taxation relief up to Rs 12 Lakhs is a major relief,” he said.
The Finance Minister also announced the establishment of the National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management in Bihar to provide a strong fillip to food processing activities in the entire Eastern region.
She also highlighted the Western Kosi Canal ERM project in the Mithilanchal region of Bihar. However, the announcements ignited criticism from many of the opposition parties who blamed the Union Minister for focusing too much on a poll bound State.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on the other hand said that Bihar has always been deceived by the Modi government. “In today’s budget, Bihar is being treated unfairly and with negligence. What was mentioned in the previous budget has simply been repeated again. I believe this budget is anti-village, anti-rural, and anti-poor. Bihar is not benefiting from it at all,” he said.
बजट-2025 में मोदी सरकार ने बिहारवासियों को महत्त्वपूर्ण उपहार दिए हैं।
बिहार में मखाना बोर्ड की स्थापना, मिथिलांचल में वेस्टर्न कोशी नहर परियोजना, IIT पटना का विस्तार, National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management और ग्रीनफील्ड एयरपोर्ट संबंधी निर्णयों…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 1, 2025
Meanwhile Union Home Minister Amit Shah too reacted to the major announcement made for Bihar. Taking to X, the Home Minister said “the Modi government has given significant gifts to the people of Bihar. These announcements are going to make Bihar a center of education, business, connectivity, farmer welfare and employment in the time to come.”
(With Inputs from ANI)
