Union Budget: Centre has taken big step for Bihar's development, says Dy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha

Patna (Bihar) [India], July 23 (ANI): After Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made major announcements for Bihar, Deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha praised the centre's decision and called it a big step for the development of Bihar.
"Central has taken a big step for the development of Bihar...Various schemes have been announced for the welfare of the poor, farmers, youth and women...The budget lays the foundation for the creation of 'Viksit Bharat' and 'Viksit Bihar'," said Sinha on Tuesday.
"Various measures have been announced in the budget for the construction of bridges, religious and industrial corridor...These steps will produce positive results for the state of Bihar," JDU leader Neeraj Kumar.
Earlier, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that he told the NDA leaders about the special status or a special package, and as a follow-up, they have announced aid for a lot of things.
"I have continuously spoken for this (special status), I told them as well (NDA). I told them to give us either a special status or a special package. As a follow-up, they have announced aid for a lot of things. We were speaking of special status and a lot of people said that the provision for special status has been done away with much earlier. So, instead of that, aid should be given to help Bihar. They have now started it," Nitish said.
Speaking on the announcements, JDU MP and Union Minister, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh said that after the implementation of these schemes, Bihar's growth rate will go up.
"We had demanded special status or special package for Bihar. Today's Budget has an abundance of packages for Bihar. Whatever sector you look at - be it strengthening infrastructure or developing tourism or irrigation - schemes are abundant in every sector. After the implementation of these schemes, Bihar's growth rate will go up," he said.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made major announcements for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, including a boost in infrastructure and special financial support.
In her Budget speech in Parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "On the Amritsar-Kolkata industrial corridor we will support the development of an industrial nod at Gaya in Bihar. We will also support the construction of road connectivity projects namely Patna-Purnia Expressway, Buxar-Bagalpur Expressway, Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Vaishali-Darbanga and an additional two-lane bridge over river Ganga at Buxar at a total cost of Rs 26,000 cr."
"Power projects, including setting up of a new 2400 megawatt power plant at Pirpainti, will be taken up at a cost of Rs 21400 crore," she added. (ANI)