Reiterating the words of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said that the development of eastern and northeastern states has been the policy of the Modi government since 2014.
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee criticised the Union Budget 2025 and said that there was nothing for West Bengal in the budget and the budget was prepared considering Bihar elections in November.
JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha hailed Budget announcements as a major boost for Bihar, citing a new greenfield airport, Makhana Board, Western Kosi irrigation system, food-processing institute, and taxation relief up to Rs 12 lakhs.
FM Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the establishment of the Makhana Board in Bihar. She also announced that Greenfield airports will be felicitated in Bihar in addition to the expansion of the capacity of the Patna Airport and a brownfield airport in Bihta.
"In the budget when we talk about the states which she has given we have seen Bihar has given a lot of importance whereas we are also looking forward states like Telangana that it has to get a lot of importance. We will see what was the total depth of it (budget). I think again it has got
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget speech today, proposed to form a Makhana Board in the state of Bihar. Makhana or foxnuts, a nutritious food, is widely produced and consumed in Bihar.
"I want to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan on behalf of lakhs of farmers of Bihar who cultivate foxnuts... These farmers have been demanding the formation of a Makhana Board for a very long time, jus