{"id":170765,"date":"2025-03-05T14:57:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T09:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=170765"},"modified":"2025-03-05T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T09:27:50","slug":"bihar-budget-2025-26-detailed-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/bihar-budget-2025-26-detailed-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar Budget 2025-26: Detailed Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NDA government in Bihar, led by Nitish Kumar, unveiled a \u20b93,16,895 crore Budget for the financial year 2025-26 on March 3, 2025. Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Samrat Choudhary pointed out a notable growth in the state\u2019s Budget size over the years, stressing the importance of funding for education, health, rural development, and welfare programs. The Budget also included various initiatives aimed at empowering women and creating job opportunities, all while adhering to fiscal discipline within the FRBM limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Highlights of Bihar Budget 2025-26<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Overall Budget Size and Growth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The total Budget outlay for\u00a0<strong>2025-26 is \u20b93,16,895 crore.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It marks an increase of \u20b938,169 crore from the previous year\u2019s Budget of \u20b92,78,726 crore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bihar\u2019s Budget has grown 15 times since 2005-06, when it was \u20b922,568 crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Major Sectoral Allocations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Education<\/strong>: \u20b960,954 crore (highest allocation).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Health<\/strong>: \u20b920,335 crore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rural Development:<\/strong>\u00a0\u20b916,193 crore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Energy Sector:<\/strong>\u00a0\u20b913,483 crore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saat Nischay-II (Self-reliant Bihar Initiative):<\/strong>\u00a0\u20b95,972 crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Welfare Schemes for Backward Communities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u20b913,368 crore allocated for schemes benefiting\u00a0<strong>OBCs, EBCs, SCs, STs, and minorities.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u20b919,648 crore for\u00a0<strong>Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs),<\/strong>\u00a0who form over 20% of Bihar\u2019s population.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u20b93,303 crore allocated for student scholarships, benefitting mainly OBC, EBC, and SC students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Infrastructure and Rural Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u20b915,586 crore allocated to the rural development department (2nd highest sectoral allocation).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investments in roads, electricity, water supply, and village infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Women Empowerment Initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Establishment of<strong>\u00a0\u201cMahila Haat\u201d (Women\u2019s Market) in Patna.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPink Buses\u201d exclusively for women with female drivers and conductors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Construction of \u201cPink Toilets\u201d in every district.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establishment of \u201cKanya Vivah Mandaps\u201d in all panchayats to support poor families in organizing marriages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Health and Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Cancer Hospital to be set up in Begusarai.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opening of 100+ public healthcare centers in rural areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scholarship amounts for backward and extremely backward class students doubled from \u20b91,000 to \u20b92,000 per month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. Employment and Skill Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expansion of employment generation schemes under various departments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skill training for women in tourism and transport sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>33% quota for women in the State Road Transport Corporation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. Fiscal Management and Economic Indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bihar maintains a revenue surplus and a fiscal deficit of 2.98%, within the FRBM limit of 3%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public debt is 38.94% of GSDP, within the 40.4% limit set by the 15th Finance Commission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. Transport and Connectivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special bus service for women in major cities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flights to start from Purnia airport within three months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three more airports to be completed soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. Political Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NDA leaders called the Budget inclusive and forward-looking, aligning with PM Modi\u2019s \u201cSabka Saath, Sabka Vikas\u201d vision.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav dismissed it as \u201cinflated and a bundle of lies\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NDA government in Bihar, led by Nitish Kumar, unveiled a \u20b93,16,895 crore Budget for the financial year 2025-26 on March 3, 2025. Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Samrat Choudhary pointed out a notable growth in the state\u2019s Budget size over the years, stressing the importance of funding for education, health, rural development, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":170766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5364],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-170765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2025","tag-bihar-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170767,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170765\/revisions\/170767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}