“Bihar Bias” in the budget in 2025 will probably not impress the state’s regional parties
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“Bihar Bias” in the budget in 2025 will probably not impress the state’s regional parties

The Union budget presented last week was not expected to avoid the attraction of the election policy, although the next major state votes are as far away as autumn. And so, with Bihar who would vote in November, a number of budget messages were made for the state.

With NDA -Allied -Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata Dal (United), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular) -in the battle for the upcoming parish surveys, these announcements were read in line with political reasoning. But another factor is equally important, if not more.

The support from JDU, led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, is important for the BJP-led NDA in the center. This means more focus on Bihar in the center’s distributions of financial resources and projects. So in a way, in addition to the research policy in Patna, coalition policy in Delhi also offered political logic for allocations to the state.

However, the question in Bihar is not why but How muchAnd even some bills too much. Although he is a major condition in Hindi Heartland, Bihar is seriously cash placed and rolls at the bottom of the economic development index. As a result, the state government always has central support for running a range of infrastructure work as well as welfare and development programs. This is how the use of “double motor” control gained different currency in the political lexicon in Bihar since the late 1990s.

It has also meant that what may seem like a significant attention from the center falls under what political parties promise to get as Bihar’s rights from the center.

It is not clear if the latest budget allocation will dampen or disappoint expectations in Patna. For example, the establishment of a Makhana board is a long-term demand. Bihar is home to 90 percent of the production of Makhana, so the agency for marketing, addition of value and surveillance quality is likely to benefit its farmers in northern Bihar, especially districts such as Madhubani, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi and Purnea. Many also claim that this region is NDA’s bracket and the move can help it in election consolidation.

Other institutional features include the establishment of a number of national centers for excellence in the state, such as the National Institute of Food Technology and the expansion of IIT Patna.

Infrastructural push was clear in announcements about new airport projects, both Greenfield and Brownfield, in different parts of the state, together with the expansion of Patna Airport and a new airport in its close proximity to Bihta. Another project that got a nick was the West Koshi Canal project.

Now the question is that everything from the center for 2025? Or can we see other forms of help that seep in the coming months?