Bihar Budget 2025-26: Key Highlights and Focus Areas
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Total Budget | ₹3.17 lakh crore |
| Revenue Expenditure | ₹2.52 lakh crore (79.52% of total expenditure) |
| Education | ₹60,964 crore (highest allocation) |
| Health | ₹20,000 crore |
| Roads | ₹17,000 crore |
| Women Empowerment | Pink toilets, Mahila Haats in Patna, Pink bus service, hostels for working women, women tourist guides, financial assistance for e-rickshaws, increase in women police personnel, 'Kanya Vivah Mandap' for poor girls' marriage |
| Social Welfare | Doubled scholarship rates, increased incentives for SC/ST and backward classes |
| Health Facilities | Cancer hospital in Begusarai, 108 new urban medical centers, special care center for cancer patients |
| Infrastructure | Construction of Purnia Airport, 8 new airports (Rajgir, Sultanganj, Raxaul, Madhubani), 33% reservation for women in Bihar State Road Transport Corporation |
| Environment | ₹1 crore for air quality improvement, ₹25 crore for solar plants along canal banks |
| Agriculture | Empowerment of market committees, vegetable stalls at block level, vegetable production committees |
| Migrant Biharis & Tourism | Help centers for migrant Biharis, government assistance for home-stay during Chhath Puja |
| Industry & Trade | Incentives for compressed biogas plants, new policy for pharmaceutical manufacturing companies |