Budget 2025-26: Makhana Board, food technology institute and greenfield airports for Bihar
On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced a Makhana Board in Bihar to improve production, processing, value addition and marketing of makhana.
Summary
On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced a Makhana Board in Bihar to improve production, processing, value addition and marketing of makhana and to organise those engaged in it into Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs). Under 'Purvodaya', a National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management will be set up in Bihar. The Budget also said greenfield airports will be facilitated in Bihar, and that financial support will be provided for the Western Koshi Canal ERM Project, benefitting farmers cultivating over 50,000 hectares in the Mithilanchal region of Bihar.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 1 Feb 2025, Parliament, New Delhi; announcements for Bihar
- Makhana Board
- Production, processing, value addition, marketing; FPOs
- Food technology
- National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management in Bihar
- Airports
- Greenfield airports to be facilitated in Bihar
- Western Koshi Canal ERM Project
- Over 50,000 ha in Mithilanchal
Practice MCQs 2 questions
In which state did the Union Budget 2025-26 announce the establishment of a Makhana Board?
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Correct answer: A — Bihar
Budget speech and PIB (1 Feb 2025): a Makhana Board will be established in Bihar to improve production, processing, value addition and marketing of makhana.
The Western Koshi Canal ERM Project, which got financial support in the Union Budget 2025-26, benefits farmers in which region of Bihar?
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Correct answer: C — Mithilanchal
Budget speech: financial support will be provided for the Western Koshi Canal ERM Project, benefitting farmers cultivating over 50,000 hectares of land in the Mithilanchal region of Bihar.