Budget 2024: Financial support, infrastructure projects announced for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh
The government will arrange Rs 15,000 crore this year to meet its commitments under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, the finance minister said.
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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced financial support and several infrastructure projects for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar as part of the Union Budget for financial year 2024-’25.
For Bihar, Sitharaman announced the Union government’s support for the development of the Patna-Purnea expressway, Buxar-Bhagalpur highway, improved road connectivity in Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Vaishali-Darbhanga and an additional two-lane bridge over river Ganga in Buxar at the cost of Rs 26,000 crore.
The finance minister also announced that an industrial node will be developed at Bihar’s Gaya on the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor. “It will catalyse the development of the eastern region,” she said.
Sitharaman also proposed to set up airports, medical colleges and sports infrastructure in the state.
Further, the finance minister said that the Vishnupad temple in Gaya and the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya will be supported and transformed into world-class heritage sites on the lines of Varanasi’s Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. Nalanda will be developed as a tourist centre, she announced.
Having fallen short of the majority mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party formed the government at the Centre with the help of Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal (United) and the Andhra Pradesh’s Telugu Desam Party, among other members of its National Democratic Alliance.
For Andhra Pradesh, Sitharaman said that the Centre will make efforts...
