Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday welcomed the Union 2022-23 budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, described it as a “balanced budget”.
Reacting to the budget, he said, “the country’s development over the past two years was affected because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
To bring up the state of a detrimental, central situation, through its budget, has taken several steps to accelerate the speed of development, which is praised.
I congratulate me to The Union Government for presenting a balanced budget.
“The decision of the trade union government to build large-scale infrastructure in this country, also deserves to be praised,” Nitish said in a statement.
CM also said that the Government of Bihar had developed an organic agricultural corridor from its resources at 13 The district located in the two Ganges River banks.
“In the Union budget this year, it has been decided to develop a natural agricultural corridor in a 5 kilometer stretch on the edge of the Ganges.
The union government’s steps should be praised, “Nitish, who heads the coalition government with Ally BJP.
He further said,” In this budget, it has also been decided to increase the volume of procurement of rice and wheat.
Farmers will greatly benefit from this decision.
“” It was announced to build a new 80 lakh house under the Pradhan Mantri Beware of Yojana.
It was commendable, “said Bihar cm.
Nitish also said that the state government will get more funds from the center as their share in the central tax this year and the following year.” This will reduce the financial difficulties of the state government and provide assistance to countries , “he said.