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Job creation, infra development steps on anvil for poll-bound Bihar
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|February 02, 2025
With an eye on the Bihar polls due later this year, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced measures for job creation and infrastructure development including green-field airports.
NEW DELHI:
In her budget speech, she said airports in Patna and Bettiah will also be upgraded. Sitharaman, who draped a Madhubani sari designed by Padma awardee Dulari Devi, announced additional support for the Western Kosi Canal project and the setting up of a Makhana Board and the National Institute of Food Technology.
This story is from the February 02, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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