Adani Power proposes doubling the Pirpainti plant to 4,800 MW
Three more 800 MW units are proposed at the Bhagalpur project, which is expected to employ 10,000–12,000 people during construction.
Read storyRoadmap: six expressway corridors, Ganga bridges and 198 stations redeveloped
Corridors including Buxar–Bhagalpur, Patna–Purnea and Gorakhpur–Siliguri are approved, alongside a ₹1 lakh crore rail allocation.
Read story144 projects worth ₹441 crore unveiled in Bhagalpur
Rural development, infrastructure, education and water projects were launched during the Samriddhi Yatra.
Read storyPirpainti 2,400 MW power project: the largest energy investment in Bihar's history
Adani Power's ultra-supercritical thermal plant in Bhagalpur, worth about ₹30,000 crore, is under development with the first unit targeted for 2028.
Read story700 model schools with NEET/JEE support and a Teacher Training University announced
On Teachers' Day the state announced coaching-ready model schools, a university to train its 7 lakh teachers, and an AI-skills MoU with Google.
Read storyBihar pitches ₹1.38 lakh crore power investment pipeline
At Bharat Electricity 2026, the state invited investment across generation, transmission, renewables and storage.
Read story₹239 crore upgrade approved for the 44-km Bhagalpur–Amarpur–Banka road
SH-25 will become a two-lane highway with paved shoulders, with completion targeted for 2028.
Read storyNew ropeways for Gaya's Pretshila and Jehanabad's Vanavar hills near completion
The ₹1,049 crore Pretshila ropeway is 84% done and Vanavar's 92%, with more planned from Patna to Sonepur and at Kahalgaon.
Read storyFour-lane Kosi bridge at Phulaut 96% complete, to cut travel by about 60 km
The ₹996 crore bridge-cum-road project links Madhepura, Saharsa, Supaul and Bhagalpur across the Kosi river.
Read storyRamdhari Singh Dinkar University for Begusarai; 551 model schools opened
A university named after the Rashtrakavi will come up in his home district, alongside new AI and engineering universities in Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur.
Read storyCancer care closer to home: radiotherapy units planned in five cities
Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur get preliminary approval for super-speciality radiotherapy, as screening reaches over 1.1 crore people.
Read storyProposed 1,400 MW nuclear plant in Banka gets water clearance
The Water Resources Department cleared 80 million cubic metres a year from the Badua reservoir for the planned plant at Bhitia.
Read storyCabinet approves ₹3,936 crore four-laning of the Khagaria–Purnia highway
The 143.5-km upgrade will bring Khagaria to Purnia within about two hours.
Read storyModern townships planned across 11 cities, including 'Pataliputram' near Patna
A new township policy lays out planned greenfield townships in 11 cities to guide urban growth.
Read storyIIT Patna incubator turns 10, signs MoUs with AIIMS Patna and JHPIEGO
IT Minister Shreyasi Singh said Bihar's youth are increasingly entering tech and startups; a business park at IIT Patna is being prepared.
Read storyBihar's largest airport planned at Sonepur on 4,228 acres
The budget set aside ₹1,302 crore for land for a third greenfield airport, after Bhagalpur and Rajgir, 30 km from Patna.
Read storyUrban budget rises to ₹15,237 crore: drains, waste plants and 4 lakh homes
₹3,559 crore for 38 stormwater drainage schemes, garbage-to-power plans and 4.18 lakh PMAY-Urban houses sanctioned.
Read storyBihar unveils its first Semiconductor Policy, targeting ₹25,000 crore
Land at ₹1 an acre per ₹100 crore invested and a 20% top-up on central subsidies aim to bring chip and packaging units to the state.
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