Infrastructure
Announced in the 2026–27 budget, the greenfield airport at Sonepur in Saran would be Bihar's biggest by area. ₹1,302 crore is earmarked for land acquisition.
The state is also acquiring 931 acres for a greenfield airport at Sultanganj (Bhagalpur), has acquired about 902 acres at Rajgir for a 3,350 m runway, and is studying old airfields at Sabeya (Gopalganj) and Ulao (Begusarai). UDAN airports are being developed at Bihta, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Birpur, Vaishali, Munger, Saharsa and Raxaul, and about ₹260 crore is going into upgrading Darbhanga.