Setting Up Of Makhana Board Welcomed

Patna: With the Finance Minister’s Union Budget announcing several bonanza and developmental projects for Bihar, the move has drawn praise from the state agriculture Minister, who termed the setting up of the Makhana Board as a historic step. Bihar’s agriculture minister Mangal Pandey hailed the ‘gamechanger’ Makhana Board initiative and said that this will benefit hordes of farmers and villagers. Bihar, a state ruled by BJP and its key alliance partner JD(U), got repeated mentions in Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech as she went to announce several measures including the Makhana Board, giving wings to Bihar’s aviation industry and also augmenting capacity at higher educational institutions in the state.

Bihar Agriculture Minister said that the Makhana Board will improve production, processing, value addition and marketing of Makhana (fox nuts), an Indian superfood, of which Bihar is the biggest producer.