Bihar posts 13.1% growth in 2024-25, surpasses national average: economic survey

The 20^th variation of the Bihar Economic Survey 2025-26 was tabled successful the State Assembly connected Monday (February 2, 2026), reporting that the State recorded 13.1 % economical maturation successful 2024-25, higher than the nationalist mean of 9.8%.

Presenting the study connected the inaugural time of the Budget session, which volition proceed till February 27, Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said Bihar was “progressing on a high-growth trajectory”, supported by macroeconomic stability, sectoral diversification, accrued concern and a sustained absorption connected quality superior development, employment procreation and infrastructure enhancement.

Robust growth

“Bihar’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) recorded a robust maturation of 13.1%, compared to the nationalist maturation complaint was 9.8% during 2024-25. The States’ fiscal trajectory besides demonstrates disciplined fiscal management, with the full State Government expenditure expanding from ₹1.66 lakh crore successful 2020-21 to ₹2.82 lakh crore successful 2024-25”, said the Minister.

Praising the government’s fiscal absorption done mean borrowing and effectual indebtedness servicing, helium said that the State had consistently prioritised spending connected education, health, energy, transport, irrigation and agriculture.

The Survey’s overview described an “optimistic, forward-looking evaluation, noting that Bihar’s per capita GSDP astatine existent prices roseate from ₹ 46,412 successful 2020-21 to ₹ 76,490 successful 2024-25. At changeless (2011-12) prices, per capita GSDP accrued from ₹ 30,159 successful 2020-21 to ₹40,973 implicit the aforesaid period.

Lowest per capita income

Economist Sudhanshu Kumar to The Hindu that the State’s GSDP maturation had remained higher than the nationalist mean implicit the past 3 years, though successful the agelong tally it has been adjacent to the nationalist average. “Additional fiscal enactment from the Central Government could marque the task of achieving its targets easier,” helium said. Mr. Kumar, however, cautioned that contempt the affirmative economical performance, Bihar continues to person the lowest per capita income successful the country. “Fiscal constraints persist arsenic a important challenge, underscoring the request for a stronger maturation impetus to adjacent the spread with the nationalist average,” helium said.

“According to the latest speedy estimates for 2024-25, Bihar’s GSDP grew by 8.6% astatine changeless prices and 13.1% astatine existent prices, reaching ₹5,31,372 crore and ₹9,91,997 crore, respectively,” said the report, adding, “It besides shows that Bihar’s secondary assemblage Gross State Value Added (GSVA) grew by 11.1% astatine changeless prices and 15.5% astatine existent prices.” “The tertiary assemblage registered maturation of 8.9% astatine changeless prices and 13.5% astatine existent prices, portion the superior assemblage expanded by 4.1 % astatine changeless prices and 9.6% astatine existent prices,” added the report.