11 Greenfield Satellite Townships approved in first cabinet meeting of Samrat Choudhary govt

Approval of a revised draft agreement following the Eastern Regional Council meeting; undivided Bihar’s water share is 7.75 MAF, with 5.75 MAF allocated to Bihar and 2.00 MAF to Jharkhand.

Special facilities including land registration through mobile units for senior citizens aged 80 years and above under the Bihar Registration Rules, 2026.

₹680 crore approved for the development of and land acquisition in the Baba Hariharnath Temple area, to be modeled after the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi.

Free transfer of 20 acres of land in Barauni to the Industries department for the establishment of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

Free inter-departmental transfer of seven acres of land in Patna to the Higher Education department for CNLU construction.

Free permanent transfer of 1.35 acres of state land to the Airports Authority of India for a permanent civil enclave.

₹287.16 crore approved for land acquisition in Punpun for the infrastructure of the National Forensic Sciences University Off-Campus and the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory.

Policy approved to provide rural land for establishing new State Seed Multiplication Farms; urban seed farm lands will be transferred free of cost via the Infrastructure Development Authority for other development projects.

Cabinet approved inclusion of collective road accidents under 'State-Specific Local Disasters', enabling ex-gratia payments from the State Disaster Response Fund; ex-gratia payments for accidents between Sept 15, 2021 and Mar 31, 2022 will be provided retroactively.

₹66.75 crore approved for purchasing vehicles to enhance security for women and girls near schools and colleges; includes 1,500 scooters for female police personnel at ₹1.25 lakh each and 3,200 motorcycles for police personnel at ₹1.50 lakh each.

Upgradation of 75 Industrial Training Institutes into state-of-the-art skill training centres under the centrally sponsored PM-SETU scheme, costing ₹3,615 crore, with the state's share ₹1,192.95 crore.

The initial area for the townships is about 800-1,200 acres, with expansion expected to be at least ten times larger; the ban on land activities will remain until the master plan is finalised.

The cabinet approved the development of 11 Greenfield Satellite Townships and imposed a ban on land sale, transfer, development and building construction in the designated zones.