• Bihar Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on 27/02/2023 tabled the Bihar Economic Survey for 2022-23 in the assembly on the opening day of the budget session,
• Bihar economy posted a strong recovery in 2021-22 as the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at constant prices recorded a robust growth of 10.98 per cent, whereas, the national growth rate was 8.68 per cent during the same period.
• The economy of Bihar is one of the fastest-growing in India. Bihar’s 10.98-per cent growth is third among the top five fastest-growing states in the country after Andhra Pradesh (11.4 per cent) and Rajasthan (11.04 per cent),
• According to the economic survey, Bihar’s total expenditure was Rs 1.93 lakh crore in 2021-22. Out of this, Rs 1.59 lakh crore (82.4 per cent) was the revenue expenditure.
• Within the primary sector, the two most important contributors to growth of GSDP have been livestock and fishing & aquaculture, registering growth rates of 9.5 per cent and 6.7 per cent, respectively.

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