PATNA, Feb. 4 -- The state government will introduce Jannayak Karpoori Thakur Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to provide Rs.3,000 as minimum monetary support annually on the lines of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, under which farmers are eligible to get Rs.6,000 as monetary support annually. This was announced by state finance minister ( FM) Bijendra Prasad Yadav in his budget speech of 2026-27 on Tuesday. With the introduction of the new scheme, farmers would be eligible to get Rs.9,000 annually under the central PM Kisan Samman Nidhi and Jannayak Karpoori Thakur Samman Nidhi scheme. The agriculture department has been given an allocation of Rs.3,446 crore in the budget for 2026-27. Out of the total allocation, Rs.2,525.43 crore has been allocated for scheme outlay ( development works) while Rs.921 crore has been provisioned for establishment and commitment expenditure( salaries, etc). The state FM also said that the state government is working on the Bihar Agriculture Acceleration Mission (BAAM) as well as Bihar Agriculture Infrastructure Mission (BAIM) for improving the agriculture market infrastructure, higher productivity of foodgrains and also give marketing platform for GI-tagged products....