India, Feb. 3 -- Bihar Finance Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav on Monday said the State recorded a 13.1 per cent growth in the 2024-25 financial year, which was better than the "national average of 9.8 per cent".

The minister tabled the Bihar Economic Survey for 2025-26 in the Assembly on the inaugural day of the Budget session, and asserted that the State was progressing along a "high-growth trajectory", supported by "macroeconomic stability, sectoral diversification, increased investment, and a sustained focus on human capital development, employment generation and infrastructure enhancement".

Yadav said, "Bihar's economy posted a strong growth as the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) recorded a robust growth of 13.1 per cent, wherea...