Author name: Kritesh Bhagat

Kritesh Bhagat is an undergraduate student at St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata. He is pursuing Bachelor's in Humanities and Social Sciences. Currently, he is pursuing internship at TRIP.

The Makhana Paradox: Bihar Grows It, Others Gain

Leave a Comment / Economy, Hamra Bihar, SPOTLIGHT /

Bihar still lacks a modern food-processing ecosystem; raw makhana is often sold to traders in states like West Bengal, Delhi, and Maharashtra, where private companies manage the stages of cleaning, roasting, flavouring, and packaging. These states then market the final product under premium brands, reaping profits that should have ideally strengthened Bihar’s local economy. Did […]

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Crores Spent, Villages Submerged: The Untold Story of Bihar’s Broken Flood Promises

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The CAG audit and media reports found that hundreds of crores had been spent or marked as ‘completed,’ yet many embankment structures remained incomplete, poorly built, and offered little actual flood protection. Despite frequent claims by Bihar’s leaders that international rivers and inadequate central support are to blame, residents view this as a convenient deflection,

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