Education dept gets highest allocation in over Rs 2.18 lakh cr Bihar budget ANI | Updated: Feb 22, 2021 22:07 IST Patna (Bihar) [India], February 22 (ANI): The Bihar government on Monday presented a budget of over Rs 2.18 lakh crore for 2021-22 fiscal in the Assembly, with highest allocation of Rs 38,035.93 crore for the education sector in the state, an 8 per cent increase from the previous fiscal. This was the first budget presented after the State Legislative Assembly elections of last year. Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad, who holds the finance portfolio, presented the revenue-surplus budget in the House. "We have presented a budget of Rs 2,18,302.70 crore for 2021-22, which is Rs 6,541.21 crore more than the total estimates for the current fiscal. The revenue surplus is estimated at Rs 9,195.90 crore," he said while presenting the budget.