This is what we have read, not what the state pays. Nobody has yet confirmed a Bihar figure against the national norms, and this page does not give you one. It tells you what Bihar publishes, what is in it, and what to do with that. The national cost norms that apply meanwhile are in the guides linked at the foot of this page.
There is a difference between a state telling you what it will pay and a state telling you what it needs from you. Bihar is the only state we have looked at that does the second properly.
What the directorate publishes
The Directorate of Horticulture, under the Department of Agriculture, carries a page headed Guidelines & Checklist for Project Based Components. It is a table, one row per component, and the components include rural markets and Apni Mandi, air-conditioned retail outlets, cold storage of Type-I and Type-II, collection, sorting, grading and packaging units, and distillation units.
Against each row sit four documents: a guideline, a checklist, a model project, and a reference data sheet. Fifty-one files hang off that single page.
Why the checklist is the valuable one
A guideline says what the department will support. A checklist says what your application must contain — every certificate, every drawing, every clearance, in the order the department expects to see them. That is the part that decides whether a claim survives inspection, and it is almost never published. In most states you find out what was missing after your file comes back.
The model project matters for the same reason. It shows the shape of a proposal the department is used to reading, which is worth more than a page of eligibility criteria when you are writing your first one.
What we have not done
Read them. We have opened the index, confirmed what it holds and registered it, and nobody has yet compared Bihar's component guidelines against the national norms. So this page cannot tell you whether Bihar's cold storage terms differ from the national ones — only that Bihar publishes two types of cold storage where the national document treats it as one component, which is itself worth a look.
One practical obstacle: the individual documents open through the site's own view links rather than direct file addresses, so you will need a browser rather than a download tool.
Where the applications go
Bihar runs its own application route and publishes guidance on applying through the Bihar Krishi mobile app, including how to register and how to apply for a scheme through it. That is unusual too — most states document the scheme and leave you to work out the counter.
What to do with this
Use the national cost norms in the guides below for the money. Then, before you write anything, open the checklist for your component and build the file around it. If you are planning cold storage, read both Type-I and Type-II guidelines rather than assuming which one you are in.
And if you read a Bihar guideline that sets a figure different from the national norm, tell us. That is exactly the difference this platform exists to surface, and it is sitting in those fifty-one files waiting for someone to find it.
