<h1>Inclusion under PMKSY AIBP enables central funding to extend irrigation via Kosi Mechi link and canal remodelling.</h1> Inclusion under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana - Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (PMKSY-AIBP) was approved for the Kosi Mechi Intra State Link Project, with the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs authorising central support for Bihar and a targeted completion by March 2029. The project provides for diversion of surplus Kosi water to extend irrigation into the Mahananda basin by remodelling the Eastern Kosi Main Canal.