Overview
- After a review led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the government began executing an action plan to push Bihar into India’s top five investment-friendly states, with investor meets planned across the country and overseas.
- High-level committees will steer proposals for a defence corridor, a semiconductor park, global capability centres, a mega tech city and a fintech city, with a separate panel focused on building a global back-end hub.
- The 1,700-acre Integrated Manufacturing Cluster at Dobhi in Gaya is in final stages for inauguration, alongside plans for 31 industrial townships covering 14,036 acres across 29 districts.
- The state has earmarked Rs 26,000 crore for these industrial nodes and will also develop five mega food parks, 10 industrial parks and 100 MSME parks while training seven lakh people in industry-relevant skills.
- Officials cited improved connectivity, power supply and law and order, reported two-decade gains in industrial indicators, and noted that 44,073 entrepreneurs have received support under the Udyami Yojana.