Overview

• Prashant Kishor told an ANI podcast that setting up industries alone cannot stop migration, pointing out that countries such as Singapore and New Zealand have minimal manufacturing bases.
• He argued that Bihar’s landlocked geography and high population density make large industrial parks impractical and would employ only a small fraction of its roughly 13 crore residents.
• Kishor proposed prioritising improvements in education and expanding the service sector to empower local talent before pursuing heavy industry.
• Mohandas Pai insisted on X that Bihar needs a China-style model of labour-intensive industries supported by infrastructure investment to boost goods production and purchasing power.
• Entrepreneurs and netizens including Prakash Dadlani and Ashutosh Nandan argued that manufacturing hubs would generate entire employment ecosystems and compared Bihar’s potential to 1990s Tamil Nadu.