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Bihar
General Information
| Capital |
Patna |
| Area |
1,74000 sq km |
| Population Census 1991 |
86 million |
| Principal Languages |
Hindi |
| Urbanization Ratio(1991) |
13.2% |
| Literacy Rate(1991) |
38.5% |
| Major
Minerals |
Coal,
Mica, Copper ore, Uranium, Limestone China Clay, Fireclay, Bauxite. |
| Major
Industries |
Steel, Sponge
Ion, Coal, mining, oil refinery, heavy engineering, filled communication
cables ceramic capacitors, TV receivers, fruit processing bulk drugs. |
| Major Crops |
Paddy, Wheat,
Maize, Pulses, Sugarcane, Potatoes, Tobacco, Oilseeds, Onion, Chilies,
Jute. |
Infrastructure
| Railway track length |
5,316km |
| Road length |
85,718 Km |
| National Highway length |
2,118 Km |
| Domestic airport |
Gaya, Jamshedpur, Patna |
| International airport |
None |
| Major cities linked |
Calcutta, Delhi, Lucknow, Ranchi, Varanasi |
| Ports |
None |
| Industrial Zones & Parks |
66 |
| Export Processing zone |
1 (Planned) |
Industrial Policy
The aims and objective of the
policy are to create an environment for optimal utilization of state's ago
climatic, mineral and human resources: provide quality infrastructure for
accelerated industrialization of the state, attract investment to generate
economic activities employment, income and growth etc.
Incentives
 Subsidy
of up to 15% of capital investment for new small and ancillary industries.
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Additional
subsidy of 10% , up to Rs. 1 million, for purchasing energy conservation
equipment.
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Sales-Tax
deferment and exemption for finished goods.
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Power
subsidy of 18 paise per unit for units with capital investment of up to
Rs. 7.5 million.
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Power
subsidy of 15 paise per unit for units with investment of between Rs.
7.5 million and Rs. 150 million.
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Subsidy
of up to Rs. 0.01 million for modernization and productivity improvement
by SSI units
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Special
facilities or SC/S and technically-qualified entrepreneurs on priority
basis.
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Feasibility
study subsidy of up to 1% of fixed capital, or up to Rs. 0.02 million
of SSI units.
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State identified priority
sectors
Agro-processing, Engineering,
Forestry Minerals, Plastics, Power, Telecom, Textiles, Tourism.
For more information,
please contact:
| Organization |
Telephone
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Fax |
Industrial
Development Commissioner
Department of Industries,
Govt. of Bihar
New Secretariat
Patna |
0612-223246 |
0612-222698 |
Bihar
State Financial Corporation,
Frase Road
Patna |
0612-334210 |
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