Lok Sabha Question No. 2701 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Industrial Corridor in Bihar
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2701. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4 TH  AUGUST, 2021.

## INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR IN BIHAR

## 2701.  SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to start at least one industrial corridor in Bihar to facilitate  industrial development and improvement of state financial health and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that Bihar is the most backward State as per 2020-21 SDG report of Niti Ayog;
- (c) if  so, the steps taken by the Union Government to improve industrialization in Bihar; and
- (d) the success achieved so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री सोम प्रकाश) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): As part of the Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC), State Government of Bihar in March, 2021 has identified an area of 1,670 acres of land in Gaya for establishment of Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) and Project development activities have been initiated.
- (b) to (d): As per  Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index Report 2020-21 of NITI Aayog, the  composite score of Bihar on the SDGs is the lowest among all States(52  out  of  100).  The  Index  has  been  constructed  using  115  indicators across 16 SDGs. The following initiatives promote industrialization in country:
- (i) One  District  One  Product  (ODOP):  Department  of  Commerce  through Director  General  of  Foreign  Trade  (DGFT)  is  engaging  with  State  and Central Government agencies to promote the initiative of One District One Product  with the objective to convert each District of the country into an Export  Hub  by  identifying  products  with  export  potential  in  the  District, addressing  bottlenecks  for  exporting  these  products,  supporting  local exporters/manufacturers  to  scale  up  manufacturing,  and  find  potential buyers  outside  India with the  aim  of  promoting  exports,  promoting manufacturing & services industry in the District and generate employment in the District.
- (ii) Increasing Ease of Doing Business and reducing compliance burden:   Government is working with Central Ministries/Departments and State Governments to promote Ease of Doing Business which has resulted in  India  improving its rank from 142 to 63, a leap of 79 ranks, during the last  5  years  in  the  World  Bank's  Doing  Business  Report  (DBR).   With  a view  to  track  implementation  of  business  reform  at  the  State  and  district level, State and District Reform Action Plan is also promoted.
- (iii) Startup India:  Startup India Seed Fund Scheme approved with an outlay of Rs 945 crore.  To simplify ease of starting up, 48 regulations have been simplified  since  the  launch  of  the  Startup  India  initiative  till  9 th April, 2021.  In addition, a Fund of Funds for Startups Scheme (FFS) to meet the funding needs of Startups with corpus of Rs 10,000 crore.
- (iv) Production  linked  Incentive  Scheme:   keeping  in  view  India's  vision  of becoming 'Aatmanirbhar' and enhancing India's Manufacturing Capabilities  and  Exports,  an  outlay  of  Rs  1.97  lakh  crore  has  been announced  in  Union  Budget  2021-22  for  Production  Linked  Incentive Scheme (PLI) schemes for 13 key sectors for 5 years starting from fiscal year (FY) 2021-22.
- (v) Foreign Direct Investment: Reforms in the FDI Policy have been undertaken across sectors such as Coal Mining, Contract Manufacturing, Digital Media, Single Brand Retail Trading, Insurance Intermediaries, Civil Aviation, Defence and Insurance Companies in last two years.  Measures taken by the Government on FDI policy reforms have resulted in increased FDI inflows in the country which stood at US$ 45.15 billion in 2014-15 and has  continuously  increased  since  then.   India  registered  its  highest  ever annual FDI inflow of US$ 81.72 billion (provisional figures) in the Financial Year 2020-21.
- (vi) Public Procurement: To promote domestic investment and usage of made in India products by the Government, the Public Procurement (Preference to  Make  in  India)  Order  has  been  revised  on  16.09.2020  which  now provides that for purchases with estimated value less than Rs 200 crore, no Global  tender  enquiry  will  be  issued.   For  the  items,  where  there  is sufficient local capacity and local competition, Class - 1 local suppliers (i.e. suppliers  offering  items  with  minimum  50%  domestic  value  addition)  are only eligible to bid irrespective of purchase value.  In all other purchases, Class-1  local  suppliers  get  purchase  preference  over  other  suppliers  in government procurement process.
- (vii)    India  Industrial  Land  Bank  (IILB):  Government  has  developed  a  national level land bank by integrating industrial information system (IIS) with State Industrial GIS systems.  Integration with 17 states achieved, enabling the investors  to  see  plot  level  data  and  availability  of  updated  land  related information in real time.
- (viii)   Development  of  Industrial  Corridors: The  National  Industrial  Corridor Programme (NICP) has been conceived to promote world class manufacturing facilities and develop futuristic industrial cities in India.
- (ix)    National Intellectual Property Rights Policy: The National IPR Policy, 2016 has   been  introduced  to  spur  creativity  and  stimulate  innovation  and  to encourage  IPR  protection  amongst  Startups,  the  Scheme  for  Facilitating Start-ups  Intellectual  Property  Protection  (SIPP)  launched  in  2016  has been extended upto 31.03.2023.

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