Lok Sabha Question No. 5667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Investment in Bihar
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5667.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 6 TH  APRIL, 2022.

## INVESTMENT IN BIHAR

## 5667.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the amount of investment made by the private sector in projects since 2017, year, sector, State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (b) the number of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects across the country, State/UT-wise including in Bihar, year-wise since 2017;
- (c) the top ten sectors where India and Bihar receives the highest amount of private investments with the reasons thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to augment private investments in Bihar and if so, the details thereof with the achievements made; and
- (e) the details of Foreign Direct Investments received in Bihar, sector and yearwise from 2017?

## 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): Information  about  private  sector  investments  in  the  country  is  not  compiled centrally.

According to the information provided by Government  of Bihar, total investments made by the private sector in Bihar in projects since 2017 is Rs. 4207.3 crore. Year-wise and Sector-wise details are placed at Annexure-A .

- (b): Data pertaining to PPP projects in the central sector is available online and can be accessed from the pppindia website (pppinindia.gov.in)

Year-wise  State  level  data  pertaining  to  number  of  PPP  projects  being  run within the state is not maintained centrally.

- (c): According to the information provided by Government of Bihar, top ten sectors where Bihar receives the highest amount of private investments are (i) Food Processing,  (ii)  Plastic  &  Rubber,  (iii)  Renewable  Energy,  (iv)  Tourism,  (v)

Healthcare,  (vi)  Textile,  (vii)  IT  &  ITes,  (viii)  Leather,  (ix)  Small  Machine Manufacturing and (x) Wood based Manufacturing.

Bihar enjoys a unique location-specific advantage because of its proximity to the vast markets of Eastern and Northern India and Nepal. The state is well connected to the rest of India and international markets through over 200,000 km of road network, 6,700 km of rail network and an international airport. The Golden Quadrilateral Highway passes through the districts of Kaimur, Sasaram, Aurangabad, Gaya, and Patna, connecting the state to major metro cities in the country.  New  business  opportunities  in  Bihar  are  plenty  as  the  Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor passes through the state, providing access to ports in East India such as Kolkata and Haldia, to raw material sources, and mineral reserves in the neighboring states. Bihar currently has 52 industrial areas and mega  industrial  parks.  The  state  has  identified  Agriculture,  IT,  electronics, textiles and leather as its high priority sectors. Other manufacturing sectors, power - thermal and renewable, hospitality, communications and aquaculture are  some  of  the  fast-growing  sectors  in  the  state  to  attract  investment opportunities in Bihar.

- (d): Government  of  Bihar  has  implemented  the  Bihar  Industrial  Investment Promotion Policy, 2016 w.e.f. 01.09.2016. The Policy covers all new units as well  as  expansion/  modernization/  diversification  of  existing  units  set-up anywhere in the State of Bihar. This Policy has been recently amended in 2020 and extended till 2025 to make it more investor-friendly and effective to attract large scale investments in Bihar. Besides this Bihar Agri Investment Promotion Policy, 2020, Ethanol Production Promotion Policy 2021, Oxygen Production Promotion Policy 2021 and Bihar Wood Based Industries Investment Promotion Policy, 2020 have also been implemented to augment private investments in Bihar.

Since the inception of the policy (01.09.2016), 1952 units have received Stagel Clearance with proposed investment of Rs 58235.99 crore out of which 481 Units have received Financial Incentive Clearance having an investment of Rs 4207.30  crore  and  total of 353  Units are currently operational  where approximately 11194 persons are employed

- (e): The details of State-wise Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) are maintained since October 2019.  Total FDI received in Bihar since October 2019 till January 2022 is Rs. 167.09 crore. Sector and year-wise details of FDI in Bihar are placed at Annexure-B .

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## ANNEURE-A

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE    LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5667 FOR ANSWER ON 06.04.2022.

1.  Year-Wise amount of investment made by the private sector in projects since 2017 in Bihar
2.  Sector Wise amount of investment made by the private sector in projects since 2017 in Bihar

| Year-Wise Data   | Year-Wise Data   |
|------------------|------------------|
| Financial Year   | Amount in crore  |
| 2017-18          | 1210.22          |
| 2018-19          | 881.01           |
| 2019-20          | 317.43           |
| 2020-21          | 615.06           |
| 2021-22          | 1183.58          |

| Sector-Wise data      | Sector-Wise data   |
|-----------------------|--------------------|
| Sector                | Amount in crore    |
| Food Processing       | 2204.3             |
| General Manufacturing | 916.98             |
| Plastic and Rubber    | 321.87             |
| Renewable Energy      | 287.76             |
| Tourism               | 228.57             |
| Health Care           | 161.86             |
| Textile               | 30.82              |
| IT &ITes              | 29.12              |
| General Services      | 14.74              |
| Small Machine         | 4.06               |
| Leather               | 1.97               |
| Technical Education   | 1.24               |

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## ANNEURE-B

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5667 FOR ANSWER ON 06.04.2022.

1.  Sector Wise FDI Equity Inflow from October 2019* to January 2022 in Bihar

(Amount in USD Million)

| S.No.       | Sector                                             |   Amount of FDI Equity Inflow |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1           | Agriculture services                               |                        152.81 |
| 2           | Petroleum & natural gas                            |                          7.78 |
| 3           | Trading                                            |                          6.2  |
| 4           | Education                                          |                          0.27 |
| 5           | Medical and surgical appliances                    |                          0.02 |
| 6           | Computer software & hardware                       |                          0.01 |
| 7           | Air transport (including air freight)              |                          0.01 |
| 8           | Miscellaneous industries                           |                          0    |
| 9           | Information & broadcasting (including print media) |                          0    |
| GROSS TOTAL | GROSS TOTAL                                        |                        167.09 |

2.  Year-Wise FDI Equity Inflow from October 2019* to January 2022 in Bihar

(Amount in USD Million)

|   2019-20 (From Oct 2019 to March 2020) |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (April 2021 to Jan 2022) |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------------|
|                                    5.54 |     45.08 |                             116.47 |

*Details  of  Foreign  Direct  Investments  received  in  Bihar,  sector  and  year-wise  is maintained since October 2019.

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