Parliament Question: New Greenfield Estate in Bihar

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5121. TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 24TH MARCH, 2026. NEW GREENFIELD ESTATE IN BIHAR 5121. SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV: Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री (a) whether the Government has approved new Greenfield Industrial Estates in Bihar; and (b) whether it is a fact that industrialization is necessary to bring the state of Bihar out of backwardness and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री णिणिन प्रसाद) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA) (a) & (b): The primary responsibility for developing the industrial sector rests with the State Governments, which adopt different policy measures to promote industrial development. The Union Government supplements the efforts of the State/UT Governments through various schemes, programmes, and policy initiatives for the overall development and promotion of industry across the country, including in Bihar. These initiatives include the Scheme for Investment Promotion, Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) and initiatives aimed at reducing compliance burden, the Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme, the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, Integrated Manufacturing Clusters (IMCs) under the National Industrial Corridors, Startup India, Make in India, PM Gati Shakti, National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), National Single Window System (NSWS), India Industrial Land Bank (IILB),reforms in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Project Monitoring Group (PMG)etc. which facilitates setting up of major infrastructure projects across the country. Under the PM Gati Shakti initiative of the Union Government, as on date 35 infrastructure projects, including greenfield projects in the State of Bihar, have been appraised/evaluated by the Network Planning Group (NPG). The details of these projects is annexed at Annexure-A. Government of India, as part of Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) has approved development of Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) in Gaya in August 2024 admeasuring 1,670 acres in state of Bihar under National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP) with a total project cost of Rs. 1,339 crores. This project will give a boost to industrialization in Bihar and attract big investors in the state. Government of Bihar has informed that under the Bihar Industrial Investment Promotion Policy (BIIPP), 2016, a total of 994 industrial units are presently operational in the State, out of which 890 are in the manufacturing sector and104 in the service sector. Further, 403 units belong to the Micro category, 390 units to the Small category, 151 units to the Medium category and 50 units to the Large category. The Government of Bihar has undertaken several comprehensive measures to strengthen the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), promote industrial development, and facilitate MSME growth in the State. These reforms focus on digitization, regulatory simplification, infrastructure enhancement, and investor facilitation as under: i. Enabling real-time investor support through single-window portals, helplines, 24×7 chatbots, and Udyog Mitra handholding. ii. Providing plug-and-play infrastructure in industrial parks to reduce setup time for investors. iii. Facilitating energy access with online electricity connections, DG set registrations, and real-time power information. iv. Unlocking industrial potential through amendments in building regulations to minimize land loss in industrial plots. v. Streamlining land allotment and online bidding for industrial plots through BIADA for transparency and efficiency. vi. Accelerating clearances by re-classifying non-polluting industries into the White Category under environmental laws. vii. Simplifying pollution compliance with auto-renewal of consents, online modules, and risk-based inspection regimes. viii. Expanding workforce participation by removing restrictive provisions that prohibited women from working in certain hazardous industries. ix. Modernizing Labour laws to allow flexible working hours, spread-over, and enhanced overtime limits for factories and commercial establishments. x. Promoting transparent decision-making with online incentive modules, dashboards, and feedback mechanisms. xi. Backed by strong inter-departmental coordination, time-bound legislative action, and digital enablement of services, Bihar is embedding deregulation and EoDB as core pillars of economic governance. xii. A fully functional State Single Window System (SSWS) (https://swc2.bihar.gov.in) has been implemented, providing end-to-end services including CAF submission, incentive calculator, grievance redressal, real-time dashboards, and Chatbot assistance. The SSWS has been successfully integrated with the National Single Window System (NSWS) for seamless downward data synchronization and upward integration via Open APIs for major regulatory departments including Urban Development, Pollution Control, Labour, Fire, Revenue, and Factories, ensuring unified investor access without redirection. xiii. In line with Deregulation reforms, the State has adopted PAN as the common business identifier, fully enabled by system-level integration with NSDL, ensuring consistency across applications, approvals, filings, and investor workflows. ********ANNEXURE-A ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5121 FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2026. Details of Projects of BIHAR STATE evaluated through the NPG Mechanism under the PM GatiShakti Framework. Sl. State State (All) Ministry Project Name Cost of the Project No. (Unique) Project Classification (in Cr.) New 6-Lane H.L./Extra Ministry of Dosed Cable Bridge on Road River Ganga Parallel to 1 Bihar Bihar Transport and Western Side of Existing ₹ 2,860.05 Greenfield Highways Digha-Sonepur Rail-Cum Road Bridge at Patna in Bihar on EPC mode Doubling of Katihar – Ministry of Kumedpur section and Bihar, West 2 Bihar Railways Katihar – Mukuria section ₹ 942.64 Brownfield Bengal on North East Frontier Railway (64.14 km) Ministry of Doubling between Uttar Railways Gorakhpur Cantt.- 3 Bihar Pradesh, ₹ 1,120.00 Valmikinagar on North Brownfield Bihar Eastern Railway (95.95Km) Construction of Four Lane Highway from Gazipur- Ballia-UP/Bihar State Border (Greenfield) section of NH-31 1. Package I [from Ministry of Hridaipur (km 0.000) to Uttar Road Shahapur (km 42.500)] 4 Bihar Pradesh, Transport and ₹ 3,554.28 2. Package II [from Greenfield Bihar Highways Shahapur (km 42.500) to Pindari (km 78.150)] 3. Package III [from Pindari (km 78.150) to Rawalganj Bypass (km 117.120)] 4. Package IV [Buxar Spur of length 17.270 km] Uttar Ministry of Pradesh, Road Greenfield 5 Bihar Gorakhpur-Siliguri Corridor ₹ 27,545.00 Bihar, West Transport and Bengal Highways Ministry of Bihar, Road Indo Nepal Border – Haldia Greenfield 6 Bihar Jharkhand, ₹ 30,233.00 Transport and Corridor West Bengal Highways Provision of Automatic Ministry of Signaling with CTC in New Bihar, West Railways Jalpaiguri – Guwahati (via 7 Bihar Bengal and ₹ 542.43 Rangiya) & Katihar – Greenfield Assam Mukuria sections under HDN route of NF Railway Bihar, West Ministry of Sonnagar - Andal 3rd & 4th 8 Bihar ₹ 12,333.57 Bengal Railways Railway line Brownfield Ministry of New Line Between Railways Bikramshila – Katareah 9 Bihar Bihar (Pirpainthi – Naugachia) ₹ 2,171.33 Greenfield (26.22 km) of East Central RailwayMinistry of Road 10 Bihar Bihar Sasaram Arrah Patna ₹ 3,364.00 Transport and Greenfield Highways Ministry of 4-Lane Greenfield Highway Road 11 Bihar Bihar for Parsarma to Araria NH- ₹ 4,890.47 Transport and Greenfield 327E Highways Ministry of Construction of bulb line at 12 Bihar Bihar Railways Nabinagar( Ankorha) ₹ 611.73 Brownfield (17.49 km) Ministry of Road Anishabad - Aurangabad - 13 Bihar Bihar Transport and ₹ 1,210.00 Brownfield Hariharganj Road Highways Doubling of Narkatiaganj- Ministry of Raxaul-Sitamarhi- 14 Bihar Bihar Railways Darbhanga&Sitamarhi- ₹ 4,080.00 Brownfield Muzaffarpur Section (255.5 Km) NICDC, Development of Integrated Department for Manufacturing Cluster Promotion of (IMC) at Gaya in Bihar 15 Bihar Bihar ₹ 1,862.00 Industry & under Amritsar Kolkata Greenfield Internal Trade Industrial Corridor (AKIC) Project Ministry of Civil 16 Bihar Bihar Bihta Airport ₹ 1,413.00 Aviation Brownfield Ministry of Road Bakarpur-Manikpur- 17 Bihar Bihar Transport and ₹ 5,644.22 Sahebgunj-Areraj-Bettiah Highways Brownfield & Greenfield Ministry of West Bengal Aluabari - New Jalpaiguri 18 Bihar Railways ₹ 1,633.22 Brownfield & Bihar Quadrupling Ministry of Road 4 lanes + PS of Kishanganj 19 Bihar Bihar Transport and - Bahadurganj from Km ₹ 1,117.01 Highways 0+000 to Km 23.649 Greenfield Ministry of New BG Line (52.810 Km) 20 Bihar Bihar ₹ 1,094.60 Railways from Bhagalpur to Jamalpur Brownfield West bengal, Ministry of Rampurhat - Bhagalpur 21 Bihar Jharkhand, Railways ₹ 2,999.57 Brownfield Doubling Bihar Ministry of Road 22 Bihar Bihar Transport and MMLP Patna ₹ 1,008.18 Greenfield Highways Ministry of BhaktiyarpurTilaiya 23 Bihar Bihar Railways ₹ 2,017.39 Brownfield doubling Ministry of Road 24 Bihar Bihar Transport and Mukama -Munger ₹ 2,010.34 Greenfield Highways 3rd and 4th Line Between Ministry of Bhaktiyarpur to Fatuha Brownfield 25 Bihar Bihar Railways ₹ 875.72 StationMinistry of Construction of 4-Lane Road Brownfield & 26 Bihar Bihar Divided Carriageway from ₹ 3,975.02 Transport and Greenfield Khagaria to Purnia Highways Ministry of Construction of a six-lane Road elevated road along with 27 Bihar Bihar Transport and Six lanes at Grade with a ₹ 4,063.38 Brownfield Highways service road in Anisabad- Deedargunj. Ministry of Road 4-Laning of Muzaffarpur- 28 Bihar Bihar Transport and ₹ 3,590.73 Brownfield Sitamarhi-Sonbarsa Highways Ministry of 3rd and 4th line from kiul to Brownfield 29 Bihar Bihar ₹ 2,513.92 Railways Punrakh Jamalpur Munger Ministry of Sabdalpur Double line 30 Bihar Bihar Railways including bridge over ₹ 1,797.09 Brownfield Ganga including Jamalpur avoiding line Bihar & Ministry of 3rd and 4th line Barhawa to Brownfield 31 Bihar ₹ 3,885.42 Jharkhand Railways Bhagalpur Ministry of 3rd line between Kiul to Brownfield 32 Bihar Bihar ₹ 902.56 Railways Jhajha Ministry of 3rd and 4th line between Bihar & Uttar Railways Danapur (DNR) to Pt. Deen 33 Bihar ₹ 7,406.28 Pradesh Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Brownfield station Ministry of Road 34 Bihar ₹ 777.79 Transport and Greenfield highway from Greenfield Bihar Highways Kanhuali to Sherpur Ministry of Road Development of Patna- 35 Bihar Bihar 28415.63 Transport and Punia 6 Lane expressway Greenfield Highways ************