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The inaugural meeting of the newly formed Bihar Cabinet was held on Tuesday. A major decision was announced: the government plans to create one crore employment opportunities for the youth of the state in the next five years.
After the session organized under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, State Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit gave information to the journalists. Amrit said the discussion focused on massive employment generation and industrial expansion.
“A defense corridor, semiconductor manufacturing park, global capability centre, mega tech city and fitness city will be set up to make Bihar the ‘tech hub’ of eastern India,” Amrit said. He said the state would be developed as a “back-end hub and global workplace” under the new age economy in the next five years.
The Chief Secretary confirmed that dedicated committees are in place to achieve these goals. “A committee has also been formed to plan employment-oriented initiatives in the start-up domain. This will ensure livelihood opportunities for talented, young entrepreneurs of the state,” he said.
The Council of Ministers also approved an Artificial Intelligence Mission. This program aims to establish Bihar as a leading state in the AI field.
In a post on social media platform X, CM Nitish Kumar elaborated on the government’s employment targets:
“It has been our priority since the beginning to ensure that more and more youth get government jobs and employment in the state. Under Sapt Nishchay-2, we have provided government jobs and employment to 50 lakh youth in the state between 2020-25.”
“For the next five years (2025-30) we have set a target to provide jobs and employment to 1 crore youth.”
The Chief Minister said that after the formation of the new government, the work of promoting industries and creating more and more employment started rapidly. He said, “To accelerate the pace of development in the changing Bihar, a target has been set to create a new age economy based on technology and service-oriented innovations. To achieve this, suggestions will be sought from leading entrepreneurs associated with Bihar.”
He concluded, “Plans and policies will be formulated accordingly. Also, a comprehensive action plan will be prepared in collaboration with key departments, renowned economists and experts to develop and establish Bihar as a ‘Global Back-end Hub’ and ‘Global Workplace’.”
The state government further announced that a total of eleven towns, including Sonpur and Sitamarhi as well as nine divisional towns, will implement new greenfield township projects.
In the industrial sector, the Chief Secretary said that nine closed sugar mills would reopen and 25 new mills would be set up.
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