Bihar woos investors in food-processing segment

Bihar offers a business-friendly climate and the private sector must take advantage of it by investing in the state, especially in the food processing industry, a senior Bihar Government official said.     

"Bihar offers immense potential for investment and there is a need for industry to participate wholeheartedly in the economic development of Bihar," Bihar Government's Principal Secretary (Industries) Ashok Kumar Sinha said here.     

The entrepreneurs at the same time, also need to look at new and better business opportunities, he said,     

Sinha was addressing a roadshow on 'Food Processing Policy of Bihar' organised here jointly by the Bihar Government and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to encourage private sector investment in the state.     

The state has the most fertile soil in the country and ample water resources to encourage agricultural growth.    

With pro-active Government intervention, Bihar has witnessed an improvement in infrastructure facilities, assuring sustained growth in the state for private investors in various fields and particularly in food-processing, Sinha said.