80 top cos, 1200 investors expected at Bihar Business Connect-2024 | Patna News – Times of India
Patna: The two-day event Bihar Business Connect-2024, providing a platform to explore the scope of investment in the state, would begin on December 19.
Officials said representatives of around 80 top companies and 1,200 investors are expected to participate in the event. About 5,000 investors are also expected to join either virtually or physically, they said.
Giving details of the event, industry minister Nitish Mishra said on Tuesday that the two-day event, beginning on December 19, would present a ‘new Bihar’ to the investors.
“The Bihar Business Connect-2024 is a turning point in the state’s history that will give a new direction to the growth story and help lift it to greater heights of development,” said the minister while talking to reporters here on Tuesday.
Mishra said the govt wants to transform the state’s perception in order to stop migration and bring back workers and businessmen, who have settled in other states.
“When it comes to setting up industries or making investment here, people ask why to choose Bihar. I say that the state has immense opportunities and growth potential and has potential to contribute to ‘Viksit Bharat 2047′ goal,” said Mishra. He added that industrial infrastructure of the state has expanded and the govt had recently decided to further expand its industrial area and land bank.
Earlier, department’s secretary Bandana Preyasi said land acquisition for industrial purpose would be done in all the districts, including those left out till now. “We plan to acquire around 15,000 acres of land for the sector in near future,” she said.
She said the two-day event would witness four sector-specific sessions with special emphasis on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and startups on the inaugural day. “On the next day, a high-level discussion with prominent industrialists has been planned that will be led by senior state ministers and officials,” she added.
The main areas of focus during this year’s meet will be general manufacturing, leather and textile, health and pharmacy, logistics, plastic and rubber, tourism and hospitality and garment among others, said the secretary.
Officials said representatives of around 80 top companies and 1,200 investors are expected to participate in the event. About 5,000 investors are also expected to join either virtually or physically, they said.
Giving details of the event, industry minister Nitish Mishra said on Tuesday that the two-day event, beginning on December 19, would present a ‘new Bihar’ to the investors.
“The Bihar Business Connect-2024 is a turning point in the state’s history that will give a new direction to the growth story and help lift it to greater heights of development,” said the minister while talking to reporters here on Tuesday.
Mishra said the govt wants to transform the state’s perception in order to stop migration and bring back workers and businessmen, who have settled in other states.
“When it comes to setting up industries or making investment here, people ask why to choose Bihar. I say that the state has immense opportunities and growth potential and has potential to contribute to ‘Viksit Bharat 2047′ goal,” said Mishra. He added that industrial infrastructure of the state has expanded and the govt had recently decided to further expand its industrial area and land bank.
Earlier, department’s secretary Bandana Preyasi said land acquisition for industrial purpose would be done in all the districts, including those left out till now. “We plan to acquire around 15,000 acres of land for the sector in near future,” she said.
She said the two-day event would witness four sector-specific sessions with special emphasis on micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and startups on the inaugural day. “On the next day, a high-level discussion with prominent industrialists has been planned that will be led by senior state ministers and officials,” she added.
The main areas of focus during this year’s meet will be general manufacturing, leather and textile, health and pharmacy, logistics, plastic and rubber, tourism and hospitality and garment among others, said the secretary.
