Bihar

Food Processing and Dairy

Bihar is fundamentally an agrarian economy. It is the largest producer of Litchi, Makhana, Guava, Lady’s finger in India.

The state government offers incentives to various food processing units such as fruits and vegetables, food grains, milk, meat and honey processing units.

Textile and Leather

The textile industry is a highly labour-intensive industry, and Bihar is home to about 100,000 weavers.

Tasar silk of Bhagalpur is an exclusive product of Bihar, which has the potential to fetch premium prices. There are 14,000 power-looms in Bihar concentrated mainly in Bhagalpur, Gaya, and Banka districts.

IT & Electronics

IT, ITeS and ESDM Hub of the country.

The State has already embarked on the development of the IT ITeS and ESDM industry with the implementation of several citizen-centric governance initiatives, and planning to set up state-of-the-art IT infrastructure, such as IT City, IT Tower, and IT Park.

Bihar is also in the process of implementing key reforms and strategic initiatives that will help the State accelerate its envisaged development plan in the sector.

Tourism

Bihar is a land of ancient universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila; the remnants of these two ancient universities, the antiques and artefacts attract tourists in huge numbers.

The state’s great competitive strength from the tourism point of view is its ancient and yet living civilisation that gave rise to two of the world's great religions - Buddhism and Jainism.

The State Government has established the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation with the prime objective of developing hotels, transport, railways, swimming pools, health tourism, etc. and running them on a commercial basis for the benefit of tourists.

Film Tourism

Film Tourism

Bihar with its rich cultural heritage has emerged as a popular destination for film making in recent times. The state offers popular shooting locations like the historic city of Patna, ancient ruins of Nalanda and scenic beauty of Kaimur hills. 

To promote the film industry in Bihar, the state offers full institutional support as well as a holistic ecosystem for filmmakers including safety and security. Government of Bihar is coming up with the Bihar Film Policy which offers incentives, subsidy, single window clearance and institutional support. Through the policy, Bihar State Film Development and Finance Corporation will act as a Nodal Agency for facilitating filmmakers.