Module 4: Salient Characteristics of Bihar's Industrial Sector
Key Structural Characteristics:
- Bihar has a very small industrial base among major Indian states, contributing just 0.7 percent of Gross Value of Output (GVO) produced in the country.
- Among comparable states (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha), Bihar's contribution to GVO and GVA is very low. For example, Odisha had 211 fewer operating factories than Bihar, but its GVO was nearly 4 times larger.
- Small factories dominate because industrialization is still at a nascent stage. Factories are smaller in both capital base and manpower, limiting their value addition.
- Large industrial units covered by ASI employed 1.21 lakh workers in Bihar in 2017-18, accounting for less than 1 percent of India's 156.14 lakh factory workforce.
Six Major Large Industrial Units Approved Since 2013-14:
- One Sugar Mill - Sitamarhi
- One Rice Mill with Captive Power Plant - Buxar
- Two Brewery Units - Patna
- One Cement Plant - Aurangabad
- One Cycle Manufacturing Plant - Patna
⭐ Key Points
- One Sugar Mill - Sitamarhi
- One Rice Mill with Captive Power Plant - Buxar
- Two Brewery Units - Patna
- One Cement Plant - Aurangabad
- One Cycle Manufacturing Plant - Patna
📌 One-line Q&A
- One Rice Mill with — Captive Power Plant - Buxar
- One Cycle Manufacturing — Plant - Patna
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What percentage of India's Gross Value of Output (GVO) is contributed by Bihar?
Bihar accounts for just 0.7 percent of the Gross Value of Output generated in India.
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One Rice Mill with ______
Captive Power Plant - BuxarOne Cycle Manufacturing ______
Plant - Patna