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Bihar Economy and Industry

The economy of Bihar is mainly based on agricultural and trading activities. The soil of The webpage cannot be foundBihar is extremely fertile which makes it ideal for agriculture. Bihar is now part of the economically emerging states of the Hindi speaking northern Most likely causes: India. As of 2008, agriculture accounts for 35%, There might be a typing error in the industry 9% and service 55% of the economy of the If you clicked on a link, it may state. In the year 2002-2006, Manufacturing sector performed very poorly in the state, with an average What you can try: growth rate of 0.38% compared to India's 7.8%. However, due to efforts of Chief Minister Nitish Retype the address. Kumar who made 'development with justice' an aim of the state, Bihar has become the second best Go back to the previous page. manufacturing state in India. Bihar's GDP recorded a growth of 20% (10,00,000 Crores Rupees ($23 billion nominal GDP)) between 2009-2010. This makes Bihar the fastest growing major state, with its GDP ranked at 2nd out of 28 states. India is the second largest producer of fresh vegetables in the world (ranks next to China) and Bihar is the leading state in the production of fruits and vegetables in India. It is the first largest producer of vegetables and second largest producer of fruits in the country. Bihar has significant levels of production for mango, maize, sugarcane, litchi, makhana, vegetables, and aromatic rice in India. Bihar is the largest producer of honey in the country.

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The main agricultural crops are rice, paddy, wheat, jute, maize and oil seeds. Cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, radish, carrot, beat etc. are some of the vegetables grown in the state. Sugarcane, potato and

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barley are some of the non-cereal crops grown. The entire agricultural operations are divided into two crop seasons Kharif and Rabi. The Kharif season starts from the third week of May and lasts till the end of October followed by the Rabi season. The production scenario of agricultural sector is outlined below: Crop/Enterprise Vegetables Fruits Food grains Sugarcane Fish Milk Annual Production (Million MT) 8.59 3.35 11.90 13 0.27 4.06 Bihar's share in National pool (%) 9.0 8.0 5.6 5.5 8.3 4.4 80 75 100 100 100 Marketable surplus (percentage) 100

MAJOR INDUSTRIES in BIHAR

Bihar is mainly agricultural products producing state. The main large and small scale agro based industries oh Bihar are : Rice Mills : Rice mills located at Bauxer karbisganch in Purnia District, Araria etc. Sugar Mills : Sugar mills located at Banmankhi in Purnia District, Bauxer, Madora in Saran District, Samastipur and Bihata in Patna District. Edible Oil Mills : Rice mills located at Bauxer karbisganch in Purnia District, Araria etc. Textiles : The major locations for the textile industry are Bhagalpur, Gaya, Nalanda, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Siwan and Patna. POWER SECTOR OIL REFINERY ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES TOBACCO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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