The infrastructure is ready for Bihar to take off on the industrialization runway soon, said Syed Shahnawaz Hussain after taking charge as Bihar`s industries minister on Wednesday.

Shahnawaz further said he would study the policies of other states to make relevant changes in the Bihar Industrial Investment Promotion Policy 2016. He appealed to the businessmen from Bihar running industries across the country and abroad to come and invest in their home state.

Asked about BJP’s poll promise of generating 19 lakh employment opportunities, Shahnawaz said it would be delivered by setting up industries in the state, adding, the most talked-about issue during the Covid times included how to generate employment by increasing the resources.

“The coronavirus-induced lockdown followed by the return of our workers allowed us to map their skills. We have skilled workers in abundance. There is tremendous scope for textiles, ethanol, and agro-based industries in Bihar. We have sufficient BIADA land but negligible industries,” Shahnawaz said.

He added, “I had long discussions with the department officials and I can assure our 14 crore people that the days are not far when Bihar will be among the top industrialised states in the country. We will focus on manufacturing things used in Bihar, including cars and other vehicles.”

The BJP national spokesman skirted a question on why all efforts made so far failed to bring industries and hummed an old Hindi number “chhodo kal ki baaten, kal ki baat puraani, naye daur mein likhenge milkar nai kahani…” from film Hum Hindustani.

To a question on a road map for Bihar, the former Union textiles minister said it’s too early to say anything. “But one thing is sure that we will bring industries to the same level as had been during the period of first CM Shri Krishna Babu in Bihar. I will also utilize my old contacts to revive industries. We want to show the world that Bihar is not only a consumer market but a manufacturing hub as well,” he said.

Shahnawaz also said Bihar emporiums and haats would be opened in all big cities in the country and even abroad.

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