Patna. Tomatoes grown in the fields of Bihar will no longer have to be sent to other states, but will be consumed in the state itself. Hindustan Unilever will purchase tomatoes and make ketchup from them. That ketchup will be supplied to many other states of the country including Bihar. An agreement has been made between the Cooperative Department and the company. Tomatoes will be purchased by the company from the next season. It will be supplied to the Tomato Ketchup factory being set up in Lalganj, Vaishali. From tomato sauce to various tomato products, the company will be producing in Lalganj. It is being told that there will be demand for tomatoes on a large scale in this company.
Vegetables will be available online in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur.
After Patna, the Cooperative Department is now preparing to open vegetable markets in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur. Vegetables can be ordered online in Patna through www.tarkaarimart.in. So far, more than 30 thousand vegetables have been ordered online in Patna and their delivery has been done. Vegetables are being sold by forming a cooperative society on behalf of Patna Union, Tirhut Union and Mithila Union.
Bihar is becoming the first choice of investors
What level of consumer market Bihar is becoming is being revealed in recent times by the wishes of the industrialists. Many industrialists of the country are now continuously investing towards making Bihar a productive state. This year, Pepsi has started its plant in Begusarai, Bihar. Along with this, ITC is already working in Bihar. The state government has already allotted land to Britannia for setting up the industry. Britannia is going to invest approximately Rs 700 crore in Bihar.
These big groups expressed their desire to invest
Recently, in the investor conference held in Delhi, HUL and Adani Group met Principal Secretary of Bihar Industries Department, Sandeep Pandrick and showed their interest in investing. HUL is considering setting up a food processing unit with FMCG i.e. soap, oil and other such products. This is likely to provide employment to lakhs of youth in Bihar.
Bihar’s picture is changing after E-Ethanol policy
Since the formulation of the new ethanol policy by the Modi government, the Bihar government has received about three dozen investment proposals so far. The state government has so far approved investment proposals worth approximately Rs 36 thousand crores. Let us tell you that ethanol plants have also started functioning in Purnia and Nalanda of Bihar. Work on another such ethanol plant is going on in Arrah.