It will ensure hassle-free availability of land to
industrialists looking to set up units in the state
The
Bihar government will help set up a "private land bank" to ensure
hassle-free availability of plots to industrialists looking to set up units in
the state.
"We
are studying whether to develop the land bank as a private venture or in
public-private partnership mode. The government will soon finalise it,"
Principal Secretary (Industry Department) CK Mishra said here.
While
the state government will not directly purchase land, it will develop
infrastructure around plots sold by willing farmers to investors, reports IANS.
It
will also provide incentives for industrial units to be set up there. According
to officials of the Industry Department, the government is facing problems in
acquisition of land for setting up industries.
"The
state has high population density and most of the land available is used for
farming," an official explained. Chief
Minister Nitish Kumar had earlier said Bihar will adopted a new model for
acquisition of land for industry and other ventures of public good, where it
would act merely as a link between investors and landowners.
"The
government will not directly acquire land. Instead, the government would work
as a link between investors and landowners," Mishra said.
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