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The economy of Bihar is mainly based onagricultural and trading activities. The soil of Bihar is extremely fertile which makes it ideal foragriculture. Bihar is now part of the economicallyemerging states of the Hindi speaking northernIndia. As of 2008, agriculture accounts for 35%,industry 9% and service 55% of the economy of thestate. In the year 2002-2006, Manufacturing sectorperformed very poorly in the state, with an averagegrowth rate of 0.38% compared to India's 7.8%.However, due to efforts of Chief Minister NitishKumar who made 'development with justice' an aimof the state, Bihar has become the second bestmanufacturing state in India. Bihar's GDP recorded agrowth of 20% (10,00,000 Crores Rupees ($23

billion nominal GDP)) between 2009-2010. This makes Bihar the fastest growing major state, with itsGDP 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.

Agriculture

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 twocrop seasons Kharif and Rabi . The Kharif season starts from the third week of May and lasts till theend of October followed by the Rabi season. The production scenario of agricultural sector is outlinedbelow:

Crop/Enterprise Annual Production(Million MT)Bihar's share in

National pool (%)Marketable surplus

(percentage )

Vegetables 8.59 9.0 100

Fruits 3.35 8.0 80

Food grains 11.90 5.6 75

Sugarcane 13 5.5 100

Fish 0.27 8.3 100

Milk 4.06 4.4 100

MAJOR INDUSTRIES in BIHAR

Bihar is mainly agricultural products producing state. The main large and small scale agro basedindustries 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 SaranDistrict, 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.

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