Industrious Bihar

Sugar mills, Mahindra's food processing unit and a plant to manufacture Sonalika tractors... welcome to the new Bihar struggling to find its way on the path of industrialisation. In the last 15-year rule of social justice, industries and business were almost forgotten. Instead the only industry that flourished in the land of Buddha was that of kidnapping. Not to mention the contractor-politician-criminal raj.
But, now things are looking up. And thankfully, there's no Singur-like standoff, especially because the new industries will operate from the old, defunct factories. At least that's the case with sugarmills. I am not too sure if the Mahindras and Sonalika will seek new land for establishing their plants. But in case they do, Bihar's farmers will be more than willing to give their land at an adequate compensation. Though the state is basically an agrarian economy, few golden spots of industrialisation will not be opposed, especially after farmers have realised that the returns from farming has gone down over the years. And with no policy intervention to improve the plight of farmers, other modes of occupation will certainly find many takers.
Secondly, there's an urgent need to replace the post order economy with a sustainable source of income. Low skilled jobs will be aplenty in the new order and thus the labourers instead of heading to Punjab and metros can work and earn in their backyard. All stand to gain.