बिहार को बजट में 50 हजार करोड़ देने की मांग, सीतारमण को बीईए ने 10 पन्नों को सुझाव पत्र भेजा

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केंद्रीय वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण को बीईए ने सुझाव पत्र भेजा है. जिसमें बिहार के विकास 50 हजार करोड़ की सहायता की मांग की है.

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00:00The common budget is about to come and people of Bihar are also expecting it.

00:05From the Bihar Industries Association, a letter has also been sent to the Central Secretary.

00:11With us is the head of the Bihar Industries Association, K.P.S. Kesri.

00:16Mr. Kesri, what kind of demand have you sent from here?

00:21We have sent a long list of 4-5 pages.

00:26Some are related to taxation and some are related to financing.

00:31We have said that we will have to give Rs. 50,000 crores to this Raji for 10 years.

00:39In that, some things like transportation in the Ganga,

00:46which will be done through the river, is the cheapest.

00:52We have a number of national riverways, which is the Ganga.

00:58But we have not been able to run it for years in the Ganga,

01:03because mud accumulates there.

01:05So there is a need to do dredging.

01:07So by dredging it and making it new and cool,

01:10there will also be a need for money for this.

01:12So this is what we have said.

01:14We have said that in the whole country,

01:18like you have made aspirational districts,

01:21similarly, look at the backward industrial districts.

01:25And give them specific funding.

01:28Give them income tax relief.

01:32Or give them a higher rate of investment allowance.

01:36The government has a lot of tools.

01:38Make arrangements for those tools.

01:40If we do that, then we believe that 15-20 districts will be covered in this.

01:46So in Bihar, the industrialization process,

01:49which seems to be moving forward,

01:52we will be able to move forward.

01:54You have asked for Rs. 50,000 crores every year.

01:57Is it for the industries or for the whole of Bihar?

01:59No, no, for the whole of Bihar.

02:00Look, basically it is for infrastructure development.

02:03What is happening is that we are lagging behind.

02:06And we are saying one thing to the government.

02:08Last year, we were physically present there and said this to them.

02:12The regional imbalance,

02:15to remove the regional imbalance,

02:17is the duty of the government.

02:19For example, there is a flood.

02:22Why is there a flood?

02:24The water from Nepal, which is a different country,

02:27flows from a place higher than us.

02:29When the water flows there, it flows between the river Ghat and the water.

02:33If you look at the Kosi region,

02:35in the Kosi river,

02:36the level of the Kosi river,

02:39the bed of the river,

02:41is higher than the ground outside.

02:44So, even if a little water comes,

02:46it overflows or breaks the dam.

02:49It is very fast.

02:50If it flows fast, it breaks it.

02:52How many pages are there?

02:54I think there are 7-8 pages.

02:57What is this?

02:58Look at this.

03:01We have given this.

03:03We have given this.

03:04It is of 7-8 pages.

03:06We have given this to them.

03:14If you look at this,

03:16we have told you.

03:19The most important thing we have said,

03:22is this.

03:24You want to put this.

03:26This is the point.

03:27Why are we asking for 50,000 crores?

03:30The reason why we are asking for 50,000 crores,

03:33is that we want Calcutta to become an industrial corridor.

03:38Our state does not have that much money.

03:41And our land is also expensive.

03:43We want to make an industrial township on that corridor.

03:46The government will also want to make it.

03:48We are giving suggestions.

03:50What is the meaning of an industrial township?

03:52Noida, which you are seeing now, is a city.

03:55It is not a city.

03:56It was imagined as an industrial township.

03:59Dholera, which is an industrial township from Delhi to Bombay,

04:03on that corridor,

04:05is a city of 100 square kilometers.

04:11I hope that,

04:15and we are not asking for grants.

04:19Our suggestion is to give an interest-free loan.

04:22The government has provided this in a few places.

04:26It has been done in tourism.

04:27It has been done for all countries.

04:28The deficit that you have,

04:30the infrastructure deficit,

04:32you buy it,

04:33make it,

04:34and we will give you an interest-free loan for 25 years.

04:38So we are saying that you give 50,000 crores to the state,

04:44and give it in an interest-free loan.

04:46If it is an interest-free loan,

04:47then after 25 years,

04:48you will get it back when our level rises.

04:51Now you will be surprised, but it is right.

04:54If you look at our electricity consumption,

04:58it is above 300.

05:00If we look at the national average,

05:02it is above 1300.

05:04We are at one-fourth of that.

05:06So how will we progress?

05:08If you look at our per capita income,

05:11our per capita income is 60,000 rupees.

05:15If we look at the national level,

05:19it is 184,000 crores.

05:21There is a difference of one third.

05:23I am K.P.S. Kesari,

05:25the President of Bihar Industries Association.

05:28We have received 10 pages of suggestions and demands

05:31from the Central Minister, Sitaraman.

05:34We hope that the 50,000 rupees that we ask for every year,

05:38if Bihar gets it,

05:40it will develop the industrial area in Bihar,

05:43and work on it in many areas.

05:46So that Bihar,

05:47which is lagging behind in many areas,

05:49whether in electricity consumption,

05:51will be able to grow in the industrial area.

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