Poll-bound Bihar debates ruling NDA’s promise of rosy future

The 69-page document visualised “a new-age economy” for the state in the next five years, during which it would also emerge as “the country’s Al hub” and “the new tech hub of eastern India”

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The discourse in poll-bound Bihar Friday centred around the ruling NDA's manifesto which promised to pull the state out of the clutches of poverty and unemployment by transforming it into a "global workplace and South Asia's textile hub”.

‘The 69-page document visualised "a new-age economy” for the state in the next five years, during which it would also emerge as "the country's Al hub" and "the new tech hub of eastern India".

The ruling coalition also expressed confidence that Bihar would become "flood-free in five years” and proposed setting up a "flood control board’ to oversee interlinking of rivers and the speedy construction of embankments and canals, which it said would boost agriculture and fisheries in areas affected by annual flooding.

For the state where a majority of the people are still dependent on farming for livelihood, the manifesto proposed a "Made in Bihar for the world" drive aimed at a "twofold rise in agricultural exports’.