In a bid to provide opportunity for the hardworking farmers of the State to get proper price of their produce, on the instructions of Chief Minister, Hemant Soren instructed an initiative to strengthen rice production so that farmers can get fair prices. For this, the work of encouraging investors to open new mills by providing land to rice mills at concessional rates has been started by JIADA.
Recently, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of mills in Palamu, Garhwa, Simdega, Khunti, Gumla, Latehar, West Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Bokaro and Godda. At present 16 rice mills are functioning and 1028 people have got direct EMPLOYMENT.
Jharkhand is a rich State with agricultural heritage, and the driver of its prosperity is the hardworking farmers. The continuous progress of these farmers is in the priority of the present Government
On the other hand the is working for the level of processing, creation of Infrastructure to increase exports along with farmers income, market space and Empowerment of farmers. The Government aims to connect the producer clusters to the markets through a well-equipped supply chain. At present, Rice Processing Unit- 16, Wheat Processing Unit- 16, Vegetable and Fruit Processing Unit- 4, Milk Processing- 5, Bakery Processing- 9, Other Food Processing– 16, Feed Processing- 11 units are working in the State. With the establishment of these processing units, the State’s economy is getting support and investors are getting encouragement.
The State Government is also ensuring the availability of land for promoting Investment and setting up industries. For this, 1044 acres of land is available for allotment in the industrial area across the State. For allotment of 237 acres out of 4531.99 acres of land in Adityapur, 365.45 acres of land in Ranchi for allotment of 365 acres, Bokaro for allotment of 34 acres in 1604.36 acres of land and 406 acres of land in Santhal Pargana for allotment of 4531.99 acres.