Pariksha SaathiBihar Integrated Manufacturing City Gaya Limited, the SPV for the Gaya Integrated Manufacturing Cluster, launched at Bodh Gaya
The Chief Minister of Bihar, Samrat Choudhary, formally launched Bihar Integrated Manufacturing City Gaya Limited (BIMCGL) at Bodh Gaya on 24 October 2026; the event also marked the curtain raiser of Bihar Business Connect 2027. BIMCGL is the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) implementing the Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) at Gaya, which is being developed under the Amritsar–Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) of the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP). Spread across 1,670 acres in Dobhi block of Gaya district, the project was approved by the Government of India on 28 August 2024 at a total cost of ₹1,339 crore, including land cost, and is expected to attract about ₹16,500 crore of investment and generate employment opportunities for around 1.10 lakh people. Incorporated on 6 January 2025, BIMCGL is a joint venture, with equal equity, between the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) and the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust (NICDIT). At the launch, 12 MoUs were signed for about 300 acres of land with proposed investments of around ₹4,200 crore.
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Learning context
On 28 August 2024 the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved 12 new project proposals under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP), with an estimated investment of ₹28,602 crore. Spread across 10 states and planned along 6 major corridors, they include Gaya in Bihar, Agra and Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh and Jodhpur-Pali in Rajasthan. They are to be built as greenfield industrial smart cities on the 'plug-n-play' and 'walk-to-work' concepts, aligned with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.
Check yourself: how many industrial nodes/cities did the Cabinet approve under NICDP on 28 August 2024, with what estimated investment, and across how many states?
12 nodes/cities, with an estimated investment of ₹28,602 crore, across 10 states.
Revision task: from this release, note the company launched, its role, the corridor and programme, the project's area, approval date and cost, and BIMCGL's two partners; from the note, the number of cities approved in August 2024, the investment, and the number of states and corridors they span.
Test yourself
Under which industrial corridor is the Integrated Manufacturing Cluster at Gaya, Bihar, whose SPV, BIMCGL, was launched on 24 October 2026, being developed?
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Answer: Amritsar–Kolkata Industrial Corridor
IMC Gaya, spread across 1,670 acres in Dobhi block of Gaya district, is being developed under the Amritsar–Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) of the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme. BIMCGL is its Special Purpose Vehicle.
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