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area in Bihar is 60% of its geographical area. This percentage is much higher than the all-India average of 42%. Such a high percentage of cultivated land is possible for two reasons. First, most of Bihar is a plain area suitable for agriculture. Second, most of the forest had been converted into
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Government started a dairy plant of 5 lakh litres per day and an animal fodder plant of 300 MT per day at Bihian. For setting up dairy plants and animal fodder plants in the state, the government had released a sum of Rs 53 crores to Comfed as first instalment out of Rs 234 crores. In 2018,Bihar
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districts operational by the next three-four months each with a capacity of 2 lakh litres per day. The setting of new plants would help enhance the income of the milk producers of the region. In year 2020,
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cultivation is done in about 5000 hectares in the entire country, and produces 90% of the world's fox nuts. In
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