Friends - Make an impact.One of the things that I realized is that we have hundreds and thousands of people from different places in Bihar scattered around the world who would have immense knowledge about various places of Bihar. This collective knowledge can be a very useful source for people (Biharis and non Biharis) who might be interested in investing in Bihar.For example, Litchi is a specialty fruit that grows mostly in China and in Bihar. If some people take up entrepreneurial ventures and are willing to invest in organized cultivation of Litchis and some marketing efforts in other states of India, Bihar could easily become a a dependable supplier of the highest quality Litchis to all over India and subsequently abroad too.Or for example Bihar has an abundant supply of limestone which can be converted into some interesting business ventures.While the Bihar government is doing what it can, we can also help.Many of us cannot contribute to the growth of Bihar financially by bringing in investments, but we all can still contribute and make a much bigger impact by bringing in ideas and suggestions. These ideas and suggestions can be very useful in attracting investments and we all individuals will have made a substantial contribution to the growth and success of Bihar.Hence this is what I am suggesting and asking all the people of Bihar who are interested in its growth : Start putting in ideas about how and what investment can be made in Bihar and where in Bihar, that can be successful and beneficial.Thus I would request you to provide your ideas as comments to this blog article. This way everyone who needs information can access it from here and there can be a central repository for ideas and thoughts. I have put together a simple template here.--------------------------------------------------------------------------Template for submitting your ideas.-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Location (Place/Area/Town/Village) :
2. Possible Investment Opportunities : 3. Possible challenges :4. Ways to reach the place : (Rail, road, flight, waterway, etc connection information)5. Reason for believing this would be a good investment opportunity : 6. Reference document / source (Optional but important) :(Any article / document / information that is already available on this can be referenced here)7. Remarks (Any other thoughts - optional) : 8. Courtsey (Optional - Idea presented by and any other information about the individual giving the ideas, like name, etc): *******************End of Template*******************If you know of any similar work already done, do let me know and I will reference it in my blog too. If you have any suggestions regarding the template, please do send them, they are most welcome.If someone does not want to post her/his message here then they can email it to me and I will post it. But I would rather suggest that everyone posts it directly here. I am hoping that there will be a lot of inputs coming from everyone and if that is the case, I will consolidate the inputs into some sort of a document here for "Investing in Bihar"I am confident that all of us are here because we want to support the growth in Bihar and hence urge you to take out this little time to contribute in the development of Bihar. -- Posted By Prashant to Bihar's - Change in Destiny and Progress at 2/22/2009 04:16:00 PM
