patna union finance minister nirmala sitharaman will inaugurate bihar investors meet in new delhi on thursday with a view to presenting the state as the new investors destination in the eastern zone industry minister shahnawaz hussain said on tuesdaywhile the investors meet is being organized by the state industries department it will present the comparative advantage of the state from the point of view of the investors businessfriendly ecosystem has been put in place in the state to give clearances to the proposals in seven days through the singlewindow clearance mechanism hussain addedthe meet will showcase the industrial potential and business opportunities available in the state the new fact about bihar is that it is fast emerging as investment destination in the countrys eastern zone hussain saidin the last one year the state has made a huge progress as far as its industrial scenario is concerned the investors meet will help build up the momentum further he said adding big investors from across the country have given their consent to participate in the meet and assess the scope for investment in bihargiving the background of the states emerging industrial scenario hussain said cm nitish kumar inaugurated the rs 550crore pepsi bottling plant at barauni in begusarai last month a rs 105crore grainbased ethanol production plant at ganeshpur near parora in purnia district has also been inaugurated the pepsi bottling plant has gone in first phase production with rs 322 crore investment the minister addedwhile the ganeshpur ethanol plant is the countrys first greenfield plant that has come after the framing of the ethanol policies by the centre and the state government three more ethanol production plants two in gopalganj district and one in bhojpur are ready for commissioningstating that the state is ready to five red carpet welcome to investors hussain said the work is being done in accordance with the vision of pm narendra modi under the leadership of nitish who in fact is the brand ambassador to introduce the investorfriendly ecosystem in the state the government has a land pool of 2800 acres to allot to the investors for their proposed industrial plants he saidthe state government had brought out its ethanol production incentive policy last year the industries department has been working to bring out other incentive policies this year with regard to textile leather logistics and export activities while work on the construction of food and textile parks has also been going on