Bihar Integrated Manufacturing City Gaya Limited Launched

Bihar Integrated Manufacturing City Gaya Limited (BIMCGL) was formally launched at Bodh Gaya on 24 October 2026 by Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary. The company is the special purpose vehicle that will build the Integrated Manufacturing Cluster at Gaya, a project of the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation. The same function served as the curtain raiser for Bihar Business Connect 2027 and drew about 250 delegates, among them the ambassadors and senior representatives of the embassies of Japan, Thailand and Laos. Representatives of Bihar Foundation chapters in 55 countries joined online.

Investment signed at the launch

Twelve memoranda of understanding were signed with prospective investors for roughly 300 acres of industrial land at IMC Gaya. They carry proposed investments of about ₹4,200 crore and an employment potential put at 16,095. The money is meant for food processing, automobile components, medicinal products, pharmaceuticals and other manufacturing. Earlier agreements signed by the state government at the same cluster covered about 2,586 acres with proposed investment of ₹31,750 crore and employment potential of 52,050. The Chief Minister also unveiled the BIMCGL logo and launched its website along with an Integrated Land Allotment Portal to make land allotment quicker and more transparent.

What the Gaya cluster is

BIMCGL was incorporated on 6 January 2025 as a joint venture of the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority and the National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust, each holding an equal share of the equity.

Work on the ground

The state government has taken possession of the whole project land, and the Union government released its first tranche of equity, ₹132 crore, in September 2025 against the transfer of 415 acres. A consultant for project management and construction supervision and an engineering, procurement and construction contractor for trunk infrastructure are already on board, and construction has begun. An exclusive helipad is at an advanced stage. The cluster is being laid out with internal roads, water supply, sewerage and waste water treatment, power distribution, solid waste management and fire safety. It sits near National Highways 22 and 19, with Gaya airport about 39 kilometres away, and will focus on agro-based industry, textiles and readymade garments, furniture, handicrafts and handloom, and engineering and fabrication, serving both large manufacturers and smaller units. Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Deputy Chief Ministers Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar and Industries Minister Shreyasi Singh were present.