PATNA, Aug. 17 -- A day after announcing fee relief for students appearing for competitive examinations in the state, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced several 'special economic packages' for investors, wooing them to invest in Bihar and help the state create employment opportunities. In a post on X, the CM wrote in HIndi, "Our government has set a target to provide jobs and employment to one crore youth in next five years. The government is encouraging those setting up industries and pursuing self-employment in the state by providing various facilities." "Now, entrepreneurs setting up industries in Bihar will be given a special economic package. To encourage private sectors to set up industries in Bihar, the government has decided to provide special economic packages," he added. All these facilities will be provided to entrepreneurs for setting up industries within the next six months. In addition, several other provisions have been made to significantly assist entrepreneurs setting up industries in the state. A detailed notification in this regard would be issued separately, the CM said. "The special economic packages for investors/entrepreneurs include: Incentive amount provided for capital subsidy, interest subsidy, and GST will be doubled. Land will be arranged in all districts for setting up industries, and industries providing more employment will be given land free of cost. Disputes related to the land allocated for setting up industries will be resolved on a priority basis," Kumar said in his post. "The objective of this initiative is to promote industries in Bihar further. The youth of Bihar should be skilled and self-reliant and they should get maximum employment and their future should be secure," the CM said. Kumar further posted. "In 2020, under the Seven Resolves-2 initiative, our government fulfilled the target of providing government jobs and employment to 50 lakh youth. Now, our government has set a target to provide jobs and employment to 1 crore youth in the next 5 years." The announcement comes when employment has been a key electoral issue in the state, with Opposition leaders blaming the migration in the state on insufficient job opportunities and lack of industrial growth. Last month the state cabinet had decided to generate one crore jobs by 2030 across public and private sectors. As part of the initiative, the government had set up a 12-member high-level committee headed by the development commissioner. Earlier on Friday, Kumar had announced a fee relief for students appearing for competitive examinations in the state. Kumar announced that the fee for the preliminary (PT) examination will be only Rs.100, while no fee will be charged from the candidates appearing in the main examination. "Our government has taken several concrete steps to provide more opportunities for government jobs and employment to the youth of the state and to secure their future. ... I am happy to inform that it has been decided to provide a RELIEF in the examination fee to the candidates by bringing uniformity in the fees of the PT competitive examinations conducted by all the commissions (Bihar Public Service Commission / Bihar Staff Selection Commission / Bihar Technical Service Commission / Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission / Central Constable Selection Board etc.) for state level government jobs. Now instructions have been given to keep the fee of only Rs.100 for the candidates appearing in the PT competitive examination. At the same time, the candidates who pass the PT examination and appear in Mains will no longer have to pay any examination fee. This step of the state government will benefit lakhs of youth," he said in a post on X in Hindi....