BETTIAH, Jan. 24 -- In line with its poll commitments, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government has decided to run and revive 25 sugar mills. Bihar sugarcane industries minister Sanjay Paswan on Friday said that the reopening of new and old units has started.

On Thursday, presiding over the fifth meeting of the State Cooperative Development Committee (SCDC), Bihar chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit passed the order to restart two sugar mills -- Raiyam in Darbhanga and Sakri in Madhubani.

Opening Bihar sugar mills was one of the major poll promises made by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah during the 2025 assembly polls. Chief minister Nitish Kumar, currently on his Samridhi Yatra in the state, has also emphasised on p...