New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- The newly formed Bihar Cabinet held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday. A major decision was announced: the government plans to generate one crore job opportunities for the state's youth over the next five years.

State Chief Secretary Pratyay Amrit briefed journalists after the session, which was chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Amrit stated that the discussions focused on extensive employment creation and industrial expansion.

"A defence corridor, semiconductor manufacturing park, global capacity centres, mega tech city, and fitness city will be established to make Bihar a 'tech hub' of eastern India," Amrit said. He added that the state will be developed as a "back-end hub and global workplace" under the new...