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Detailed explanation-1: -Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has inaugurated India’s first ethanol plant in Purnia district, Bihar. The plant has been set up by Eastern India Biofuels Private Limited at a cost of Rs 105 crores. Bihar came up with an ethanol production promotion policy in the first half of 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Bihar country’s first ethanol plant was inaugurated in Purnea district yesterday.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chhattisgarh government has signed an MoU for the country’s first ethanol plant to be set up in the state under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.

Detailed explanation-4: -UPSC Mains. Q. India’s first green-field grain-based ethanol plant has been inaugurated in which state/UT? Notes: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the country’s first greenfield grain-based ethanol plant in Purnea.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first ethanol unit in the state started functioning in Purnia this April. The Rs 105-crore plant by Eastern India Biofuels Pvt Ltd was the first one developed since the Centre gave a go-ahead to Bihar’s ethanol production and promotion policy.