Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lay the foundation stone for two sugar mills in Bihar on November 20, 2026. The sugar mills will be located at Sakri in Madhubani and Raiyam in Darbhanga. This announcement was made by Bihar’s Sugarcane Industries Minister Sanjay Kumar on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
According to Minister Kumar, the State government aims to establish 25 sugar mills in the State. The two sugar mills at Sakri and Raiyam will be run by the Cooperative department. The government is also in talks with investors to open more sugar mills in the State, with a target of setting up 25 new sugar mills in the next five years. It is expected to take one to two years to begin production at these sugar mills.
The Bihar government has made significant efforts to support sugarcane farmers, including making cent per cent payment of sugarcane dues amounting to ₹2,137.83 crore to sugarcane farmers in the crushing season of 2025-26. The State cabinet has also approved the payment of outstanding principal sugarcane dues amounting to ₹43 crore for previous crushing seasons to sugarcane farmers in the Sasamusa area.
Furthermore, the government has approved the proposal of taking over the possession of 266 acres of land belonging to the closed Motipur Sugar Mill in Muzaffarpur. A new sugar mill, a sugarcane research centre, and other industrial units will be established on this land. The State government has also approved the
