Patna, Sept. 2: Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said the state didn’t want big investments.

“We don’t want investments worth Rs 10,000 crore or Rs 15,000 crore. We are okay with small investments. The Centre had talked about giving us special status but it seems that the term has become an allergy for them now. The state government is doing well when it comes to bringing in investments. We have given strict instructions to the DMs and SPs of all districts to ensure proper law and order. They have been given one month’s deadline to improve or face the music. The state is developing its single window system to help investors,” Manjhi said at a function organised by the Bihar State Foodgrain Businessmen’s Association on the premises of the Bihar Chamber of Commerce and Industries.

Manjhi’s views on investments is in line with those of his predecessor Nitish Kumar, who, during a meeting of the State Level Bankers’ Committee last year, had agreed that while big ticket investments in Bihar were not forthcoming, the state had good potential for small investments.

“It is the drops of water which will eventually fill a pot,” Nitish had said, adding that they were promoting small investments now.