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There are 62 large industries including TISCO, TELCO, Bokaro Steel in Jharkhand. After the new state is formed North Bihar will have 72 per cent of the present population, however its revenue will be down 55 per cent.

• After the formation of Jharkhand, Bihar will lose Rs 727 crore out of the Rs 755 crore it earns from mines.
• It will incur an additional loss of Rs 31 crore that is generated from the forests.
• Bihar will also lose about Rs 910 crore on commercial taxes.
• The total revenue of Bihar will stand at Rs 4,728 crore compared to Jharkhand Rs 3,707 crore.
• Bihar's non-plan expenditure stands at Rs 7,549 crore, leaving a huge deficit--Jharkhand on the other hand would have a surplus of Rs 472 crore.
• 65 per cent of the total revenue of Bihar comes from the Jharkhand area.
• 80 per cent forest wealth will go to Jharkhand as there is no forest cover in Bihar except in some pockets of Champaran and Bhagalpur-Monghyr.
  
• Bihar will be bereft of mines and minerals.
• Bihar will lose royalty from minerals and other items worth Rs 1,000 crore.
• Out of a total revenue income of Rs 4,200 crore, truncated Bihar will collect Rs 1,985 crore (47.26 per cent) while Rs 2,215 crore (52.74 per cent) will go to Jharkhand.
• Bihar will also lose its share in central taxes. Revenue income of Rs 5,000 crore, together with central assistance of Rs 7,000 crore (total Rs 12,000 crore) will now remain at Rs 7,500 crore only (Rs 2,000 crore+ Rs 5,500 crore).
• Jharkhand will lose agricultural production and will have to remain dependent on Bihar for sustenance.
• Bihar will lose giant thermal plants of Patratu, Tenughat, Chandrapura, Bokaro and heavy industries like H.E.C., TISCO, TELCO.
• Cash balance of the State in State Bank, Reserve Bank or any other bank will be divided according to population ratio of the two states and on this front Jharkhand will lose comparatively more.
• It is true that industrial infra-structural development in Bihar during post-independence period has remained confined to the tribal belt. This disparity was accentuated in the sixth, seventh and eighth five-year plans. During the sixth plan, per capita investment in residual Bihar was Rs 461 crore, whereas in the Jharkhand, it stood at Rs 586 crore. During the seventh plan period, investments were in the ratio of Rs 790 crore to Rs 1,171 crore. During the eighth plan, they were Rs 1,506 and Rs 2,297 crore respectively.
• Truncated Bihar will have to bear 70 per cent of the liabilities.
• Undivided Bihar has an estimated debt of Rs 14,825 crore.
• As most of the power projects are in the Jharkhand region, the power tariff loss would be Rs 500 crore.

It definitely seems that Jharkhand would gain more than Bihar. Its per capita income would be 5.5 times that of a divided Bihar.

• It will be one of the richest states of the country in terms of revenue receipts.
• Its per capita income would be Rs 3,000 while that of residual Bihar would be only Rs 535.
• Of the total revenue receipts of Rs 10,000 crore of undivided Bihar, Rs 6,500 crore come from Jharkhand. Thus, one-fourth of the population will take 65 per cent of the revenue while 75 per cent of the population will get only 35 per cent.
• To augment the resources of Bihar, a financial package to the tune of Rs 1,80,000 crore has been demanded by both the ruling as well as the opposition parties, and in response, the Planning Commission has set up a cell to examine the package.