General Information

The Union Territory of Delhi has found prominence right from the epic of the Mahabharata and the various dynasties of the Maurayas, Pallavas, Guptas, and finally the Mughals. Delhi became the centre of all activities after the capital was shifted from Kolkata. It was made a Union Territory in 1956.

Lying in the northern part of the country, Delhi is surrounded by Haryana on all sides except the east, where it borders with Uttar Pradesh.

Fact File

Source: CSO

Advantage Delhi

• Centre of Small Scale Industry in India.
• Encouragement to Non-polluting and Non-Hazardous industries
• Excellent connectivity in the form of state of the art infrastructure (Flyovers, Metro Rail etc).

Economic Infrastructure

Power

Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking DESU is responsible for the generation and transmission mechanism in Delhi. It came in to existence in February 1997 replacing Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB), which was responsible till 30th June to provide electricity to areas falling within the jurisdiction of municipal limits and supplying electricity in bulk to New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and the Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB) which in turn distributed it within their own areas. From 1st July 2002 under the Delhi Electricity Reforms Act, DVB was unbundled into six companies comprising of a Generation Company, a Transmission Company, three distribution companies and one holding company.

The Generation and Transmission functions are performed by the two companies
as wholly state government owned companies

• Genco- Indraprastha Power Generation Company Ltd, to which the generation assets of existing Indraprastha Thermal Power Station, Rajghat Thermal Power Station and Gas Turbine Power Station have been transferred (hereinafter referred to as 'GENCO')
• Transco -Transco company also makes available bulk supply of power to NDMC and MES for distribution in their respective areas.

The distribution functions have been entrusted to two private companies

• BSES- BSES has taken up two distribution companies namely; BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd.
• TATA Power Ltd - Tata Power has been named as New Delhi Power Ltd.

Road

Delhi's total length of roads is 28,508 km approx. The state has the road density of 1,739 km per 100 sq km which is the second highest in the country.

Delhi has the distinction of having 5 National Highways passing through its territory. These are NH-1, NH-2, NH-8, NH-10 and NH-24 connecting National Capital Region of Delhi to rest of the country. These highways contribute significantly to the character of Delhi as a major trading and distribution center.

In order to facilitate the road network of the state, to save people's excessive time and fuel consumption for all vehicular trips and to provide uninterrupted movement of traffic, a special programme to construct flyovers was started in 1998-99. During the 9th five-year plan, 11 flyovers/ ROB/Grade-Separators were constructed in Delhi by various agencies (PWD, DDA, DTTDC & MCD).

Railway

Delhi is a major junction on the rail map of India linked with all the major metropolitan cities directly.There are four main railway stations at New Delhi, Old Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Sarai Rohila,

A new Railway Station is being developed by Northern Railway near Anand Vihar ISBT, which will help in decongestion at New and Old Delhi Railway Stations. The work has been started. There are 8 rail corridors in the National Capital Territory, which bring in more than 350 passenger trains and 40 goods trains every day.

Metro

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has implemented the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) that is a proficient and non-polluting incorporated rail transport system

Aviation

Delhi has three airports -

• Indira Gandhi International Airport for the international flights,
• Palam Airport for national air services, and
• Safdarjung Airport for training purposes.

Telecommunications

A well-established telecommunication system prevails in Delhi.Subcribers for fixed line telephone has also increased during the years. Also, robust growth has been noticed in cellular mobile telephony