INDIAN STATE : HARYANA

Fact File

Advantage Haryana

• Haryana offers excellent location to start any industry. It has a rich industrial base and a sound infrastructure.
• Forty percent of the national capital region falls in Haryana state and thirty percent of the state is notified National Capital Region (NCR).
• Ninety-three of top Fortune -100 companies with their corporate offices and production bases already in Haryana.
• The state has impressive infrastructure facilities in relation to road and rail network, well-developed industrial estates, good banking facilities, reliable communication network, modern technical institutes and developed commercial markets.
• World-class industrial, corporate and residential estates with highly competitive prices, developed and managed by highly professional and world-renowned Private and Government agencies.
• Haryana is in close contact with the cosmopolitan world, being close to Delhi. International and domestic airports, diplomatic and commercial complexes are in near proximity. Indira Gandhi International Airport is just ten minutes drive from Gurgaon, an emerging metropolis.
• Strike/lockouts are bare minimum. Negligible loss of man-days.
• Haryana has an efficient administrative and delivery system. Its endeavor has always been to simplify procedures, eliminate red-tapism and willful delays and ensure transparency in decision-making.
• Special emphasis is laid on planned development of infrastructure and providing eco-friendly environment conducive to healthy growth of industry.
• Haryana has adopted investor-friendly policies. These policies have been adjusted in accordance with the changing economic scenario and are far more liberal and transparent. These policies are geared towards promoting private investments- both domestic and foreign.
• Large manufacturing, capabilities. Strong private sector.
• Developed banking system with over 4500 bank branches.
• Skilled manpower and professional management including engineers, managerial personnel, accountants etc.
• Conducive foreign investment environment.
• Well-balanced package of incentives.
• One of the top agrarian states contributes substantially to the national food grain pool of wheat, rice, coarse cereals and pulses.
• Haryana today produces more than 50 percent of passenger cars, 50 percent of motorcycles and 25 percent of tractors, 25 percent of bicycles and sanitary wares manufactured in the Country.
• Under the New Industrial Policy (NIP) the state has received investment proposals of worth over one lakh crore rupees in the areas of automobiles & automotive components, information, technology, readymade garments, electrical goods, handlooms, agro-based & food-processing industry, light engineering etc.
• Under the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act, 20 SEZs with an investment of US$ 18.8779 billion have to be set up. Ten SEZs have already been approved by the Central government.

Economic Infrastructure

Road

Haryana has excellent network of passenger transport. It has total length of 23684 kilometers. The remotest parts of the state are linked with mettaled roads.

The state government proposes to construct Express highway and free ways for speedier vehicular traffic. Government encourages private sector investment in this sector for upgradation of roads, construction of ROB and BOT basis including four-lane ROB.

Key Features of the Road Sector

• National Highway No.1, with four-laning half-way complete, passes through Haryana from Delhi to Ambala, linking Punjab, H.P. and J&K.
• National Highway No.2, (Delhi-Mathura Road), with four-laning in progress passing through Faridabad and linking vast areas to U.P., M.P. etc. right up to Mumbai.
• National Highway No.8 (Delhi-Jaipur Highway), four-laning already taken in hand, passes through prestigious industrial estate Gurgaon, Industrial Model Township Manesar, and Growth Centre Bawal and linking vast areas right upto Ahemdabad and Bombay.
• National Highway No.10 passes through Haryana from Delhi to Dabwali.
• National Highways: 656 Kms
• State Highways: 3135 Kms
• District roads: 1587 Kms
• Rural and other roads: 17190 Kms

Power

Haryana has traversed a long way and achieved multi-pronged development. The power sector has served the dual function of turning the barren land of the state into lush-green fields and enhance the pace of industrial growth. The state has recognized that the power is one of the most important inputs for development process and hence has always given high priority to the expansion of electricity infrastructure.

Haryana is one of the pioneer states of the country to implement in-depth reforms in the power sector. An independent regulatory mechanism, Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, has been created and the erstwhile Haryana State Electricity Board has been restructured into four independent corporations to bring efficiency, economy and competition. These four entities are:

• Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (HPGCL) for the generation of power.
• Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. (HVPNL) for the transmission and distribution of power within the state of Haryana.
• Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. (UHBVNL) for north circle of Haryana.
• Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. (DHBVNL) for south circle of Haryana.

Railways

Haryana is well connected on the rail network. The main railway routes passing through Haryana are:

• Amritsar-Delhi
• Rewari-Ahamdabad
• Bhiwani-Rohtak-Delhi
• Ambala-Ferozepur
• Delhi-Ferozepur
• Kalka-Jodhpur
• Kalka-Hawrah
• Amritsar-Hawrah
• Delhi-Shimla

A proposal is underway to provide rail corridor connecting towns around Delhi, linking the major satellite towns like Faridabad, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh, Kundli etc. Similarly, it is proposed to provide rapid mass transportation system between Delhi and these satellite towns.

Communication

Haryana has a state- wide network of efficient telecommunication facilities. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and most of the leading private sector players (such as Reliance Infocom, Tata Teleservices, Bharti Telecom, Idea and Hutchison Essar) have operations in the state.