West Bengal - a Snapshot Area: Population: 88752 Sq
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West Bengal - A snapshot Area: Population: 88752 sq. km 91.35 million (7.55% of the total (2.7% of Country’s country’s population) geographical area) 1029 persons per sq. km Literacy Rate: Business language: 76.26% English Locational Advantage: Gateway to South East Asia & North- East region Shares international frontiers with Bangladesh, Nepal & Bhutan Hinterland consisting of mineral rich states Advantage West Bengal … Rapidly growing economy Vast Expanding consumer market Best in the country in terms of quality & availability of power Low cost of living Large reservoir of scientific & technical manpower – India’s best Educational Institutions are here Enterprising Bengal - Infrastructure State’s road density higher than national average Total Length of Roads - over 2,11,770 km One of the best rail network with over 4162 route km. International & Domestic Airports India’s first Aerotropolis project under progress at Durgapur Two major Ports- Kolkata and Haldia New major port coming up at Sagar Island 15,000 route km optical fibre network Over 580 Mbps of international satellite connectivity Leading producer of energy with installed capacity of 10210.9 MW Enterprising Bengal - Resources Rich deposits of Coal (11% of national reserves), Coal Bed Methane (CBM), China Clay, Limestone, Sand etc. No. of Universities, Degree Colleges, Engineering & Technology Colleges, Medical Colleges, Polytechnic Colleges and ITIs World class Institutes: IIT Kharagpur, IIM Calcutta, ISI Kolkata, IISE, NIT, BOSE Institute, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics etc. Abundant water resources – 2526 kms of rivers & canals Opportunity - Sectors Power Iron & Steel Engineering IT & ITeS Food Processing & Horticulture Hospitality & Tourism Gems & Jewellery Tea Jute & Textile Leather New Policies Govt. of West Bengal has announced a number of industry friendly policies to facilitate industrialization: Investment and Industrial Policy, 2013 MSME Policy, 2013 Textile Policy, 2013 Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Policy, 2012 ICT Incentive Policy, 2012 PPP Policy, 2012 Food Processing Policy, 2011 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL PARKS OF WBIDC LTD. Some Major Industrial Parks Industrial Park Location Total Area Available (in acres) Area (in acres) Vidyasagar Kharagpur, 1246.054 524.28 Industrial Park Dist- Paschim Medinipur Panagarh Panagarh, 1457.906 525.196 Industrial Park Dist- Burdwan Haldia Haldia, 350 306.96 Industrial Park Dist- Purba Medinipur Goaltore Goaltore, 950 950 Industrial Park Dist- Paschim Medinipur Haringhata Haringhata, 358 358 Industrial Park Dist- Nadia Infrastructure at Industrial Parks Road: All the plots connected through road of 18m – 30m ROW Water: Ground water and Surface water Power: Dedicated power sub-stations (220/132 KV Substation and 33/11 KV Substation) for uninterrupted power supply Drainage: Good quality drainage system across the park. Other facilities: Street Lighting, Sewerage System, Fire System, Solid Waste Management System, Truck Terminal etc. Social Infrastructure: Health Centre, Conference Room, Food Court, Amusement Centers, Guest House etc. Incentives of West Bengal Government Industrial Promotion Assistance Waiver of Electricity Duty Employment Generation Subsidy Refund of Stamp Duty Anchor Unit Subsidy Financial Assistance for Patent Registration Waiver of Land Conversion Fee Ease of Doing Business Based on the concept of full Transparency Information on Land & Module with Price & Layout of plots on website Terms & conditions of allotment along with Criteria of appraisal of projects on website On line monitoring of applications Transparent Pricing Policy of Land/ module Status of Incentives disbursement on website Emerging Initiatives Shilpa Sathi: Single Window Cell comprising of representatives of various Govt. Departments, is functioning at WBIDC’s office building to expedite the clearances from different Govt. Departments. Task Force: To ensure expeditious disposal of applications by the 6 concerned Departments, a Task Force has also been formed by the Govt. Relationship Manager: Senior Officers nominated as ‘Relationship Managers’ for facilitation of some major projects. Project Facilitation Committee: Committee at the Project level for day-today hand holding Emerging Initiatives Unique Industry-Government interface: Sector Committees, formed with a mix of senior bureaucracy and business leaders, to deliberate on sector challenges, recommend policy initiatives and suggest streamlining of processes. Steering Committee, comprising the heads of Government Departments as well as business leaders, headed by Industry Minister. Core Committee formed with Department heads and business leaders, is headed by the Chief Minister. IT, ITeS & Electronics Hardware/ Electronic Systems Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) sector 7 Brownfield Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) to boost the sector. 2 Greenfield EMCs at Naihati and Falta under implementation with assistance from Govt. of India The industrial units in these EMCs will be eligible for benefits under Modified-Special Incentive Package Scheme 2 Hardware Parks at Sonarpur and Kalyani. Plots of land with ready infrastructure would be available in these parks Presence of hardware companies in the State:- Sonodyne, Videocon, Vikram Solar, Websol Energy, Sankalp Semiconductor etc. Software sector Presence of 800+ Companies, employing 145,000 professionals Software exports: Rs. 13686 crore (US$ 2.28 billion) in 2013-14 15 IT Parks under development each with about 50,000 sq. ft. of built up space with all infrastructure facilities. 8 Parks will be ready by March, 2015. Presence of global software majors:- IBM, TCS, Cognizant, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, ITC Infotech, Capgemini, PwC, Ericsson, British Telecom, HSBC Electronic Data Processing, Wipro among them The prominent domains of IT sector in the State:- Software Development, Product Development, & Consulting, System integration, IT infrastructure support, Hi-skilled KPO work in Building Architecture, Naval Architecture & Health, Banking and Insurance Sectors, Multimedia & Animation, Call Center & BPO Operations ICT Policy and Incentive Scheme 2012 The fiscal incentives available under the scheme are:- Capital investment subsidy Interest Subsidy/Training Subsidy Waiver of Electricity duty Employment Generation Subsidy 100% reimbursement of Stamp Duty & Registration fee Subsidy for Certification of quality improvement and Patent in the MSME sector Incentives for Expansion Projects and Special packages for Mega Projects Central Sales Tax (CST) refund scheme (for hardware units) Entrepreneurship assistance for Start up SME (for software units) Cost Effectiveness (M(Mumbaiumbai suburbsuburb = 100)1000) 12% 100 100 97.8 91.9 89.7 88.4 Non Labour costs Labour Related costs Mumbai Delhi Bangalore Chennai Hyderabad Kolkata suburb Source: India Today; CMIE Index; team analysis Thank You Rising Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh India’s largest state is growing at a robust rate Most populous Parameters Uttar Pradesh India Uttar State (16.5% ) Pradesh Population* (Million) 200 1,210 Urban population (%) 22.3 27.8 4th Largest State in size (7.3%) Area (sq kms) 2,40,928 3,287,263 GSDP (in USD billion) 73.55 906.29 3rd Largest economy (8%) Literacy rate (%) 70 74 *URZWKFRPSDULVRQ RI3HUFDSLWD,QFRPHRI83YV$OO,QGLD CAGR *URZWKFRPSDULVRQRI*6'39V1DWLRQDO*'3 18 14.8 16.8 13.3% 8.6 16 14.8 15.9 9.3 14 14.5 6.7 8.9 13.4 13.4 6.5 12 13.8 11.1 12.78 11.01 6.6 7.8 5.5 10 11.79 10.43 7.3 7.0 6.7 5.2 8 CAGR 9.67 4.7 6 13% 6.43% 6.67% 4.5 4 1 2 CAGR - UP CAGR - INDIA 0 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Uttar Pradesh(%) India(%) Per capita Income (UP) Per capita Income (India) Page 2 Rising Uttar Pradesh Rising rural employment and purchasing power Driving consumer spending 5XUDO(PSOR\PHQW PLOOLRQ Mobile phone handset ownership per 1000 rural households in 2009 -10 Year Agri Ind. 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Services Orissa West Bengal 99-00 218.3 32.6 21.2 9.4 35.5 Bihar Madhya pradesh 04-05 249.3 47.0 27.8 16.8 46.7 Andhra pradesh 09-10 229 58.6 24.2 31.7 49.5 Maharashtra All India Uttar Pradesh Between 2004 -05 to 2009-10, construction jobs rose by Karnataka 88% while employment in agriculture fell from 249 million Gujarat Tamil Nadu to 229 million Haryana Between 2007-08 and 2009-10 : Nominal wages of rural 0 200 400 600 800 unskilled (casual) labour rose by 19% /yr, real wages Haryana Tamil Nadu Gujarat Karnataka rose by nearly 14% Uttar Pradesh All India Maharashtra Andhra pradesh Madhya pradesh Bihar West Bengal Orissa ►One in every two people in UP has a mobile phone fSpending potential - Rural demand for ►42 per cent of rural households owned a television in 2009-10, up from 26 availing Telecom services, and other % in 2004- 05 modern necessities on the rise ►14 per cent of rural households had a two-wheeler in 2009-10, twice that in 2004-05 Uttar Pradesh has nearly 14% of the country’s wireless subscribers Page 3 Rising Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Find it all in one state Largest consumer base • Over 200 million people with increasing per capita • Growing per capita income creating one of the largest consuming class income • Proximity to Container Freight Stations Dadri with facility of Excellent connectivity warehousing with good connectivity to major ports by roads, rail & air in western India, vital for EoU/SEZ. (including proximity • Well connected to major metros through Road, Rail and Air to Int’l Airport) • Largest rail