Communication
Haryana has a state-wide network of efficient telecommunication
facilities. BSNL (Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited) and most of the leading private
communication infrastructure
and service providers,
are in operations in Haryana. BSNL has divided Haryana
into has 9 different zones to effectively
cover the whole state. At the close of 31.03.205,
BSNL has:
Total numbers of Telephone Exchanges--1026
Total installed Capacity--1538690
Numbers of villages linked with Telephone—6814
(Out of 7018)
Total numbers of landlines connections--1091297
Total numbers of mobile connections--286720
Total numbers of WLL connections—68359
Bharti Telecom (Airtel)
Broadband
and Telephone Services as of 31 December 2005
for Haryana
|
Installed capacity/utilized capacity |
159476 / 145597 |
No. of telephone exchanges |
106 |
Total no. of land line connections |
144644 |
Total no. of Broadband connection |
29304 |
Any target planned |
Capacity to be increased by approx. 75,000
|
Rail
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
Under the NCR there is already a proposal to provide
rail corridor connecting towns around Delhi linking
the major satellite towns like Faridabad, Gurgaon,
Bahadurgarh, Kundli etc. Similarity, there is also
a proposal to provide rapid mass transportation
system between Delhi and these satellite towns.
Financial
Services
Term
Loans
Haryana
State Industrial Development Corporation provides
term loan upto Rs. 4 crore (Rs. 2.50 crore under
IDBI refinance scheme) to the projects with a capital
cost not exceeding Rs. 10 crore. The projects with
investment beyond Rs. 10 crore are also considered
on selective basis for financing. Haryana Financial
Corporation (HFC) also provides term loans upto
Rs. 2.40 crore to the units where capital and free
reserves are not more than 5 crore. The loan is
to be paid normally in 7 to 9 years after a moratorium
of one to two years, depending upon merits of each
case. Projects having capital investment of Rs.
10 crore and above are financed by all India Financial
Institutions like IDBI, IFCI, ICICI, LIC/GIC. Besides
the industrial projects, the term loans are also
available for setting up hospitals/nursing homes,
tourism related facilities like hotels/amusement
parks/cultural and goods transport services.
Merchant
Banking
HSIDC
started providing merchant banking services after
getting category-I accredition from Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in 1992-93. An incisive
foray has been made in the field of issue management
since then. The Corporation also accepts the assignments
of lead managers in addition to acting as advisors
and co-managers to public issues besides carrying
on the activity of providing underwriting support
to public and right issues.
Equipment
Refinance Scheme
HSIDC
and HFC have been providing loan under Equipment
Refinance Scheme to various industries in Haryana.
Under the scheme, an existing unit with a good track
record can avail assistance for replacement, marginal
expansion or diversification. The loan under this
scheme is availed within 6 months of the sanction
and to be repaid with 2 to 5 years.
Leasing
HSIDC
and HFC are also providing lease assistance under
the Lease Finance Scheme.
Underwriting
of Public Issues
HSIDC
extends the underwriting support to public issues
of those industrial companies, which have their
base in Haryana.
Haryana
has a wide institutional network for providing land,
infrastructure and assistance to the entrepreneurs.
It has formed various Industrial Promotion Agencies
to tend to industries and help them grow and resolve
their problems, if any, encountered by them.
National
Equity Fund
HFC
operates the scheme, promoted by SIDBI under the
name of National Equity Fund Scheme which, provides
equity type of support to entrepreneurs for setting
up new projects under tiny and small scale sectors.
The promoter's contribution in this scheme is 10%.
HFC provides 65% as term loan and SIDBI gives assistance
of 25% as soft loan towards equity basis of the
project. The project cost should not exceed Rs.
10 lacs. Similar scheme is also being operated under
the name of Mahila Udhyam Nidhi Scheme specially
meant for women entrepreneurs.
