ECONOMIC
FACTS
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Gross State Domestic Product at constant Prices recorded a growth of 8.25% during 2004-2005.
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Gross State Domestic Product at current Prices recorded a growth of 12.2% during 2004-2005.
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the state is to the tune of INR 25.00 billion.
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Small Scale Units in Haryana meet 20% of the country’s total exports of scientific instruments, 60% of the country’s demand for ignition boxes for defense forces, 75 % of the total needs of woolen blankets of the Indian Army.
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Large and medium units have gone up in the state from162 in 1966 to 1260 (by Dec. 2005). Similarly, the number of small-scale units has increased form 4500 in the 1960’s to 80,000 today.
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Approval granted to 921FDI projects of INR 64.98 billion, out of these 584 FDI approvals have been implemented of worth INR 45.92 billion upto December 2005.
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Since July 1991 up to December 2005 a total of 3405 Industrial Entrepreneur Memoranda (IEMs) and 247 letter of intent have been filed for setting up industrial units in Haryana, bringing together an investment of INR 422.17 billion and INR 47.87 billion respectively. Out of these 1899 IEMs and 159 LOI`s have been implemented with an investment of INR 159.05 billion and INR 37.67 respectively.
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Exports from Haryana have increased from INR 45.00 million in 1967-68 to more than INR 200.00 billion in the year 2004-2005.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Haryana’s
mineral rich regions are concentrated in the districts
of Mahendregarh, Gurgaon, Yamunanagar and Punchkula.
Iron ore, lime-stone and slate are the three principal
minerals currently being exploited economically.
However, the state also has deposits of lime, china
clay, dolomite, quartz and silica.
Mahendregarh is rich in mineral resources and does
offer great scope for exploitation. Besides this,
marble deposits have considerable economic potential.
Rewari, Gurgaon and Mahendergarh are rich in slate.
Haryana’s high-grade iron ore reserves have
been estimated at 5 million tones.4% of the total
area in the State in under forests.
HUMAN RESOURCE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
The people of Haryana have built their State through
sheer toil and sweat. Haryana has primarily been
agrarian economy and thus, most of the people are
traditionally farmers. Of late this influential
and rich community has embraced industry as the
future means of growth as well as realized the importance
of education and professional qualifications. Haryana
today can boast of a large economically affluent
middle class and a rapidly burgeoning professional
populace.
NATURAL HABITAT AND TOURISM
Haryana has been blessed with naturall diversity
anf has National Parks and sanctuaries. In the south
lie the industrial belt (Faridabad,Guragon and Rewari) and
the Mewat area, criss-crossed by the rocky Aravali
hills. This diverse mix of habitat brings Haryana
a unique flavor for tourists. Due to the efforts
the State Government Haryana has emerged as the
favored adventure tourism destination in India.
From Para-gliding to bungee jumping, Haryana is
attracting a surfeit of adventure tourists. Spanning
across the lybrinth of the state is a wide network
of good quality motorable roads and every location
has a network of State owned Haryana Tourism Complexes and
very good privately developed resorts with modern
amenities ensuring comfort at an affordable
prices.
CLIMATE AND RAINFALL
Haryana
has a ‘continental’ climate with hot
summers and cold winters. While mercury hits 45
’C in the summers, it drops below freezing
point in winters. There are two distinct rainy
seasons (average annual rainfall being 80cms)
(a) The monsoons, lasting from middle of June
till end September (heavy downpour)
(b) Winter rains, form December to February (scanty
rainfall).
