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).
