Area: 88752 sq. km (2.7% of Country’s geographical area)
Population:
91.35 million (7.55% of the total country’s population) 1029 persons per sq. km
Business language: English
West Bengal - A snapshot
Locational Advantage:
Gateway to South East Asia & North- East region Shares international frontiers with Bangladesh,
Nepal & Bhutan Hinterland consisting of mineral rich states
Literacy Rate: 76.26%
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
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
Enterprising Bengal - Resources
Power
Iron & Steel
Engineering
IT & ITeS
Food Processing & Horticulture
Hospitality & Tourism
Gems & Jewellery
Tea
Jute & Textile
Leather
Opportunity - Sectors
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
New Policies
Major Industrial Parks of
WBIDC Ltd.
Some Major Industrial Parks
Industrial Park Location Total Area (in acres)
Available Area (in acres)
Vidyasagar Industrial Park
Kharagpur, Dist- Paschim Medinipur
1246.054 524.28
Panagarh Industrial Park
Panagarh, Dist- Burdwan
1457.906 525.196
Haldia Industrial Park
Haldia, Dist- Purba Medinipur
350 306.96
Goaltore Industrial Park
Goaltore, Dist- Paschim Medinipur
950 950
Haringhata Industrial Park
Haringhata, Dist- Nadia
358 358
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.
Infrastructure at Industrial Parks
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
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. To ensure expeditious disposal of applications by the 6 concerned Departments, a Task Force has also been formed by the Govt.
Shilpa Sathi:
Task Force:
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
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.
Unique Industry-Government interface:
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)
(Mumbai suburb = 100)
Source: India Today; CMIE Index; team analysis
Mumbai
suburb
Bangalore Delhi Chennai Kolkata
Labour
Related
costs
Non
Labour
costs
Hyderabad
100 97.8
100
88.4 91.9
12%
89.7
Cost Effectiveness
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