Industry In Chhattisgarh
Power sector
Chhattisgarh is one of the few states of India where the power sector is
effectively developed. Based on the current production of surplus electric power,
the position of the State is comfortable and profitable.
The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) is in a strong position to meet the electricity requirement of the new state and is in good financial health.
Chhattisgarh provides electricity to several other states because of surplus production and its power hubs are Korba and Bilaspur.
In Chhattisgarh, NTPC has a thermal plant with the capacity of 2100 MW at Sipat,
Bilaspur, while CSEB's units have a thermal capacity of 1240 MW and hydel capacity of 130 MW.
Apart from NTPC and CSEB, there are a number of private generation units of large and small capacity.
The state government has pursued a liberal policy with regard to captive generation which has resulted in a number of private players coming up.
As per a study made by the Power Finance Corporation Ltd.,
New Delhi, the state has potential of 61000 MW of additional thermal power in terms of availability of coal for more than 100 years and more than 2500 MW hydel capacity.
To use this vast potential, substantial additions to the existing generation capacity are already under way.
Steel sector
The steel industry is one of the biggest heavy industries of Chhattisgarh.
Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai operated by SAIL, with a capacity of 5.4 million tonnes per year,
is regarded as a significant growth indicator of the state. More than 100 steel rolling mills,
90 sponge iron plants and ferro-alloy units are in Chhattisgarh.
Along with Bhilai, today Raipur, Bilaspur, Korba and Raigarh have become the steel hub of Chhattisgarh.
Today, Raipur has become the center of the steel sector, the biggest market for steel in India.
Information and technologies
In recent years, Chhattisgarh is also getting exposure in information technologty (IT) projects and consultancy.
Its government is also promoting IT and has set up a body to take care of the IT solutions.
The body, known as CHIPS , is providing large IT projects such as Choice, Swan, etc.
