INDIAN STATE : HARYANA

Railways

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

A proposal is underway to provide rail corridor connecting towns around Delhi, linking the major satellite towns like Faridabad, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh, Kundli etc. Similarly, it is proposed to provide rapid mass transportation system between Delhi and these satellite towns.

Communication

Haryana has a state- wide network of efficient telecommunication facilities. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and most of the leading private sector players (such as Reliance Infocom, Tata Teleservices, Bharti Telecom, Idea and Hutchison Essar) have operations in the state.

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.

Social infrastructure

Health

The health department of Haryana is committed to provide quality healthcare services to the people of the state and to raise the health status of the people. The health services are being provided to the people of Haryana state through a well-connected network of 50 government hospitals, 81 community health centres, 408 primary health centres, 2433 sub centres, 12 district tuberculosis centres, 41 dispensaries, 2 mobile dental dispensaries and one postgraduate institute of medical education and research.

Education

The state of Haryana has made tremendous expansion in the field of higher education since its inception. It has been the endeavor of the government to make educational facilities available within the reach of the children. 32 primary schools, 69 middle schools and 101 high schools were upgraded to middle, high and senior secondary respectively during the year 2004-05. Now accessibility to schooling is available within the radius of 1.10 km, 1.38 km, 1.66 km and 2.79 km at the primary, middle, high and senior secondary level respectively.

Educational Institutions in Haryana at a Glance

Thrust Areas

The state Industrial Policy for 2005 has identified the following thrust sectors on the basis of their growth potential and long term sustainability:

• Agro based and Food Processing Industry
  • Steps have been taken to establish infrastructure to promote this sector
    
  • Food testing laboratories would be developed to facilitate production of quality food processed products.
    
  • Steps shall be initiated to suitably amend the Haryana Agricultural Produce Marketing Act, to enable procurement of notified agricultural produce by food processing industry and cold chains directly from the farmers.
    
• Electronics and Information & Communication Technology
  • Government shall facilitate private sector investment in developing Special Economic Zone exclusively for Electronic and Information &communication industry.
    
  • A State Wide Area Network shall be set up in public private partnership to provide high-speed connectivity for delivery of services in public and private domain.
    
  • Software industry will be permitted without locational restriction.
• Automobiles & Automotive Components.
  
  • IMT Manesar is fast coming up as a prominent cluster of automobiles and auto components.
    
  • Growth center Bawal is another area where a number of projects for the manufacturing of auto components are in the pipeline.
    
  • The state government shall make efforts for establishing National Automotive Testing, Research and Development infrastructure Project in Haryana with assistance from Government of India
    
• Handloom, Hosiery, Textile and Garments Manufacturing
  
  • One Apparel Park would be developed within Special Economic Zone Gurgaon and one at Barhi under the Apparel Park for Exports scheme of GOI.
    
  • International Trade and Conventional center would be set up at Panipat to promote handloom products.
    
  • One International Trade Center will be established at Gurgaon for promotion of garments.
• Export- Oriented Units.
  
• Government will endeavour to set up Inland Container Depot in private or joint sector.
  
• Freight subsidy will be provided to exporters.
• Footwear, leather garments and accessories