Social infrastructure - Education
Madhya Pradesh has taken firm initiatives to develop the social infrastructure of the state.
The state ranks 12th on the Human Development Index. The new ranking is a combined effort made in the areas, such as social development through focus on rural development and self-employment schemes. The literacy levels in the state have to 64.1 per cent. Madhya Pradesh’s education network consists of nine universities, over 250 colleges, 87,000 primary and 8,500 secondary schools.
Madhya Pradesh has a vast network of professional and technical institutes. The state has 45 engineering colleges, more than 200 technical training institutes, 6 medical colleges and 43 management institutes. The state is home to one of the premier management institutes, namely Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) at Indore. Other national institutes of high repute present in the state include the Indian Institute of Forest Management, the Indian Institute of Hotel Management and International Institute of Professional Studies at Indore.
| Educational Institutions |
Number |
| Primary Schools |
87,620 |
| Higher Secondary Schools |
8,481 |
| Degree Colleges |
250 |
| Universities |
9 |
| Polytechnic Institutes |
79 |
| Industrial Training Institutes |
200 |
| Engineering Colleges |
45 |
| Medical Colleges |
6 |
Access Infrastructure
The total length of roads in Madhya Pradesh stands at over 160,000 km. Road density stands at 52.2 km per 100 sq km. The state has 18 national highways - a length of 4,664 km passing through it. Madhya Pradesh lies in central India and is a land locked state, which is why the state needs a good road network. Under the on-going National Highway Development Programme (NHDP), a length of 634 km is being converted into 4-6 lane carriage-ways. Two more projects to upgrade 100 km of national highways through public private partnerships are being planned.
Under the Madhya Pradesh State Road Sector Development Programme funded by the Asian Development Bank, 1750 km of state roads will also be rehabilitated and upgraded by 2006 at a cost of US$ 150 million.
Power
Madhya Pradesh has a total installed electricity generation capacity of 6,449 MW. Thermal energy is the prime source of electricity in the state. About 95.66 per cent of electricity generation capacity in the state is based on thermal energy. The remaining source comes from hydel sources. On a per capita basis, electricity consumption in Madhya Pradesh stands at 352 kWh per annum, which is much closer to the national average of 355 kWh per annum.
| Power Generation Installed Capacity |
6,449.25 MW |
| Power Generation |
24834 MU |
| Total Power Available |
50679 MU |
| Per Capita Power Consumption |
352k WH/annum |
Communications Infrastructure
Madhya Pradesh has 2,791 telephone exchanges, 8,335 post offices (2005-06).
| No. of Cellular Mobile Subscribers |
8,87,990 |
| No. of Telephone Exchanges |
2,791 |
| Tele-Density |
3.9 |
| Working DELs |
23,57,660(Wired-12,03,458,WLL2,66,212&GSM8,87,990) |
| OFC Route Length in Km |
27,222.7 |
| Working Internet Connections |
1,51,999 |
| Working Broadband Connections |
34,096 |
Industrial Infrastructure
Indore
Indore is a prominent business and industrial centre in Madhya Pradesh. Considered the commercial capital of the state, it is well connected by rail, road and airways. Indore has a population of 1.8 million.
Indore also has a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) spread over 1,038 hectares of land. The SEZ has attracted investment of over US$ 200 million so far. The industries located in the SEZ include textile, pharmaceuticals, automobile & auto ancillary, metallurgy and leather.
The SEZ also intends to act as a trading and logistics hub. It has a fully operational Internal Container Depot managed by Container Corporation of India (CONCOR).This is a well-developed dry port and is connected by rail and road transport to major destinations in India.
Indore is also a potential destination for IT and ITES industries coming to the state.
BhopalBhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh with a population of approximately 1.4 million. Bhopal is well connected to Mumbai, Delhi and other major cities across India.
The three industrial growth centres located close to Bhopal are at Pilukhedi, Satlapur and Mandideep. Most of the units in these centres belong to the engineering, fabrication, herbal and agro sectors.
GwaliorGwalior is located in the north of Madhya Pradesh. It has a population of about 0.8 million. It is linked well to Delhi and other major cities through rail and road links. Gwalior has industrial growth centres located at Malanpur, Ghirongi and Banmore. The main industries in these centres are solvent extraction units, leather, food processing and rubber.
Food ParksTo provide a fillip to agro and food processing industry in the state, six food parks are being developed across the state. The main advantage of these parks lies in the availability of common facilities such as analytical and quality control laboratories, cold storages / modified atmosphere cold storages, warehousing facilities and supplementary pollution control facilities. The state government has also provided concessions and subsidies to units locating in these parks
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