Infrastructure

Social infrastructure

In recent years, Madhya Pradesh has taken initiatives the social infrastructure of the state. It is ranked 12th on the Human Development Index. Its improved ranking can be attributed to the thrust on social development through focus on rural development and self-employment schemes.

The state has a population of over 60.3 million (Census 2001), and is India’s seventh most populated state. Its population density is 196 persons per sq km. The population growth rate in the state was 24.3 per cent between 1991-2001. Madhya Pradesh has an urban population of 16 million, representing over 26 per cent of the total.

Literacy levels in the state have improved from 44.2 per cent in 1991 to the current level of over 64.1 per cent.

Madhya Pradesh - Growth in schools and enrolment

Source: Review of Madhya Pradesh Economy, CMIE,August 2004

Madhya Pradesh’s education network consists of 9 universities, over 250 colleges, along with 87,000 primary and 8,500 secondary schools.

The state has 45 engineering colleges, over 200 technical training institutes, 6 medical colleges and 43 management institutes including one of the six Indian Institutes of Management at Indore. Other national institutes in the state include the Indian Institute of Forest Management, the Indian Institute of Hotel Management and International Institute of Professional Studies at Indore.

Madhya Pradesh’s network of health facilities comprises 145 hospitals, 343 community health centres, 1,705 primary health centres. It also has 34 Ayurvedic and 4 homoeopathic hospitals. The number of in-patient beds in Madhya Pradesh’s hospitals is 20,839.

Access infrastructure

The total length of roads in Madhya Pradesh stands at over 160,000 km.

Madhya Pradesh - Growth in road network

Source: Review of Madhya Pradesh Economy, CMIE,August 2004

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.

The Madhya Pradesh government has accorded high priority to improve the road infrastructure in the state and has been successful in attracting private sector participation (PSP) in the development of highways. It has constructed 17 bridges and bypasses to four of its cities through PSP. Maintenance of three state highways has been outsourced to the private sector. Currently, IJM Corporation of Malaysia is implementing two state highway projects aggregating 380 km with an investment of US$ 50 million.

Given the significant presence of mineral based industries in the state, availability of efficient railway links is critical to fully exploit the potential.The total length of the railway network in Madhya Pradesh is 5992 km. Of this, almost 1,880 km is electrified track. Currently, railway upgradation projects in the state include adding 1,151 km of railway lines at a cost of approximately US$ 460 million and implementing a major track modernisation programme to convert about 285 km of the existing metre gauge routes to broad gauge at an approximate cost of US$ 112 million.The completion of these projects will further strengthen the railway network in the state.

Madhya Pradesh has two full-fledged domestic airports at Bhopal and Indore, it has smaller airports in Gwalior and Khajuraho - key tourist destinations, and 25 airstrips at a number of locations with regular services.

Madhya Pradesh - Growth in air traffic

Source: Review of Madhya Pradesh Economy, CMIE,August 2004

Power

The installed electricity generation capacity of Madhya Pradesh is 3,008 MW. 95.66 per cent Million Units of Madhya Pradesh’s electricity generation capacity is based on thermal energy with the remaining from hydel generation.

Source: Review of Madhya Pradesh Economy, CMIE,August 2004

Industry and agriculture represent the largest consumer categories, followed by domestic consumers.

Source: Review of Madhya Pradesh Economy, CMIE,August 2004

On a per capita basis, electricity consumption in Madhya Pradesh stands at 352 kWh per annum, close to the national average of 355 kWh per annum.

Various electricity projects under implementation in the state aggregate to 790 MW.

Source: Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board

Communications infrastructure

In 2003, Madhaya Pradesh had 1.23 million fixed line telephone subscribers. In June 2004, the state had 490,000 mobile phone subscribers.

Madhya Pradesh – Growth in fixed wire telephones

Source: Review of Madhya Pradesh Economy, CMIE,August 2004

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.

Bhopal
Bhopal 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.

Gwalior
Gwalior 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 Parks
To 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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