| Uttaranchal is a young
state, barely four years old, having
been carved out of Uttar Pradesh. It has
however several good things going for
it. Levels of literacy in the state are
higher than the national average. The
hills, the large forest cover and the
presence of several holy shrines offer a
tremendous tourist potential.
The paper describes in some detail
the resource base available in the State
and the potential that exists for
development in specific areas; e.g.
development of tourism, IT and biotech
fields, particularly industries based on
herbal and medicinal plants, hydro power
generation etc.
Advantage Uttaranchal
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The
state has significant
hydro-potential (15,000 MW) of which
only 1124 MW has been realised.
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The
state is promoting establishment of
Industrial estates, industrial parks
and growth centre in the State.
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A
dedicated IT Park to come up in
Dehradun.
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Uttaranchal
is the first state in the country to
have created a Tourism Development
Board by legislation.
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Vast
pool of a natural resource adds to
the state’s attractiveness as an
investment destination, especially
for tourism and forest based
industry.
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Abundant
availability of quality human
resource base at competitive rates.
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Uttaranchal
compares favourably with the all
India aggregates in terms of the
spread of basic infrastructural
facilities.
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Investments
in Uttaranchal enjoy a number of
fiscal benefits like the
Concessional Industrial Package
offered by the State and the Central
governments.
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The
Tehri Hydro Development project is
one of the highest multipurpose
projects to be built across river
Ganges.
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Uttaranchal
has been successfully able to
attract some of the key industrial
players like Mahindra & Mahindra,
Asahi India Glass, Atlas
Cycle Ltd., Britannia Industries
Ltd., LG Electronics India Ltd, etc.
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