Area: 88752 sq. km (2.7% of Country’s geographical area)

Population:

91.35 million (7.55% of the total country’s population) 1029 persons per sq. km

Business language: English

West Bengal - A snapshot

Locational Advantage:

Gateway to South East Asia & North- East region Shares international frontiers with Bangladesh,

Nepal & Bhutan Hinterland consisting of mineral rich states

Literacy Rate: 76.26%

Advantage West Bengal …

Rapidly growing economy

Vast Expanding consumer market

Best in the country in terms of quality & availability of power

Low cost of living

Large reservoir of scientific & technical manpower – India’s best Educational Institutions are here

Enterprising Bengal - Infrastructure

State’s road density higher than national average

Total Length of Roads - over 2,11,770 km

One of the best rail network with over 4162 route km.

International & Domestic Airports

India’s first Aerotropolis project under progress at Durgapur

Two major Ports- Kolkata and Haldia

New major port coming up at Sagar Island

15,000 route km optical fibre network

Over 580 Mbps of international satellite connectivity

Leading producer of energy with installed capacity of 10210.9 MW

Rich deposits of Coal (11% of national reserves), Coal Bed

Methane (CBM), China Clay, Limestone, Sand etc.

No. of Universities, Degree Colleges, Engineering &

Technology Colleges, Medical Colleges, Polytechnic Colleges

and ITIs

World class Institutes: IIT Kharagpur, IIM Calcutta, ISI

Kolkata, IISE, NIT, BOSE Institute, Saha Institute of Nuclear

Physics etc.

Abundant water resources – 2526 kms of rivers & canals

Enterprising Bengal - Resources

Power

Iron & Steel

Engineering

IT & ITeS

Food Processing & Horticulture

Hospitality & Tourism

Gems & Jewellery

Tea

Jute & Textile

Leather

Opportunity - Sectors

Govt. of West Bengal has announced a number of industry friendly policies to facilitate industrialization:

Investment and Industrial Policy, 2013

MSME Policy, 2013

Textile Policy, 2013

Information & Communication Technology (ICT) Policy, 2012

ICT Incentive Policy, 2012

PPP Policy, 2012

Food Processing Policy, 2011

New Policies

Major Industrial Parks of

WBIDC Ltd.

Some Major Industrial Parks

Industrial Park Location Total Area (in acres)

Available Area (in acres)

Vidyasagar Industrial Park

Kharagpur, Dist- Paschim Medinipur

1246.054 524.28

Panagarh Industrial Park

Panagarh, Dist- Burdwan

1457.906 525.196

Haldia Industrial Park

Haldia, Dist- Purba Medinipur

350 306.96

Goaltore Industrial Park

Goaltore, Dist- Paschim Medinipur

950 950

Haringhata Industrial Park

Haringhata, Dist- Nadia

358 358

Road: All the plots connected through road of 18m – 30m ROW Water: Ground water and Surface water Power: Dedicated power sub-stations (220/132 KV Substation and 33/11 KV Substation) for uninterrupted power supply Drainage: Good quality drainage system across the park. Other facilities: Street Lighting, Sewerage System, Fire System, Solid Waste Management System, Truck Terminal etc. Social Infrastructure: Health Centre, Conference Room, Food Court, Amusement Centers, Guest House etc.

Infrastructure at Industrial Parks

Incentives of West Bengal Government

Industrial Promotion Assistance

Waiver of Electricity Duty

Employment Generation Subsidy

Refund of Stamp Duty

Anchor Unit Subsidy

Financial Assistance for Patent Registration

Waiver of Land Conversion Fee

Ease of Doing Business

Based on the concept of full Transparency

Information on Land & Module with Price & Layout of plots on website

Terms & conditions of allotment along with Criteria of appraisal of projects on website

On line monitoring of applications

Transparent Pricing Policy of Land/ module

Status of Incentives disbursement on website

Emerging Initiatives

Single Window Cell comprising of representatives of various Govt. Departments, is functioning at WBIDC’s office building to expedite the clearances from different Govt. Departments. To ensure expeditious disposal of applications by the 6 concerned Departments, a Task Force has also been formed by the Govt.

Shilpa Sathi:

Task Force:

Relationship Manager:

Senior Officers nominated as ‘Relationship Managers’ for facilitation of some major projects. Project Facilitation Committee:

Committee at the Project level for day-today hand holding

Emerging Initiatives

Sector Committees, formed with a mix of senior bureaucracy and business leaders, to deliberate on sector challenges, recommend policy initiatives and suggest streamlining of processes.

Steering Committee, comprising the heads of Government

Departments as well as business leaders, headed by Industry Minister.

Core Committee formed with Department heads and

business leaders, is headed by the Chief Minister.

Unique Industry-Government interface:

IT, ITeS & Electronics

Hardware/ Electronic Systems Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) sector

7 Brownfield Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMCs) to

boost the sector.

2 Greenfield EMCs at Naihati and Falta under implementation with assistance from Govt. of India

The industrial units in these EMCs will be eligible for benefits under Modified-Special Incentive Package Scheme

2 Hardware Parks at Sonarpur and Kalyani. Plots of land with ready infrastructure would be available in these parks

Presence of hardware companies in the State:- Sonodyne, Videocon, Vikram Solar, Websol Energy, Sankalp Semiconductor etc.

Software sector

Presence of 800+ Companies, employing 145,000 professionals

Software exports: Rs. 13686 crore (US$ 2.28 billion) in 2013-14

15 IT Parks under development each with about 50,000 sq. ft. of built up space with all infrastructure facilities. 8 Parks will be ready by March, 2015.

Presence of global software majors:- IBM, TCS, Cognizant, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, ITC Infotech, Capgemini, PwC, Ericsson, British Telecom, HSBC Electronic Data Processing, Wipro among them

The prominent domains of IT sector in the State:- Software Development, Product Development, & Consulting, System integration, IT infrastructure support, Hi-skilled KPO work in Building Architecture, Naval Architecture & Health, Banking and Insurance Sectors, Multimedia & Animation, Call Center & BPO Operations

ICT Policy and Incentive Scheme 2012

The fiscal incentives available under the scheme are:-

Capital investment subsidy

Interest Subsidy/Training Subsidy

Waiver of Electricity duty

Employment Generation Subsidy

100% reimbursement of Stamp Duty & Registration fee Subsidy for Certification of quality improvement and Patent in the MSME sector

Incentives for Expansion Projects and Special packages for Mega Projects

Central Sales Tax (CST) refund scheme (for hardware units)

Entrepreneurship assistance for Start up SME (for software units)

(Mumbai suburb = 100)

Source: India Today; CMIE Index; team analysis

Mumbai

suburb

Bangalore Delhi Chennai Kolkata

Labour

Related

costs

Non

Labour

costs

Hyderabad

100 97.8

100

88.4 91.9

12%

89.7

Cost Effectiveness

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