The Chhattisgarh government announced on 11 February that it would invest Rs 10,000 crore in Naya Raipur, the upcoming new capital city.

The investment will be made over the next two to three years, to turn Naya Raipur into a smart and electronic city. The Chhattisgarh government has already invested Rs 6,000 crore to create basic infrastructure such as connectivity, power supply and more, and now plans to invest another Rs 10,000 crore to create amenities in this smart city.

The state government had shifted focus from creating manufacturing capacities for steel, aluminium and setting up power generation capacities to IT/ITeS as part of the Central government's mission to create digital India.

An electronic manufacturing cluster will be developed on approx 80 sq km out of the 287 sq km Naya Raipur. The Chhattisgarh government has received a nod from the Union Ministry of Communication and Information Technology for developing an electronic cluster. The state was in talks with both, domestic and international companies for setting up their businesses in this electronic city. Infosys, Cisco, TCS, Microsoft and several others had expressed their interest in setting up their businesses in Naya Raipur. 

Last year, the state government had signed an agreement with the Chinese company -- Forstar Industry (FIL) -- for setting up a manufacturing plant for computer systems and mobile devices.