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Projects Database: Karnataka
Fact File:
Capital: Bangalore
Area: 191,791 sq.km.
Population: 52,733,958
Karnataka, a state that
was predominantly ruled by many a rulers and emperors was first discovered in
1872. The Karnataka one sees today is a result of the States Reorganisation Act
of 1956. Formerly known as Mysore, the state was renamed Karnataka in 1973. A
large proportion of Karnataka's economy is agrarian based.
Bangalore exports 35% of India's software, and is a major base for public
sector manufacturing industries. Karnataka is the only exporter of sandalwood in
India. The Kolar Gold Fields now closed was once the only producer of gold in
the country. Karnataka is the seventh largest state in India in terms of area, ranks ninth
in population.
Projects Investment
Karnataka is one of the major investment destination to industrial and
infrastructure projects. According to the 24th Quarterly Survey of Projects
Investment conducted by ProjectsToday, the state ranked fourth in terms of total
projects investment in the country. As of 30 September 2006, the state had an
outstanding investment of Rs.1,57,932 crore in 1,308 projects under various stages
of planning and implementation.
The state had an implementation ratio of 43.3 per cent
comparable to the national average of 44.0 per cent.
Top Ten Projects in Karnataka
The Top Ten projects currently underway in the
State are:
| Promoter |
Project |
Industry |
|
Mangalore
Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd.
|
Mangalore
Refinery - Expansion
|
Petroleum
Products [Refinery]
|
|
Krishna
Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd.
|
Upper
Krishna Irrigation
|
Irrigation
|
|
Bangalore
Metro Rail Corpn. Ltd.
|
Bangalore
Metro Rail
- Phase I
|
Railways
|
|
Government
of Karnataka
|
Special
Economic Zone for IT Hardware
|
SEZ/EPZ
|
|
Nagarjuna
Power Corpn. Ltd.
|
Mangalore
Power
|
Coal/Lignite
Based Power
|
|
Karnataka
Power Corpn. Ltd.
|
Bidadi
Power
|
Gas
Based Power
|
|
Government
of Karnataka
|
Hemavathi
Irrigation
|
Irrigation
|
|
Bangalore
Water Supply & Sewerage Board
|
Cauvery
Water Supply Scheme Stage IV Phase II
|
Water
& Sewerage Pipeline & Distribution
|
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Bangalore
Water Supply & Sewerage Board
|
Water
Supply Scheme (Bangalore)
|
Water
& Sewerage Pipeline & Distribution
|
|
Nuclear
Power Corpn. of India Ltd.
|
Kaiga
Atomic Power
Stage II
|
Nuclear
Based Power
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