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Projects Database: Nagaland

Fact File:

 

Capital: Kohima

 

Area: 16,579 sq. km.

 

Population: 1,988,636

Nagaland is one of the seven state in the north eastern region. The mountainous state is rich in flora and fauna. Agriculture is the important economic activity of this state. The state has a vast Mineral resources reserves, Lime stone reserves accounts for 1,000 million tonnes. Among other resources available are Marble, Stones, Natural Gas, Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium, Basalt, Chert, Dunite, Serpentine, Spilite etc. Forest resources also available in abundance.

Projects Investment

According to the 24th Quarterly Survey of Projects Investment conducted by ProjectsToday, as of 30 September 2006, the state had 22 projects worth Rs.835 crore.

The difficult terrain and adverse weather conditions deter the private sector to invest in the state. Hence, almost the entire projects investment is by the government agencies, barring the 2 projects investment coming in from the private sector. 

The project implementation ratio observed for the state was 24.1 per cent, much lower than the national average of 44.0 per cent.

Top Ten Projects in Nagaland

The Top ten projects currently underway in the State are:

Promoter Project Industry

Hindustan Paper Corpn. Ltd.

Paper Mill (Tuli)  - Expansion

Paper & Paper Products

Government of Nagaland

Dimapur Power

Liquid Fuel Based Power

Government of Nagaland

D'zuza Irrigation

Irrigation

Nagaland State Electricity Dept.

Sub-Transmission & Distribution  Phase II

Power Distribution

Govt of India, Ministry of Road Trans. & Highways

Nagaland NH-39 Road

Roadways

Government of Nagaland

Road (Kohoma-Bokajan)

Roadways

Government of Nagaland

Industrial Growth Centre (Ganeshnagar)

Other Parks

Government of Nagaland

Road (Dimapur-Ganeshnagar)

Roadways

Indian Oil Corpn. Ltd.

LPG Bottling Plant (Dimapur)

LPG Storage & Distribution

Government of Nagaland

Export Promotion Industrial Park (Ganeshnagar)

Other Parks

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