Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is a mineral-rich state with abundant coal and iron ore resources whose coal production makes it energy surplus; but it is also one of India’s poorest states, with a poverty rate of 40 percent and low human development indicators. Long plagued by left-wing violence, with which it still struggles, Chhattisgarh’s government is trying to diversify the state’s economy by making it an attractive destination for non-extractive industries. Sharing a border with seven states with a combined market access to 520 million people, one strategy is to turn the state into a logistics hub.  The state is also known for exporting 17% of India’s total exports of herbs and medicinal plants making the development of a local wellness industry another focus-area of the government.

State Policies

Industry Policy: Industrial Policy (2019)

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