Question : GROWTH OF INDUSTRIAL SECTOR



(a) the details of growth rate of industrial sector registered during each of the last three years, till date, State-wise;

(b) whether any Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) has been signed in industrial and infrastructure sectors during each of the last three years, State-wise, including Gujarat;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the details of tax relief and concessions that have been given to Industrial Houses during the said period, State-Wise?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR)

(a) : The industrial growth, measured in terms of Gross State Domestic Product,

(State-wise) for the last three years is given below:

 (In per cent)
STATE/UT	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
ALL INDIA 9.8 9.6 10.9 ANDHRA PRADESH 6.1 8.8 12.2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 35.0 4.6 NA ASSAM 11.2 6.3 5.9 BIHAR 12.1 18.0 22.0 CHATTISGARH 17.2 10.1 NA GOA 9.6 6.9 NA GUJARAT 13.6 10.1 NA HARYANA 8.8 12.0 NA HIMACHAL PRADESH 6.0 13.9 11.7 JAMMU & KASHMIR 15.1 NA NA JHARKHAND 39.5 7.2 7.3 KARNATAKA 14.4 6.9 NA KERALA 6.5 8.9 8.2 MADHYA PRADESH 4.7 7.7 NA MAHARASHTRA 5.5 9.5 NA MANIPUR 70.4 18.7 19.3 MEGHALAYA 5.6 8.1 6.8 MIZORAM -3.6 NA NA NAGALAND 8.7 NA NA ORISSA 28.3 NA NA PUNJAB 7.9 5.6 5.5 RAJASTHAN 1.0 17.0 5.5 SIKKIM 10.9 11.9 12.3 TAMILNADU 8.3 5.9 6.8 UTTAR PRADESH 6.9 9.2 NA UTTARANCHAL 13.8 16.6 NA WEST BENGAL 9.4 14.1 NA A&N ISLANDS 3.0 32.9 NA CHANDIGARH 16.7 12.0 NA DELHI 13.0 12.2 NA PUDUCHERRY -21.3 8.3 11.1

Source: Central Statistical Organisation
NA: Not Available

(b) & (c): The number of Industrial Entrepreneurs Memoranda (IEMs) filed by the entrepreneurs in states including Gujarat are given below:
State/UT	2004	2005	2006
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 0 0 1 ANDHRA PRADESH 370 412 601 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 3 10 6 ASSAM 58 79 50 BIHAR 13 12 79 CHANDIGARH 2 0 5 CHHATTISGARH 404 284 217 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 139 77 110 DAMAN & DIU 58 77 51 DELHI 9 5 8 GOA 26 46 24 GUJARAT 547 750 568 HARYANA 221 209 237 HIMACHAL PRADESH 95 119 106 JAMMU & KASHMIR 90 150 93 JHARKHAND 88 179 98 KARNATAKA 200 244 312 KERALA 22 31 43 LAKSHADWEEP 0 0 0 MADHYA PRADESH 109 171 186 MAHARASHTRA 687 724 861 MANIPUR 1 1 0 MEGHALAYA 23 37 17 NAGALAND 4 0 0 ORISSA 220 208 107 PUDUCHERRY 43 41 53 PUNJAB 132 177 189 RAJASTHAN 174 171 181 SIKKIM 3 7 11 TAMIL NADU 341 534 724 TRIPURA 4 3 0 UTTAR PRADESH 425 690 560 UTTARANCHAL 166 343 467 WEST BENGAL 441 412 295 TOTAL 5118 6203 6260

(d): The Government has a general tax policy and no relief/concessions are given specifically to Industrial Houses.