Assam Transport The rapid increase of numbers of motor vehicles on road in Assam has been observed over the

past few years. The on road vehicle population in the State has reached to 1363625 as on March 2011 as against 1320867 as on March 2010. An additional of 199076 vehicles was added during the year 2010-11 as against 241247 vehicles in 2009-10. The number of Motor vehicles registered per lakh of population of the State has reached at 65 in 2010-11 against 803 in 2009-10. The number of motor vehicles on road per 100 squire kilometer in the State was 1738 during 2010-11 as against 1684 during 2009-10. Agriculture

The economy of Assam continues to be predominantly agrarian. The Agriculture sector in the State providing employment to more than 50 percent of the rural people The net cultivated area of the State is 28.11 lakh hectare( 2009-10) which is about 88 percent of the total land available for agricultural cultivation in the State. The contribution of Agriculture sector to the State Domestic Product was nearly 25 percent during 2010-11. The area covered under Paddy cultivation was 25.71 lakh hectares and more than 91 percent of the total area under foodgrains in the State during the year 2010-11. During the year 2010-11, the productivity of Winter Rice has increased to 1993 Kg. per hectare from 1894 Kg. per hectare i.e.more than 5 percent increase in productivity per hectare. The yield rate of Autumn Rice has been expected to reach all time high with 1155kg/hectare which is 17.6 percent above the yield rate of 982 kg/hectare in 2009-10. The productivity of Summer Rice has also continued to maintain its increasing trend by more than 18 percent in 2010-11 over the previous year.. As a result of effect of yield rate, the production of Rice, the most important cereal crop grown in the State, has increased to 50.33 lakh tones in 2010-11 from 44.09 lakh tonnes in 2009-10 registering about 14 percent increase in Rice production in the State as compared to the previous year. In view of growing demand and to attain self sufficiency in food production, the State Agriculture Department has set the target to cover 27.10 lakh hectare of area under Rice so as to increase the production of Rice more than 54 lakh MT during the year 2011-12. As per available estimates, the production of total foodgrains in the State was 51.78 lakh tonnes during 2010 -11 as against 45.57 lakh tonnes during 2009-10 showing an increase of Foodgrain production of 13 percent over the previous year. The increase in the production of Pulses in 2010-11, has recorded 9.1 percent over 2009-10. During the same period, the production of oilseeds has also increased by 8.4 percent as compared to the previous year. Horticultural crop in the State occupy about 15 percent gross cultivated area and annually produces more than 15.0 lakh MT of fruites, 44.0 lakh MT of vegitables and 2.0 lakh MT of spices besides nut crops, flowers and medicinal & aromatic plants thus contributing significantly towards food and nutritional security of the State. Under Horticulture, 16.45 lakh MT fruits, 44.70 lakh MT vegetables and 2.47 lakh

MT of spices were produced during the year 2010-11. The Index of Agricultural Production (base triennium ending 1981-82=100) for the State increased to 201 for all commodities, including food and non-food items, in 2010-11 as against 186 in 2009-10.

Tripura

Information about Industrial Estates/Areas in Tripura

Serial No. Name of Industrial Area Arundhutinagar Industrial Estate Badarghat Industrial Estate Dukli Industrial Estate Bodhjungnagar Growth Centre Bodhjungnagar Export Promotion Industrial Park Food Processing Technology Park Kumarghat Industrial Estate Dharmanagar Industrial Estate Dewanpassa Integrated Infrastructure Dev. Centre Dhajnagar Industrial Estate Integrated Infrastructure Dev. Centre Location Arundhutinagar, Tripura West Badarghat, Tripura West Dukli, Tripura West Bodhjungnagar, Tripura West Bodhjungnagar, Tripura West Bodhjungnagar, Tripura West Kumarghat, Tripura North Dharmanagar, Tripura North Dewanpassa, Tripura North Dhajnagar, Tripura South Tripura South Area (in Acres)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

9.39 20.32 37.50 238.53 123.20 25.00 45.66 5.00 45.00 18.79 Site under selection Site under selection

Integrated Infrastructure Dev. Centre

Dhalai

The Tripura Advantage

The Strategic Location

Natural/ historical links with Bangladesh. Potential gateway between Bangladesh and North East. 856 Km. long border with Bangladesh. 7 designated Land Custom Stations. Healthy official trade growth; four-fold increase since 2006-07. Developing linkages with trade/industry of Bangladesh. Lowering of tariff/ non-tariff barriers with SAFTA coming into force w.e.f. 01.01.2006. Passenger Bus Service between Agartala and Dhaka has been started. Bangladesh has agreed to provide India access to Chittagong Port for movement of goods to and from India by road and rail, to declare Ashuganj as Port-of-call and for establishing Agartala-Akhaura Rail Link. Tripura is ideally located to become the 'Gateway to the North East India'. The location of Tripura is strategic in the International context, being between Bangladesh on one side and South East Asia on the other. In the past, the State had natural communication link - roads, rail and waterways with and through Bangladesh. Efforts are on for revival of these. Many major cities of Bangladesh and towns in Tripura are closely located, such as Agartala-Dhaka 150 km; KailashaharSylhet 90 km; Sabroom-Chittagong 75 km; Sonamura-Comilla 25 km etc. The direct distance between Agartala and Kolkata, through Bangladesh, is only 350 km. The agreements signed between India and Bangladesh during the visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India in January 2010 have opened new vistas for establishing closer links between Tripura and Bangladesh. The Govt. of Bangladesh has agreed to provide India access to Chittagong Port for movement of goods to and from India through road and rail. It has also been agreed to operationalise the Sabroom (Tripura)-Ramgarh (Bangladesh) Land Custom Station which is only about 75 km. from Chittagong Port. This will make transit through Bangladesh a reality and will make Tripura the Gateway to

the North East. There are agreements to establish other transport links between Tripura and Bangladesh as well. The State is gearing to perform its natural and geographically assigned role of the Gateway to the North East India.

Tripura is ideally located to become the 'Gateway to the North East India' The location of Tripura is strategic in the International context, being between Bangladesh on one side and South East Asia on the other. In the past, the state had natural communication ,link-roads, rail and waterways ?with and through Bangladesh. Efforts are on for revival of these. Many major cities of Bangladesh and towns in Tripura are closely located, such as Agartala-Dhaka ?150 km; KailashaharSylhet ? 90 km; Sabroom-Chittagong ?75 km; Sonamura-Comilla ?25 km etc. The direct distance between Agartala and Kolkata, through Bangladesh, is only 350 km.link-roads, rail and waterways ? with and through Bangladesh. Efforts are on for revival of these. Many major cities of Bangladesh and towns in Tripura are closely located, such as Agartala-Dhaka ?150 km; Kailashahar-Sylhet ?90 km; SabroomChittagong ?75 km; Sonamura-Comilla ?25 km etc. The direct distance between Agartala and Kolkata, through Bangladesh, is only 350 km. The state is gearing to perform its natural and geographically assigned role of the Gateway to the North East India. Exporter-Importer Directory

Opprutunity to export rubber products to many South Asian countries Establishment of rubber industrial units are most economical in Tripura

The Government of Tripura is developing Tripura Industrial Rubber Park in Bodhungnagar for the growth of rubber based industries in Tripura, located on a 50 Acres Plot. TIDC's Rubber Industrial Park is located in West Tripura 6 km from NH-44 and 12 Km north-east of Agartala City and covers an area of around 240 acres. This is being developed by Tripura Industrial Development Corporation (TIDC) and the Rubber Board under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, promoted under the ASIDE Scheme. ILFS CDI has been appointed as an implementation agency for the project. Out of 50 acres of land, 35 acres will be distributed as industrial units & 15 acres will be utilized for developing common infrastructure. The growth center is equipped with basic common physical infrastructure and facilities to enable the interested entrepreneurs to set up business operations. Tripura Industrial Rubber Park aims to further India's growth in Rubber Industry. It is situated in the Industrial Growth Center of Bodhungnagar in West Tripura and promoted by TIDC. Well laid out plots and infrastructure facilities to set up rubber-based businesses from rethreading of tyres to production of coated fabrics to the manufacturing of surgical gloves, conveyor belts, latex forms, etc. read more