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Assam

Assam, a jewel nestled in the northeastern region of India, serves as India’s gateway to the East. With a burgeoning populace and a thriving economy, it is the most populous state and the largest economy of the region. Assam has attracted investments across diverse sectors such as petroleum, natural gas, petrochemicals, tea, FMCG, pharmaceuticals, education, and healthcare. The state’s fertile lands yield a substantial share of India’s agricultural production.
The treasures of Assam extend to its nature’s bounty in the form of 18 wildlife sanctuaries and 7 national parks, two of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Nestled amidst its verdant valleys and vast waterways, the state boasts a rich biodiversity, ancient temples and monuments, and unique art and culture. A melting pot of cultures, Assam is rapidly growing into one of India’s major tourist destinations

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The tea industry in Assam is about 172 years old and it accounts for over 50% of tea production in India.

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Assam is India’s Gateway to all the Northeast States and also to Neighboring Countries like Bangladesh, Bhutan and the ASEAN region

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Assam is the largest Economy in the Northeast

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Assam is famous for its wildlife heritage including the One Horned Rhino, elephants, and tigers

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Assam has two UNESCO world heritage sites, “Kaziranga National Park” and “Manas Wild life Sanctuary

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India’s longest Bridge, the Bhupen Hazarika Bridge is located in Assam

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Assam is famous for its silks like Eri Silk, White Pat Silk, and Golden Muga Silk which grown only in Assam

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Assam is the oldest oil producing state in India and holds highest recoverable reserves of crude oil and natural gas in India. The oil well drilled in Digboi of Assam in 1901 is the oldest oil well of Asia

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Assam Ranks 3rd in India with over 51000 ha of cultivation of Rubber

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The state has the highest concentration of bamboo in the country contributing to 60% of the Country’s stock

Key Highlights
  • To leverage the natural resources of the state, dedicated tea park, food processing park, Agri-export zones, and four oil refineries have been setup
    • Six stable agro-climatic zones and abundant perennial water
  • Assam has a net cultivable area of 28.11 lakh hectares, 88 percent of which is available for cultivation
  • A global tea hub contributing to more than 50% of the country’s total tea production
  • Major fruits and spices produced in the state include Pineapple, Jackfruit, Oranges and varieties of Lemon & Lime, Ginger, Banana, and Turmeric
  • With of 1.3 billion tonnes of crude oil and 156 billion cubic metres of natural gas, Assam accounts for 15% of India’s crude output.
  • Currently, 31 industrial units are engaged in manufacturing of plastic products with annual installed capacity 320000 MT.
  • Enjoys Global monopoly in production of Muga, or Golden Silk and Eri Silk.
  • The state has more than more than 952 identified species of medicinal plants
Key Connectivity Infrastructure
  • Robust Connectivity – Assam has seven airports, railways connecting every part of the state, 12 national waterways and one inland container depot
  • Assam has 7 airports each at Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Silchar, Lakhimpur, Tezpur and Rupsi, connecting to all major cities of India.
  • Extensive network of roads and highways with over 3134.36 kms of State highways and 2836 kms of National highways, Assam is also part of the two Trans Asian Highways (AH-1 & AH-2) which also passes through Assam.
  • Total waterway of Assam is 1938 kms – 891 kms long NW-2 & 121 kms long NW-16. NATIONAL WATERWAYS 2
  • Total Railway network within the state is 2519 kms connecting the state with major cities of the country.
Other Enabling Infrastructure
  • Industrial Corridor of 160 kms Notified from Kukurmara-Vijaynagar-Mirza-Jalukbari-Amingaon-Changsari-Baihata-Rangia-upto Tihu in Nalbari District. The Corridor is extended upto 1 km on either side of National Highway.
  • Assam has 20 Industrial Estates, 8 Mini Industrial Estates, 17 Industrial Areas, 12 Growth Centres, 4 Integrated Industrial Infrastructure Centres (IID centres), 1 Export Promotion Industrial Park, 1 Tea Park, 1 Bamboo Technology Park, 1 Food Park, 1 Plastic Park, 1 Software Technology Park (STPI) and 1 Agro-export zone
  • Assam also has 3 border trade centres, 1 inland water container and a Multi Modal Logistic Park at Jogihopa.
  • Assam has a thriving network of educational institutions like IIT, IIIT, NIT and several reputed institutions like Tocklai Tea Research Institute, CIPET. The state also has AIIMS Guwahati which has recently been inaugurated.
  • About 6000 Engineering graduates, 5000 ITI diploma holders and over 2000 Medical professionals pass out every year in the state.
  • The 30 million plus population that is largely youth, makes available the much needed manpower for industries that are human-resource intensive.
Opportunities for Investor
  • Opportunity for development of IT Parks, setting up of BPOs, Data processing centres, software development facilities etc.
  • ESDM: Solar panel manufacturing, LED, CPE, photonics, opto-electronics/power electronics
  • BPM domain-knowledge services, data analytics, logiservices, Business Process as a Service (BPaaS), cloud-based services.
  • IT Services – Solutions and services around SMAC. IS outsourcing. IT consulting, software testing. Engineering and R&D – telecom & semiconductors.
  • Emerging verticals include retail (leveraging analytics and multi-channel strategies for a unified customer experience) and healthcare (wearables)
  • Handloom Production Units, apparel and garment making centre can be set up along with and units for development of silk value chain-based clusters
  • There are opportunities in manufacturing of bamboo mat board, bamboo mat corrugated sheets and bamboo floor
  • Establishment of Integrated Fish and Animal Feed plant
  • Food processing units.
  • Manufacturing units for rubber-based products.
  • Opportunity for setting up Hotels Resorts, amusement parks, adventure tourism facilities, River cruises
  • There is a vast scope of promoting wildlife and eco-tourism as Assam has seven National Parks and 16 Wildlife Sanctuaries, along with scope for promotion of spiritual and pilgrimage, Adventure sports, tea and golf tourism, promotion of medical value tourism along with other tourism Circuits
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