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Uttar Pradesh

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Population
(million)
(2001)
GSDP (current prices (Rs’000 million)
(2005-06)
Per capita Income (Rs)
(2005-06)
Growth rate for Real GSDP 2000 - 2006 (%) Big towns (No.) Urban population
(%)
Distribution of Households
(%)
Rich Middle Class Poor
166.052 2582.2 12,150 4.6 42 21.4
7.3 57.6 35.1
 
Economic Activity
 
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Black Arrow Economic Activity: Manufacturing - 15.3%; Services - 49%; Agriculture – 35.8%
Black Arrow State Priority Areas: Agriculture-based industries; auto ancillaries; electronics; Infotech
Black Arrow Investment Strengths: Adequate coverage of road and railway networks in the state; second largest market amongst all Indian states after Maharashtra; extensive irrigation networks suitable for agri based industries.
Black Arrow Investment Weaknesses: Political instability and rampant corruption at all levels of the state administration; frequent rationing of power supply; low levels of literacy and a dysfunctional public healthcare system.
 
    Value   Value
Physical infrastructure      
Per capita power supply (2005-06) - KWH 265 Villages electrified % 80
    Power surplus % -20.9
Telecom density (2002) 2 Cell phones / 1000 persons 43
Road length km / 1000 sq. km area (2002) 1031 Surfaced roads % (2001) 44.5
Registered Vehicles/million population 341 Non Transport
vehicles/million population (2003)
325.3
No. of ports   Railway track length km/’000 sq km (2003-04) 35.6
Airports 9 Irrigated farming % (2003) 73.7
Quality of Governance      
Average annual enterprise growth (1998-2005) % 5.14    
% of state GDP spent on important growth items 1.21    
Labour Infrastructure      
Average annual employment growth (1998-2005) (%) 3.03 Man days lost in labour disputes ‘000(2001) 360.26
Social Infrastructure      
Literacy rate (%) 56.3 Urban population % 21.4
Perceptions of Investors      
Physical infrastructure 26 Quality of Governance 26
Labour 24 Social Infrastructure 26