The industrial development
across the country has not been uniform. Due various reasons, certain parts
of every state are industrially well developed ; Other portions remain
backward. In order to remove the anomalies arising out of these unbalanced
development, Central and State Governments have been taking various steps
to promote these backward areas.
One such activity is declairing
either a Union Territory, District or Taluk as backward and provide various
incentives like investment subsidy, sales tax exemption, etc., for units
set up in these areas. Another has been development of industrial estates
and related infrastructure in these areas.
List of Industrially Backward
Districts in the country
ANDHRA PRADESH (14)
- Anantapur, Chittor, Cuddapah,
Karimnagar, Khamman, Kurnool, Mehbubhnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nellore, Nizamabad,
Ongole,Srikakulam and Warangal.
BIHAR (18)
- Bhagalpur, Chamnagar,
Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Walagau, Purnea, Saharsa, Santhal, Parganna, Saran,
Nalanda, Aurangabad, Nwaadha Gaya, Bhojpur, Begusarai, Monghyr, Khagaria
and Madhepur.
GUJARAT (11)
- Amreli, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar,
Broach, Junagadh, Kutch, Mehsana, Panchmahals, Sabarkamtha, Surendranagar
& Dang. HARYANA (4) - Bhiwani, Hissar, Jind and Mohindergarh.
KARNATAKA (11)
- Belgaum, Bidar, Bijapur,
Dharwar, Gulbarga, Hasan, Mysore, North Kanara, Raichur, South Kanara and
Tumkur.
KERALA (7)
- Allappey, Cannanore, Malapuram,
Trichur, Trivandrum, Wynad & Idukki.
MADHYA PRADESH (36)
- Balaghat, Bastar, Betul,
Bilaspur, Bhind, Chatarpur, Chindwara, Damoh, Datia, Dhar, Dewas, Guna,
Hoshangabad, Jhabua, Khargone, Mandla, Kandsaur, Morena, Narsimhapur, Panna,
Raigarh, Raipur, Rajandgaon, Rajgarh, Raisen, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Seono,
Shajapur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Surguja, Tikamgarh, Vidisha, and New Sehore
District.
MAHARASHTRA (14)
- Aurangabad, Bhandara,
Hir, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Colaba, Dhulia,Jalgaon, Nanded, Osmanabad, Parbhani,
Ratnagiri, Yeotmal and Gadchiroli. ORISSA (8) - Balasore, Bolangir, Dhenkanal,
Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Koraput, Mayurbhanj and Phulbani.
PUNJAB (5)
- Bhatinda, Ferozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur.
RAJASTHAN (16)
- Alwar, Banswara, Bhilwara,
Barmer, Churu, Dungarpur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Jhalawar, Jodhpur,
Nagaur, Sikar, Sirohi, Tonk and Udaipur.
TAMILNADU (9)
- Dharmapuri, Kanyakumari,
Madhurai, North Arcot, Ramanathapuram, South Arcot, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli
and Pudikkottai district
UTTAR PRADESH (41)
- Almora, Azamgarh, adaun,
Baharaich, Ballia, Banda, Barabanki, Basti, Bulandshar, Chamoli, Deoria,
Etah, Etawah, Faizabad, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Gonda, Hamirpur,
Hardoi, Jalaun, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Mainpuri, Mathura, Moradabad, Pilibhit,
Pithoragarh, Pratapgarh, Rai-Bareli, Rampur, Unnao, Uttar Kashi, Kanpur,
Dehat, Pauri Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Dehradun & Nainital, Shahajahanpur,
Sitapur and Sultanpur.
WEST BENGAL (13)
- Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan,
Cooch-Behar, Darjeeling, Hooghly, Jalnaiguri, Malda, Midnapur, Murshidabad,
Nadia, Purulia and West Dinajpur.
Following States/UTs are considered to be backward
Andaman & Nicobar
islands
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Dadra & Nagar
Haveli
Daman & diu
Goa
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu & kashmir
Lakshadweep
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Pondicherry
Sikkim
Tripura
