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Explore the Natural resources of Chhattisgarh like types of soil, climatic conditions, types of crops grown over there.
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Economy
The economy of Chhattisgarh is founded primarily on mining, agriculture, energy production, and manufacturing. The state has major deposits of coal, iron ore, dolomite, and other minerals. The central lowland is known especially for its abundant rice production, and the state as a whole provides the bulk of the country’s tendu leaves for bidis. Chhattisgarh also is a significant regional supplier of electricity, from both thermal and hydroelectric generators. The state’s manufacturing activities focus largely on metal production.
Agriculture
About half of Chhattisgarh’s land is farmland, while most of the remainder is either under forest cover or is otherwise unsuitable for cultivation. Roughly three-fourths of the farmland is under cultivation. Often called the country’s rice bowl, the central lowland plain supplies grain to hundreds of rice mills. Maize and millet dominate the highlands. Cotton and oilseeds are the important commercial crops of the region. Agriculture continues to be characterized in many areas by the use of manual methods of cultivation; farmers in the basin have been particularly slow to adopt mechanized agricultural techniques.
Livestock and poultry farming also are prominent. The state’s livestock includes cows, buffalo, goats, sheep, and pigs. There are several centres for improving the quality of these animals, such as those for the artificial insemination and crossbreeding of goats in Bilaspur and Dhar.
Resources and power
Chhattisgarh is mineral-rich. Although many of the state’s resources remain to be exploited fully, its major reserves of coal, iron ore, limestone, bauxite, and dolomite, as well as its significant deposits of tin, manganese ore, gold, and copper, make the mining industry a major source of income. In fact, Chhattisgarh is one of the country’s largest suppliers of dolomite. Its iron ore, which is of top quality, is found primarily in the south-central and southern parts of the state. Deposits of diamonds have been discovered near Raipur.
Chhattisgarh produces more power than it consumes. The bulk of the state’s power comes from thermal power plants, several of which are near Korba. However, the state also is well endowed with potential sources of hydroelectric energy. Main hydroelectric projects (jointly developed with other states) are the Ban Sagar dam, with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, and the Harked dam over the Mahanadi River. The Hasdeo Bango hydroelectric power project is near Korba.
Manufacturing
Chhattisgarh has been industrializing—slowly but certainly—since the late 20th century. As part of this planned development, the government has established industrial estates, notably at Raipur and Bhilai Nagar.
There now are dozens of large- and medium-scale steel industries producing hot metal, pig iron, sponge iron, rails, ingots, and plates; Bhilai Nagar is the site of an especially large iron-and-steel plant. Many of the metal industries, as well as other emergent enterprises such as the production of microelectronics and high-tech optical fibers, receive government support.
In the private sector, there are cement works, as well as assorted mills producing paper, sugar, textiles (cotton, wool, silk, and jute), lumber, flour, and oil (from oilseeds). Many factories manufacture fertilizer, synthetic fibers, and chemicals. Most small-scale industries of Chhattisgarh are centered on the production of traditional handiworks, including textiles (such as saris), carpets, pottery, and gold- and silver thread embroidery.
Transportation
Chhattisgarh is well connected to the rest of the country by road, rail, and air. The state is traversed by two of the national highways, as well as by some of the major rail routes. Most of Chhattisgarh’s larger cities are the sites of important railway junctions. There are airports at Raipur and Bilaspur.
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