Tuesday, October 16, 2012

PHYSICAL FEATURES, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, MINERAL RESOURCES, EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES OF CHHATISGARH


HISTORY, POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND OF CHHATTISGARH


State Capital : Raipur
 Governor : E. S. L. Narshimhan
 Chief Minister : Dr. Raman Singh

 Legislature : Unicameral
 Lok Sabha seats : 11
 Judicature : Bilaspur HC
 No. of districts : 16
 Language : Hindi
 Main crops : Paddy, wheat, maize, groundnut,
 pulses and oilseeds
 Minerals : Iron-ore, limestone, dolomite, coal, bauxite, corundum,
 granite, quartz, marble, diamond
 Industries : India’s 20% of steel and 15% of cement is produced in the
 state.
 Airports: Raipur (Bilaspur, Bhilai, Raigarh, Ambikapur, Korba,
 Jashpurnagar and Rajnandgaon are having temporary
 helipads/airstrips)
 State Overview
BOUNDARIES : East: Orissa; North: Uttar Pradesh; South: Andhra
PHYSICAL FEATURES
The state has three agro-climatic zones namely Chhattisgarh plains, the northern hills of Chhattisgarh and the Bastar plateau. The Satpura mountain range lies in the northern part of the state; the plains of river Mahanadi and its tributaries lie in the central part of the state, while in the south lies the plateau of Bastar.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Sarabhpurias, Panduavanshi, Somvanshi, Kalchuri and Nagvanshi rulers dominated this region during the 6th to 12th centuries.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
 The region was known as Dakshin-Kausal 􀂙 980 to 1791 AD - Kalchuris ruled in Chhattisgarh
 1 November 2000 - Chhattisgarh came into existence as the 26th State of the Union
ECONOMY
 AGRICULTURE
Kharif is the main cropping season which accounts for about 4,589 thousand hectares. Rice is the predominant crop. The state has one of the biggest collections of Rice Germplasm, which has approximately 21,000 entries. Horticulture crops are also grown in the state.
INDUSTRY
Chhattisgarh is generously bestowed with natural resources like forests, minerals and surface water. There are approximately 133 steel re-rolling mills, a number of mini steel plants. 11 ferroalloy units, steel/cast iron casting units, engineering and fabrication units apart from large number of agro based and food preocessing, chemical, plastic, constructions material, forest produce based units. Strategically located in central India, Chhattisgarh is able to supply power to units for all the time. A huge coals reserve of the state (87 per cent of India) offers cheap pithead power generation opportunities, a potential to produce up to 50,000 MW of power.
MINERAL RESOURCES
Chhattisgarh hosts a wide variety of minerals found in igneous, sedimentary and metamorphis terrains. Large deposits of coal, iron ore, Limestone, Bauxite, Dolomite and Tin ore are located in several parts of the state. Lately Diamonditerous Kimberlites identical in Raipur district are likely to yield substantial quantity of Diamonds. Medium to small deposits of gold, base metals, quantite the soap stone. Twenty per cent of the country’s steel and cement is produced in the State. It is the only tinone producing state in the country. Chhattisgarh is nestling a top the world’s largest Kimberlite area.
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES
The most well known among the institutes of higher education in the state are Pandit Ravishankar Shukia University (Raipur); Guru Ghasidas University (Bilaspur); Indira Gandhi Agriculture University (Raipur); Indira Kala Sangeet University (Khairagarh).
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
CHiPs (Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society) were setup E-Governance with a high powered governing council under the Chief Minister’s chairpersonship, to act as a prime mover for IT and Biotechnology in the state. All citizen services of e-governance are under one umbrella project called CHOICE (Chhattisgarh Online Information for Citizen Empowerment). 

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