Manipur India. Business Export Imphal Senapati

Business (व्यापार) and Economy (अर्थव्यवस्था)

Commerce and Industries
Handloom industry (उद्योग) is the largest cottage industry providing maximum employment in the state. One of the special features of the industry is that Women are the only weavers. Food Processing is another popular industry in Manipur. In view of the importance of the industry, State Government has established a Food Processing Training Centre and Food Processing Training Hall at Imphal. A food Park is also being set up at Imphal.

Border trade between India and Myanmar had been introduced form 1995. A trade Centre has also been established at Imphal.

Power. The installed capacity of the State is over 42,750 and more than 2,000 villages have been electrified. Power supply position showed a marked improvement with the availability of power from the Central Sector Generating Stations, i.e., Loktak HE Project (परियोजना) (NHPC), Kopili HE Project (परियोजना), Khandong HE Project (परियोजना), Doyang HE Project (परियोजना), Rangnadi HE Project (परियोजना) and AGBPP, Kathalguri and AGTPP, Ramchandranagar (all NEEPCO).

The State Government (सरकार) continues to exert all its efforts as a facilitator for industrialisation of the State with due emphasis on the prospective and potential areas. Handloom is the most popular traditional industry providing maximum employment in the State.

Imphal (ईम्फाल). As of 2001 India census, Imphal had a population of 217,275. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Imphal has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. In Imphal, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport: Imphal, is joined by road (सड़क) (NH-39) with Nagaland on the north, and Myanmar on the east, Assam on the west by NH-53, and Mizoram on the south by NH-150. The State has 7,599 km of roads, both metalled and unmetalled. Imphal airport is the only airport, which is linked with other stations in the region. The State is included in the railway map of India with the opening of a rail head at Jiribam in May 1990. It is 225 km from Imphal. Dimapur, 215 km from Imphal is the nearest rail-head. The Prime Minister of India laid foundation stone for a new railway line ( Jiribam - Tupul Railway line) on 20 November 2004. The survey works for construction of the railway line has been completed.

Districts (जिले): Senapati, Tamemglong

Society and culture (संस्कृति) (समाज और संस्कृति)

Agriculture. The State Agriculture Department now plans to go ahead with commercialisation during the 10th Plan period. The department is focusing on increasing cropping intensity from the present level of 138.30 per cent by the end of 10th Plan.

Manipur (मणिपुर)

Forest. Total area under forest cover is 17,219 sq.km of which 6,536 sq.km falls under dense forest while 10,681 sq.km falls under open forest. The forest cover accounts for 77.12 per cent of the State’s geographical area. Siroy hill range in Ukhrul District, Manipur is the abode of Siroy Lily (Lilium macklineae), the flower which is not found elsewhere in the world.

The State is very rich in bio-diversity, large areas are still virgin forests. These are the habitats of very rare plants of rich medicinal value like Taxus baccata, ginseng, etc. It is also the home of many rare orchids and ferns.

Tourist Centres. Blessed with a salubrious climate and landscapes languishing in natural beauty and scenic splendour, the state extends to the tourists a warm welcome to visit again and again. Some important tourist centres in Manipur are: Shree Govindajee Temple (मंदिर), Khwairamband Bazar (Ima Keithel), War cemeteries, Shaheed Minar, Nupi Lan (Women (महिलाओं)’s War) Memorial Complex, Khonghampat Orchidarium, INA Memorial (Moirang), Loktak Lake, Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishnu Temple (मंदिर) at Bishnupur, Sendra, Moreh, Siroy Village, Siroy Hills, Dzuko Valley, State Museum, Kaina Tourist Home, Khongjom War Memorial Complex, etc.

Source: India.gov.in