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West Bengal is the third largest economy in India after Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. The service sector is the largest contributor to the gross domestic product of the state, contributing 55.59% of the state domestic product compared to 25.92% from agriculture and 18.49% from industry.

1/10th of India's market is in West Bengal. There are 23 towns with a population of over 100,000. The percentage of population living below the poverty line has drastically reduced. A vast rural captive market is available in West Bengal. On an average, an amount of Rs.13100 crore is being spent by the rural population on purchase of industrial goods every year and this is increasing nearly @ 10% p.a.

There are 12 Growth Centres for medium and large scale industries, exclusive growth centres for Electronics Industries, Software Technology Park at Salt Lake, Export Processing Industrial Park at Durgapur and Export Processing Zone at Falta.

Kolkata ranks third in terms of mobile subscription. The state had about 93.81 lakh mobile subscribers in 2007-08. International connectivity is provided through VSNL and five STPI earth stations, viz. Kolkata, Durgapur, Kharagpur, Haldia, and Siliguri. DoT/GoI has selected Digha in East Midnapore district as the cable landing station for the submarine cable laying project connecting India and South East Asia.

Major Industries Chemicals, Cotton Textiles, Coal, Iron and Steel Products, Heavy and Light Engineering products, Leather, Footwear, Papers, Tea, Jute products, Breweries, Paper, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Electrical, Electronics, Plastics, Software and lnfotech, Locomotives, Vegetable Oils, Gems, Jewellery, Poultry products.

There are a number of Intelligent Parks being set up in the state which is now the centre of action for IT and ITeS companies. With more and more software companies moving into Kolkata for software development and BPO operations to drive down costs, several private entrepreneurs and realtors have entered the fray.

In the industrially backward district of Bankura, 7 major industrial projects are coming up. Six of these are in the iron and steel industry and the other is a cement unit. In Purulia, another industrially backward district, 5 major projects are under construction. The State is perhaps one of the few states in India with surplus power.

The signing of South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) agreement on 2006 would provide opportunities as well as challenges to West Bengal, one of the border states in India.

Districts:
Birbhum Dakshin Dinajpur East Medinipur Haora Hugli Jalpaiguri Koch Bihar Malda Murshidabad Nadia North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas Uttar Dinajpur West Medinipur

Localities
Barakpur Bardhaman Chandannagar Chinsurah Kalimpong Medinipur Santiniketan Shrirampur

Regions: North Bengal

Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the State’s economy and nearly three out of every four persons are directly or indirectly involved in agriculture.
Crops: Rice, Wheat, Jute, Tea, Sugarcane, Pulses, Oilseeds, Fruit, Forest produce, Betel leaf.
The total food production in the State in 2004-05, was 16107.2 thousand tonnes.

Minerals: Coal, Iron Ore, Manganese, Silica, Lime Stone, China Clay, Dolomite

West Bengal (पश्चिम बंगाल)

Source: India Gov. and Gov. of West Bengal