page_title: Economy of Maharashtra
section_title: Vidarbha
hierarchical_section_title: Economy of Maharashtra / Economy of Different regions / Vidarbha
caption_attribution_description: Dark Blue: Nagpur District Blue: Nagpur Region Grey: Amravati District Light Blue: Amravati Region
context_page_description: The economy of Maharashtra is the largest in India. It is one of the most urbanised of Indian States.
  Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra is considered the financial capital of India with the headquarters of almost all major banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and mutual funds being based in the city. India's largest stock exchange Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest in Asia, is also located in the city. More than 41% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Maharashtra.
  Maharashtra is India's leading industrial state contributing 13% of national industrial output. Almost 46% of the GSDP is contributed by industry. Maharashtra has software parks in many cities around the state, and is the second largest exporter of software with annual exports over ₹80,000 crores.
  Although highly industrialized, agriculture continues to be the main occupation in many regions of the state.64.14% of the people are employed in agriculture and allied activities.
  As part of its sustainability efforts, the state has started a project for the identification of suitable plantation sites for Jatropha, a drought resistance plant.
context_section_description: Vidarbha's economy is primarily agricultural, with the addition of forest and mineral wealth. 
  An international cargo hub project, the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur, (MIHAN), has been developed. MIHAN will be used for handling heavy cargo coming from South-East Asia and Middle-East Asia. The project will also include a ₹100 billion (US$1.4 billion) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for information-technology companies. This will be India's biggest development project.
  Gondia, Yavatmal, Chandrapur, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur are the major cities of the region. Nagpur is a central hub for business and healthcare. Nagpur is the winter capital, a sprawling metropolis and the third largest city of the state after Mumbai and Pune.Nagpur is also called Orange city for the huge orange producing area surrounding the city. It also has the largest timber market of Asia.
  Amravati is known for film distributors and cloth markets. 
  Chandrapur has a thermal power station which is one of the biggest in India and some other heavy industries such as paper (BILT Ballarpur), steel (MEL from Steel Authority of India, etc.), cement (UltraTech Cement, Ambuja Cements, ACC Limited, Manikgarh Cement, Murli Cement) industries and numerous coal mines.
caption: Vidarbha region
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