DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES IN KARNAL

Karnal district Consists of two sub divisions viz. Karnal and Assandh comprising of six development  blocks. The district is basically an agricultural producing area and the major dependence of the people is on land. Prior to the formation of Haryana State, the industrial development in the district was negligible and with the provision of infrastructure viz. Roads and Power etc., by the Haryana Govt a number of industrial units have come up in the district.

LARGE AND MEDIUM SCALE SECTOR

The district has at present 17 large and medium scale industrial undertaking which are detailed below:-

SMALL SCALE SECTOR

There are 2993 small scale industries in the district as on 31.3.2004 providing employment to about 23600 persons and producing various types of goods such as agricultural implements, Electronic Motors, Submersible Pumps, Welding Electrodes, Card Board/Mill Board, Paints,Edible and non-Edible Oils,Leather and Non-Leather Footwear, Rubber Hawaii Chapels, Pressure Cookers, Kitchen Cuttlery, Finished Leather, Life Saving Medicines, Wheat Products, Wooden & Steel Furniture, Rice, Milk Products, Wire Netting, Washing Soap etc.etc.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

The Karnal District is famous for its agricultural implements, as these are popular through out the country. The small scale units of Karnal district meet major requirement of the whole country for various types of power driven and bullock driven agricultural implements. Almost all type of agricultural implements are produced here including Harrow, Disc, Tiller/Tyne, Seed Drilling Machine, Zero tillage, Leveler, agricultural springs and Laser guided scraper buckets. There are about 250 SSI units engaged in the manufacturing of agricultural implements and parts thereof. Annual turn-over of Agricultural SSI units in Karnal is more than Rs. 300 crores.

RICE SHELLERS

There are about 221 Rice Mills including 8 large/medium units and 19 exporting units. Capacity ranges from 0.5 MT per Hour to 32 MT per Hour. All varieties of rice (coarse rice, basmati rice & parboiled/Sela rice) are produced in Karnal. 

Karnal District has been selected for 'Cluster Development of Rice Milling Industry' by Govt. of India.

The district is  exporting rice of Rs. about 700 crores per annum..

LEATHER INDUSTRY

Karnal is also famous for its leather shoes and Liberty Group is pioneer in this industry at Karnal. Shoes and shoe uppers manufactured by Liberty Group are being exported to various countries such as Hungry, U.K., Dubai, Singapore, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Greece to the tune of about 30 crores. The annual production of Liberty Group is 300 crores.

EXPORTS

Karnal is not lagging behind as far as exports are concerned at present the following units are exporting their products.

Export details during 2000-2001

INDUSTRIAL PLOTS/SHEDS

Categorywise No.of Industrial Units