• Karnataka will soon be a leading producer of steel and cement.
• Being the IT capital of the country, software development has become an inherent talent of this region.
• Agrobased industries, floriculture, textile, etc. have proved their mettle.

Investments in the infrastructure area has become a major and important activity. Proposals worth over Rs 74,000 crore in infrastructure has been cleared by the Government and the share of power in this is almost Rs 37,000 crore.

In view of the excellent support and opportunities offered in Karnataka, several projects have come here. Major and upcoming projects are:

• 13 cement projects with 20MT cap
• 4 major steel plants and several small ones with 17MT capacity:JVSL, MVSL, Nagarjuna
• 4 Automotive projects-VOLVO(Heavy vehicles 4000nos), TELCO(heavy vehicles 4000nos)& TVS-Suzuki(scooters 50,000 nos), Kirloskar-Toyota(50,000 utility vehicles)

• Sai Textiles & Tex Mc-Indorama, S Kumars, LMW, Kirloskar-Toyota
• Consumer Electronics-BPL, Videocon, HCL-GI
• White Consumer goods-BPL, Videocon
• Auto Components-Delphi, Spicer
• Telecom-L&T, Samsung, Krone, AMP
• Others-GE Tubes, Exxon, Wrigten, Nords