CCSAP Report - Ministry of Home Affairs

Mumbai, the National Capital Region, and Chennai, and much ahead of locations
such as Pune and Kolkata. Modern services form 39% of the economic activity in
Hyderabad, with transport accounting for another 19%. The real estate industry,
which benefits from this, is also unusually diverse, with strong participation of
national players, in addition to regional firms. To complement these strengths in
services, it has a manufacturing base in the surrounding Rangareddy district. It
has been able to draw in talent from across the state and country, not just at the
high end but across the range of economic activities. Hyderabad has been able to
attract investors from across the country and indeed across the globe. In fact, a
sixth of Telangana‟s GDP comes from Hyderabad. The pattern of Hyderabad‟s
migration and investment reflects a growing increase in its cosmopolitan identity
and social diversity. Hyderabad has also benefited from a number of public sector
interventions at both the state and central level, in terms of institutions,
investment and infrastructure. It is to be noted that a large number of Central
institutions are Public Sector Companies/Units, National Institutes, Civil and
Military Research and Development Organisations, and Defence Forces
Institutions.
6.22.03 The data obtained from CEPT, Ahmedabad, put the population of
Hyderabad Metropolitan region in 2001 at 75,86,813 and in 2011 it is projected
to be 1,03,18,302. As mentioned earlier, information obtained from the State
Government indicates that over 8 lakh people leave Hyderabad for coastal
Andhra and Rayalaseema during the Sankranti festival every year. The in-
migration from within and outside the state indicates that the present character
of the city is quite different from that inherited from the Nizam period or what it
was even three decades ago. Migrants from the three regions, especially from
coastal Andhra, have contributed substantially to the economic growth of the city
and continue to hold a stake in important businesses. The recent profile of
migrants has changed once again, with many now being from other parts of the
country. Circulatory or temporary migrants to the city from other regions of the
state, especially from among the poorer sections of the population also find work
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