Draft Detailed Project Report

Technology Centre Systems Program – Draft DPR for New TC at Rohtak
Primary Sector: This sector accounts for approximately 24% 28 in the total district domestic product with
major contribution from agriculture.
Total geographical area of the district is 1745 square kilometres which is about 3.9% of the State. The net
irrigated area as a ratio of net sown area in Rohtak at 79.8 % is much below the average for the state which
is 82.1 %. The major sources of irrigation are canals and tube wells. 29
The district of Rohtak has also grown in the Horticulture field with financial and technical help available
from the National Horticulture Mission. The net area under fruits and vegetables is 12,564 hectares and
the production is 11,27,691 MT.
Bajra/ Jawar/ Guar, Paddy, Cotton and sugarcane are the major crops in kharif season.
Wheat, Mustard and Sugarcane are the major crops during Rabi season.
Bajra/Jawar and Guar are distributed evenly in the sandy part while the paddy is mostly
concentrated in eastern and western parts.
Sugarcane and Cotton are concentrated in western part of the district.
Dairying is an important allied activity for the region to which Rohtak belongs. The area of Rohtak/ Sonipat/
Mahendragarh/ Rewari/ Bhiwani/ Jhajjar together procure 422.42 lakh litres of milk and also has 1 milk
plant and four milk chilling centres with an average capacity of 0.7 lakh litres per day. Rohtak also has the
largest 804 hectares of stocked area reserved for fishing. 30
Secondary Sector: This sector accounts for approximately 29% of the total district domestic product with
major contribution from manufacturing activities. There are 3 industrial areas in the district.
There are 4761 registered industrial units in the district. Rohtak has 15 medium and large
units.
Rohtak exports Nut & Bolts, Screws, shock observer, tool & dies, industrial fastener, meta
phenoxi benzal, dehydrated chloripyriphos etc. to Germany, New Zealand, England, Holland,
South Africa, Italy, Sweden, Australia. Canada, Denmark, France, Ghana, Switzerland,
Singapore etc. Approximate value of export during the 2010-11 was INR 135 Crores.
1425 MSME’s are in Rohtak. Engineering units form larger part of the investment being INR
56.70 Crores (64%), out of total investment of INR 88. 55 Crores. 31
The medium and large scale units employ 2820 workers.
Among Small Scale Industries; agro based, leather based, wood based, cotton textile, repairing
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Haryana Statistical Abstract 2011 - 12
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Haryana Statistical Abstract 2011 - 12
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