HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW

UNIVERSITY
RAIPUR (C.G.)
ECONOMICS PROJECT ON
LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO POOR SYSTEM IN MP &
CG
SUBMITTED TO
Prof. HANUMANT YADAV
BY
ATUL VERMA
SEMESTER II
SECTION- C
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to sincerely thank the Faculty of Sociology, Dr. HANUMANT YADAV for giving
me this project on the topic, LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO POOR SYSTEM IN MP & CG. This
has widened my knowledge on the relevant topic. Her guidance and support has been
instrumental in the completion of this project. Thank you sir indeed.
Id also like to thank all the authors, writers, social workers, for their outstanding and remarkable
works, views, ideas, and articles that I have used for the completion of my project.
My heartfelt gratitude also goes out to the staff and administration of HNLU for the
infrastructure in the form of our library and IT lab that was a source of great help in the
completion of this project. I also thank my friends for their precious inputs which have been very
helpful in the completion of this project.

DECLARATION

I, Atul Verma, hereby declare that this project report entitled LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO
POOR SYSTEM IN MP & CG submitted to Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur is
record under original work done by me and that no part of this work has been plagiarized without
citations.

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2
2. INTRODUCTION 5
3. ROAD NETWORK ..6
4. RAILWAY6
5. AIRPORT..7
6. POWER.7
7. TELECOM.8
8. URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE.8
9. EDUCATION SECTOR....9
10. HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE.10
11. CULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE10
12. INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.11
13. MAJOR INVESTMENT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURESECTOR11
14. CONCLUSION 12
15. BIBLOGRAPHY13

INTRODUCTION

What is Social Infrastructure ?

Social infrastructure consists of the social connections and the organizations and services that
build them in a community. Strong social infrastructures create strong communities with
resilience and the foundations for growth in both economic capital and social justice.
Chhattisgarh State profile
Located in central India, Chhattisgarh covers 135,191 sq km and accounts for 4.1 per cent of
the total land area of India.
Chhattisgarh is one among the few landlocked states in the country. It shares borders with the
states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in the West, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the North,
Orissa in the East and Andhra Pradesh in the South.
The state is divided into 18 districts. Chhattisgarhs administrative capital is Raipur,
which is also its largest city. Bhilai, Durg, Bilaspur, Korba and Rajnandgaon are the other large
cities.
Chhattisgarh has a tropical climate with three major seasons: summer (April to May), monsoon
(June to October) and mild winter (November to January).
The languages spoken are Chhattisgarhi and its local dialects, Hindi and English.

Road network
- The three National Highways of Chhattisgarh together constitute 2,184 km of roads in the state.
-The State Highways and district roads account for another 8,031 km.

-The state has a road density of46 km per 100 sq km.

Railways
Chhattisgarhs railways sector falls under the jurisdiction of the South East Central Railways.
The state is well connected to the rest of the country via the railways. Raipur and Bilaspur are
the two major railway stations.
The significant mining and industrial activity in the state was a major reason behind the setting
up of the South East Central Railways in1998.
It is headquartered in Bilaspur.

Airports
The state has two domestic airports; the airport at Raipur is in operation, while the Bilaspur
airport is not in operation.
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 Chhattisgarh also has seven air strips located at Bhilai, Korba, Raigarh, Jagdalpur, Ambikapur,
Jashpur Nagar and Sarangarh.
The Raipur airport is to be expanded with an
investment of up to US$ 30 million

Power
Installed power capacity (MW) Source: Central Electricity Authority
In 2009-2010, the state had an installed power generation capacity of 4,769.5 MW, which
comprised 2,508.1 MW under state utilities and 1,156.1 MW under the private sector.
Over 85 per cent of private sector power capacity and over 93 per cent of state-owned power
capacity are coal-based power plants.
Korba in Chhattisgarh is termed as the Power Capital of India with National Thermal Power
Corporations (NTPC) super thermal power plant working at 90 per cent plant load factor (PLF).
The state has huge coal deposits, which along with Jharkhands and Orissas supply, account
for approximately 84 per cent of Indias coal reserves.
In the hydro power sector, the Hasdeo Bango reservoir offers a relatively cheaper source of
power generation.
Chhattisgarhs power is generated by the Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company
Limited (CSPGCL), and by independent power producers (IPP) such as LANCO and Jindal
Power.
Under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, capacity additions 4,480 MW by the central sector, 3,250
MW by the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board (CSEB) and 2,950 MW by the private sector
have been planned for the state.

 Foreign private players such as UK-based KSK Power Venture Plc are investing over US$ 3.4
billion to set up a 3,600 MW thermal plant in the state.

Telecom
The state is in the process of implementing the State Wireless Area Network (SWAN), which
will be a hybrid of wireless and wire-line access supporting voice, data and video traffic.
The wire-line telecom providers are Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Touchtel,
while the wireless providers are Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Reliance
Communications and TATA Docomo.

Urban infrastructure
As of 2007, the state has an urbanisation rate of 17.4 per cent as against the national average of
29 per cent.
It has 10 municipal corporations and 28 municipalities.
Maharashtras City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has been appointed as
the advisor to upgrade the capital city of Raipur and create a new planned city, called Naya
Raipur. The project is estimated to cost US$ 450 million and includes the following:
A water supply project for meeting the requirements of an estimated 2.5 million population by
2031.
A transport hub in the city.

 Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) has been set up as the nodal agency for
comprehensive development of the greenfield city
Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Raipur is one of the
65 identified cities for comprehensive development.
Naya Raipur has been pegged as the fourth planned city in the country after Chandigarh,
Gandhinagar and Bhubaneswar.
The city has been planned over 8,000 hectares, of which 30 per cent is to be used for residential
and economic purposes; Naya Raipur is likely to have a population of 450,000 within a decade.
Under JNNURM, two projects, costing US$ 99.9 million, have been sanctioned for Raipur for
augmenting the water supply schemes in Raipur and Naya Raipur.
Under the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank-assisted Sustainable Urban
Transport Project (SUTP), Naya Raipur has been selected as a demonstration city. A bus rapid
transport system (BRTS) has been planned for the city at a cost of approximately US$ 375
million.

Education sector
According to the Census 2001, Chhattisgarh has a literacy rate of 64.7 per cent; the male
literacy rate is 77.4 per cent and female literacy rate is 51.9 per cent.
The state also has eight universities, three medical colleges, 16 engineering colleges, 139
government general colleges, 12 polytechnics and 88 industrial training institutes (ITIs).
Reputed educational institutions in the state are the National Institute of Technology in
Raipur, and the Bhilai Institute of Technology in Durg.
In August 2009, the Government of India approved a proposal to set up an Indian
Institute of Management (IIM) at Raipur.
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Health infrastructure
Chhattisgarhs health infrastructure comprises 16 district hospitals, 136 community health
centres, 721 primary health centres and 4,741 sub-centres.
There are about three institutions per 100,000 persons, offering Indian systems of medicine.
Twelve districts in the state have blood bank facilities.

Cultural infrastructure
There are several sports complexes in Chhattisgarh. Football, cricket, hockey, basketball and
kabaddi are the major sports of the state.
The main sports arenas are the Ravishankar Shukla Stadium in Durg, the Priyadarshini Indira
Stadium in Korba, and the Digvijaya Stadium in Rajnandgaon.
Hockey is a popular sport in the state and the Digvijaya Stadium is known as the nursery of
hockey.
The key hotels in the state are the Royal Palace in Kanker, Kawardha Palace in Kawardha,
Hotel Piccadilly in Raipur and Rainbow Hotel in Jagdalpur.
Chhattisgarh is renowned for its heritage tourism; Bhoramdeo, Dantewada, Deepadih,
Dongargarh, Jogibhatta, Rajim, Sirpur, Malhar, Sita Bhengra, and Sheorinarayan are some of the
popular heritage sites.
A five-star hotel with a large convention centre has been planned to come up at Naya Raipur,
the Chhattisgarh Governments new administrative capital.

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Industrial infrastructure
The Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation Limited (CSIDC) is the industrial
development department of the State Government.

Major investments in the infrastructure sector

CONCLUSION

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While venturing to prepare the development plan for Naya Raipur, basic studies were made in
the form of a secondary survey of data on Chandigarh (the first capital of independent India) and
Raipur, the elder sister and the most important organic metropolis in the region. The space
quantum against each activity/work-centre was then ascertained going by accepted thumb-rule of
the concerned industry/trade/activity, to case of capital complex, and government jobs exact
figures were taken into consideration. The resultant space quantum was then allocated on twodimension on the structure plan and final quantum, shape, location, was defined by exact
boundaries/roads on the plan.
With a population of 5.6 lakhs, the Naya Raipur City is expected to generate approximately 2.2
lakh jobs, with an assumed workforce participation rate of 40%. The high standards of physical
and social infrastructure adopted for the city will be able to cope with the maximum capacity of
the city.

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