4. Maharashtra
• Laxmi Organic Industry
• Tata Chemicals
• BASF
• N.S. Chemicals
• Chromolin Capital Chemicals Pvt
Ltd
Name of the Industries
Odisha
• Arjun Chemicals Limited.
• Allied Chemicals
• MS Chemicals Private Limited.
• Siva Chemicals
• Star Chemicals Industries
5. Odisha
Industries
Maharashtra
• Maharashtra is one of the leading states in
India in chemical and petrochemical
production.
• The state houses-16% of the total number of
chemical factories and -17% of production in
India.
• There are several dedicated chemical zones in
the state that provide necessary infrastructure
such as the chemical zones located at
Mumbai/Thane, and TTC are popular.
• The state has significant reserves of iron ore,
bauxite, nickel and coal. Hence, it is an attractive
destination for mineral-based industries. Due to
such conditions Odisha is one of the most
important supplier of chemical sector.
• The state is one of the top producers of
aluminium in the country, both in terms of
production capacity as well as actual production.
• Odisha is one of the largest producers of iron and
steel in the country. In Odisha Chemical sector,
Iron is used for making hard iron rods for building
infrastructure.
6. India’s industrial Economy
• INDIA’S GDP- US $ 1.53 TRILLION
• 10TH LARGEST IN TERMS OF MARKET EXCHANGE RATE
• IN TERMS OF PURCHASING POWER PARITY(PPP)
4TH LARGEST
US $4.06 TRILLION
• AGRICULTURE -16.1% OF GDP
• INDUSTRY-28.6% OF GDP
• SERVICE SECTOR- 55.3% OF GDP
• 2010 PER CAPITA INCOME
• US$ 1,265 IN TERMS OF MANUFACTURING
• US $3,339 IN TERMS OF PPP
• GDP GROWTH 8.8% DURING 2003-08
• GDP GROWTH 8.5% (2010-11)
7. Pollution in Chemical Industries
It has come to the fore that more than 50% industries in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are releasing fine
particulate matter (PM), breaching the safe limits and posing a risk to health.
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) rated 29 of 50 industries in Navi Mumbai, Tarapur, Kalyan and
Thane in ‘very poor’ to ‘poor’ categories. The industries emit PM2.5 above the prescribed limit of 150 milligrams per
cubic meter (mg/Nm3) from the smoke stacks. Most of the 29 industries belong to chemical and pharmaceutical
sectors.
Under the Maharashtra Star Rating Programme for industrial PM emissions, 19 industries scored one star, while 10
got two stars. Industries that emit less than 150mg/Nm3 are given four and five stars.
Exposure to high levels of PM —fine harmful solid and liquid particles floating in the air with a diameter of 10 or 2.5
microns — leads to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and premature death.
The initiative to rate industries in Maharashtra began last year and makes it possible to access data from
approximately 20,000 industrial stack samples over multiple years based on which ratings will be accorded.