Chhattisgarh has one of the foremost industrial areas of the Country in Bhilai that houses numerous  ancillary industries around the Country's most profitable steel plant in the Public Sector. There is a similar  concentration of industries in Korba, with power plants of the National Thermal Power Corporation, the Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board and aluminum producing unit Balco.

The State's sufficient and quality power means there are no power cuts, and continuous process industries are relocating to the State.

The highly productive labour force and peaceful law and order are catalysing this process. The State Investment Promotion Board is bound by law to issue time bound approvals, with a legislation to this effect in place. Chhattisgarh State Industrial Develoment Corporation (CSIDC) has developed industrial growth centres - Urla and Siltara (Raipur), Borai (Durg), Sirgitti (Bilaspur ) & Anjani (Pendra Road) and proposes to setup four large Industrial Area in Raipur, Bilaspur, Raigarh and Durg/Rajnandgaon.

Thrust sectors in Chhattisgarh's new industrial Policy include large, core-sector industries, which would typically develop their own satellite townships. The State encourages private sector investment in new industrial areas. A successful private industrial park has already come up in Raigarh.

Private corporates and estates are also allowed to install Captive Power Plants to generate and distribute power directly within the estate, without any restrictions.

The Industrial Growth Centre in Urla, near Raipur city is spread over 334  hectares. It has 45 kilometres of asphalted roads, a water supply system and dedicated power substations. It has around 414 LMI & small-scale industries. Over Rs. 425 Cr. has been invested in Urla, which provides employment to 11259 people. It has all civic amenities.

The Siltara Growth Centre is 13 kilometres from Raipur on National Highway 200. It has an area of 1291 hectares. Future projects include sponge iron units, ferro alloy units, and cooking gas bottling plant. The infrastructure here includes 40 kilometres of internal roads, besides other amenities. It has 48 industrial units with an investment of Rs. 716 Cr. providing employment to 2772 persons.

The Borai Industrial Area in Durg district is the first example of its type of Private-Public Partnership in industrial water supply in India, constructed on a build-operate transfer basis. The growth centre sprawls over 437 hectares. It has 45 industrial units with an investment of Rs. 137 Cr. providing employment to 1505 persons.

 Industrial Growth Centre in Sirgitti is spread over 338 hectares. It has around 202 LMI & small scale units. An investment of Rs. 351 Cr. provides employment to 3035 people.