The state has adequate infrastructure for ensuring rapid industrial growth. A good network of roads, railways, airways, telecommunication, power and water system available in the state.
Road
The State is well connected by roads. The National High Way is 1600 Km and the State High Way is 2711 Km.
The State Government is planning to improve and upgrade the existing road network and providing new road linkages/bypass with bridges over river to facilitate quick and efficient movement of raw materials and finished goods. The state government proposes - BOT concept for building & maintenance of roads 7 bridges by private sector participation, provide expressway along the main high density corridors across the state and inter state & intra-state bus terminus across the state.
Power
Jharkhand is a resource rich state with abundance of waterfalls, rivers, huge coal beds. The has an immense scope for mini, micro hydro power stations and non-conventional energy.
| Installed Power Station | Capacity |
| Tenughat Thermal Power Station | 420MW |
| Patratu Thermal Power Station | 840MW |
| Sikkidiri Hydel Power | 130MW |
| DVC ( Thermal/Hydel ) | 1200 MW |
| Total installed capacity | 2590 MW |
Power Potential in Jharkhand
| Patratu | Thermal | 420MW |
| Tenughat Phase I | Thermal | 630 |
| Tenughat Phase II | Thermal | 500 |
| Chandil | Thermal | 1200MW |
| North Karanpura | Thermal | 2000MW |
| Shankh II | Hydel | 186MW |
| Tilalya Dhadhar | Hydel | 50MW |
| Kanhar | Hydel | 450MW |
| Maithan | Thermal | 1000MW |
| Total | 5736MW | |
The objective of the Jharkhand state is to provide industries uninterrupted power of right quality and quantity with constant voltage at an economic cost. To meet this objective State Government opted privatization of power generation and distribution. The cities contemplated for privatization of power distribution are - Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad.
An independent Electricity Regulatory Commission was set up to ensure - rationalization of power tariff, timely disposal of electricity related disputes and interaction between consumers and board.
In the area of non-conventional energy - an industry status is given to utilization of non - conventional energy sources. 67 Hydel power generation sites were identified in this area. State Government invites private sector participation to set up mini and micro Hydel power plants and to exploit and develop non-conventional sources of power.
Railways
Jharkhand is a resource rich state with abundance of waterfalls, rivers, huge coal beds. The has an immense scope for mini, micro hydro power stations and non-conventional energy.
The state Government process - new railway links to be established within the state and Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Tatanagar to facilitate export efforts.
Airports
There are three main airports in the state - Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Hazaribagh. Ranchi is well connected with Delhi, Patna and Mumbai. The state Government process - to upgrade Ranchi Airport as International Airport, to start air taxi / cargo services in major towns of the state and to set up air cargo complex at Ranchi to boost the export.
Telecommunication
All the district headquarters of the state are connected to the main network by reliable media and STD facility. Ranchi internet mode is upgrade to 'A' category. Optical Fibre cable media connectivity is available in all district quarter and 6 internet nodes are available in the state. Also local dialing facility to access internet is available in all district head quarters of the state.
The State Government process - to link rural areas through WLL, to connect all telephone exchanges through OFC/OHF, to link rural areas with business centres and availability of Bharat Mobile Services in the State.
