Economy of Lucknow

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Structure and growth in employment

The distribution of main workers in 2001 by different categories reveals that almost 21 percent are cultivators while another 6 percent are agricultural laborers. This is quite understandable in the district where rural population percentage is low as 37 percent. What is remarkable is that the share of population in rural areas has registered a decline from about 37 percent in 1991 to 36 percent in 2001. In the same row cultivators declined from 29.73 percent in 1991 to 21.06 percent and agricultural labourers declined from 8.70 percent to 6.50 percent in 2001. Agricultural fervor of the workforce shows a decline in favour of non-agricultural activities in the state.[ citation needed ]

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Business headquarters

The city is the headquarters of both:[ citation needed ]

Another business-promoting institutions that has a presence in Lucknow is the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Manufacturing and processing

Among the bigger manufacturing units, Lucknow has:[ citation needed ]

The city's small-scale and medium-scale industrial units are located in the industrial enclaves of[ citation needed ]

Real Estate

Real estate is one of the many booming sectors of the Lucknow's economy. Lucknow has one of the fastest growing property rates in almost all the areas due to redevelopment of several areas (like Gomtinagar and Alambagh) by the present government.[ citation needed ]

Traditional trade

Emerging businesses

The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology set up Software Technology Parks of India [3] in 2001. Currently, biotechnology and information technology are the two focus areas to promote economic development in and around the city.[ citation needed ] The Ministry of Science and Technology is setting up a biotech park [4] in the city. Lucknow is also one of the selected cities for the Smart City project of STPI.

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