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The economic scenario in south india is mainly driven by hi tech industries. South india is the second hub of IT after silicon valley in USA. Bangalore will overtake the silicon valley and will become the IT capital of the world in 2020. Chennai is already the automobile production hub of the world. Hyderabad is the center of all R&D in india. Most of the technology in India is based on south. Recent IT boom made Bangalore the richest city in India. The three southern states in India together contribute to the majority of induatrial production in the country. Kerala is also joining with its strong service based economy and is the state which has highest HDI in India. Goa is the richest state in India because of the tourism sector. South also got large agricultural base. Some of the main crops cultivated in South India include rice, sorghum, and ''ragi''. South India was and still is the "promised land" as far as spice cultivation is concerned. Areca, coffee, pepper, tapioca, and cardamom are widely cultivated on the Nilgiri Hills and Kodagu. Education is highly valued in the south Indian community, and is seen as a gateway to a better livelihood. Many of the nation's most prominent physicists and mathematicians have been South Indians. Kerala, while possessing a literacy rate above 98% also has the highest unemployment rates in India. The population growth rate of these states is also beginning to decline. Information Technology is a growing field in South India. Bangalore is India's Information Technology hub, and is home to over 200 software companies. It is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India. Four of the country's top seven exporters of software viz. Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Coimbatore are located in South India. Chennai houses the automobile manufacturing giants in the country. More than 65% of heavy vehicles produced in the country, such as cars, buses, lorries, trains and bicycles, are produced in Chennai, and it is referred to as the Detroit of Asia. The manufacturing units of BMW, Flextronics, Motorola, Dell, TVS, Mitsubishi, Ford, Hyundai, Nokia, Nissan, Renault, Royal Enfield, Hindustan Motors, Mercedes-Benz Daimler, Gamesa, Schneider Electric, Synopsys and Saint Gobain are some of the international players in Chennai. Chennai ranks first in producing heavy vehicles. Hosur also has some of the vehicle manufacturing units and bio technology firms. Coimbatore (also known as "Cotton City" and "Manchester of South India") in Tamil Nadu is the source of nearly 35% of India's cotton production. Erode and Tirupur are the largest producers of cotton vests and textiles in India; it exports much of its production to South East Asian and European countries. Erode is also known as the "Turmeric City", since it has the Asia's largest market for Turmeric. Gobichettipalayam is one of the largest producers of White silk with the country's first automatic silk reeling unit established here. Namakkal is one of the largest producers of poultry in the country. Currently Guntur district port NizamPatnam is being built up to implement this plan; the Czech company Skoda is investing Rs 100 billion in the project.〔(Czech firm Skoda set to participate in Nizampatnam port project ), ''The Hindu'', 20 January 2006〕 Kerala is ranked as the best in Human Development Index and life standard of the people. The high standard of living of Kerala on a lower income level compared to western countries is known as "Kerala Phenomenon" or Kerala model of development by experts. There is also a large amount of disparity within Southern India. As IT companies have entered the economic arena, their high level of pay has raised the economic standing of young and educated professionals, while the poor has become less and less able to afford basic necessities. It is not uncommon to see the shacks of homeless people propped up against the buildings of large multinationals. The poor, unable to afford sending their children to school, remain in a cycle of life completely separated from that of this more affluent upper class. == Andhra Pradesh == (詳細はGSDP of Andhra Pradesh at current prices stood at . Guntur district is the major contributor to agricultural sector during the same fiscal year. While, Visakhapatnam district leads in Industrial sector and Service sector, which contributed and respectively. The per capita income of the state for 2012–13 was . Agricultural sector is one of the chief sector contributing to the economy of Andhra Pradesh. Two important rivers of India, the Godavari and Krishna, flow through the state, which provide fertile soil favourable for agriculture. The state is the main producer of Rice and hence, it is also known as ''"Rice Bowl of India"''. Poultry is another sector in the state contributing to the economy of the state. The state is a leading egg producer and also nicknamed as ''"Egg Bowl of Asia"''. The state has also started to focus on the fields of Information technology and Biotechnology. Cities such as Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada have shown growth in IT exports. During 2012–13, the contribution of Visakhapatnam was while it was for Vijayawada. This is a chart of trend of gross state domestic product of Andhra Pradesh at market prices by ''Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation'' with figures in crores of Indian Rupees. Accordingly, the state ranks fourth in terms of overall gross state domestic product and fourth in per capita gross state domestic product among the major states of India.〔http://mospi.nic.in/6_gsdp_cur_9394ser.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of South India」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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