Pondicherry Tenders are Based on Engineering, Tourism, Textiles, Metal, I T and Food Processing

Indian Union Territory located at a distance of 150 Kilometers from Chennai on Coromandel Coast, Pondicherry is well known for expansive engineering, food processing chemical, textiles, metals, I T, and tourism industries. Numerous Pondicherry tenders are floated from the public and private sectors every year in these areas.

Tenders in Agriculture and Fishing Sectors
As it is located on the sea, fishing is one of the major industries in Pondicherry and at the same time agriculture has a long standing base in the union territory. More than 50% of the people are dependent on agriculture and pisiculture alone.
Many Pondicherry tenders are floated for –

• Procurement or rice, sugarcane, cotton, pulses and coconut.
• Around 40% of the tenders in the agricultural sector come from fishing industries with around thirty fishing villages.

Tenders in Industrial Sector
Rapid industrialization in this small union territory has also resulted in the substantial growth of Pondicherry tenders. Major sources of industrial tenders in the union territory are –

• Twenty one large scale industries in the union territory.
• Eighty medium scale industries functioning there.
• Over 5,500 small scale industries functioning and scattered all over Pondicherry.
• Chemical, textiles, metals, food processing, light engineering, and tourism industries are the major sources of Pondicherry tenders.

Tenders in Tourism Sector
Bulk of the Pondicherry tenders come from the tourism sector since Pondicherry is one of the most important tourist destinations in the country. Auroville, the international inhabitation set up by monk Aurobindo is the main attraction though the sea shore and golden shiny beaches also constitute a major attraction. Around 300,000 tourists from all over the world visit the place every year. Naturally the scope for expansion of tourism, hotel, catering, and transport industries are huge and many tenders are floated in these sectors every year as well.

Tenders for High Investment Sector
Major tender opportunities in Pondicherry are in the fields of –

• Hospitality industries which means hotel and associated facilities for the visitors;
• Transport hiring and tourist transportation industries.
• Boat manufacturing and maintenance industry.
• Fishing net production industries.
• Cold storages for storing the fish and other food items.
• Food processing and preservation industries.
• Spa and massages services in the service sectors.
• Guide services in the service sector.

Tenders in Other Sectors
Some other sectors where Pondicherry tenders are regularly floated include –

• Eco tourism sector;
• Foot wear sector; and
• Marine products sector.

Tenders in New Projects
New projects not only offer immense scope for floating Pondicherry tenders but also are supported by multiple incentives awarded by the Government. Most of these projects are aimed at improvement of socio-economic infrastructure of Pondicherry. Some of these are Water Front and Chunnambar, Film City, Yacht Marina, Laser show complex, handicraft bazaar, and botanical garden not to forget Lagoons and Ocenarium.

In addition; many Pondicherry tenders are floated by the corporate giants like IBM, MRF, HP, LG, Wipro and MRF. It is only a matter of correctly responding and grabbing the opportunity by the bidder.

Tamil Nadu Tenders – For Growing Business

Tamil Nadu is the southernmost state of India that is rich in handicrafts, fancy and traditional embroidery and silk sareers across the world. Apart from these Tamil Nadu is also one of the most urbanized states in India that has the highest number of enterprises. And if compared to other states then Tamil Nadu is the state that plays a major role in the overall development of our country. It also has the maximum number of business enterprises related to steel, telecommunication and other metal industries.

In all the major chunks of diligences, agriculture is the chief industry in the state. It is the fifth largest producer of rice with Thanjavur district of the state as a rice bowl of south India. Along with this, fruits like mango and banana are at the top in production in Tamil Nadu. In such a scenario, abundance of agriculture and agricultural related companies and business cannot be over ruled.  For smooth trading, private and government sector issues various Tamil Nadu tenders and among these most of the tenders are related to fertilizers that are at the summit in these parts of the state where agriculture is the major commerce.

If we look at other city of Tamil Nadu i.e. Coimbatore then there are number of textile and engineering mills and industries. Varied moto pump manufacturing units along with automotive spare rows and textile units are there in these parts of state. Major investments pertaining in automobile industry that churns out cars, tractors, battle-tanks, automobile spare parts, railway coaches, tyers and other automobile industry related accessories has been witnessed recently here. Even the world’s biggest automobile giants like Renault- Nissan, Hyundai, Ford have their manufacturing operations in Tamil Nadu. Therefore close to Coimbatore and the places that heavily depend upon the automobile industry have automobile related tenders.

Following this Tiruchirapalli and Ranipet have the proud of having one of the largest electrical manufacturing companies, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited in India. In Salem, SAIL has its plant that is India’s leading producer of steel. Tuticorin city of Tamil Nadu is the home to Sterlite industries who have their copper smelter plant there and in Mettur they have the aluminum plant. Apart from these industries, the state is seeing growth in electronics manufacturing sectors as well.

Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu has been chosen by telecommunication masters like Samsung, Cisco, Sony, Nokia, Motorola as their South Asian manufacturing center. Handsets and telecommunication accessories are produced in abundance in Tamil Nadu.  Along with this circuit boards are also produced here close to these cities. Tamil Nadu tenders are chiefly related to telecommunication, automobile, steel and electrical industries. These tenders are taken up by the related business enterprises to earn huge profit. Apart from these industries state of Tamil Nadu is known for its software exports in terms of value. By the end of year2009 it was Rs 366 billion according to STPI.

State Industries Promotion Corporation (SIPCOT), Arasu Rubber Corporation Ltd, Chennai Metro Rail Limited,Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency, Electronics Corporation of Tamilnadu (ELCOT), ),Tamil Nadu Power Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd,Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO),Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Overseas Manpower Corporation are few to name that publish industrial Tamil Nadu tenders.


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