Economy of Faridabad:

Agriculture:

Wheat was grown in Faridabad before but the agriculture has since moved towards the villages of Haryana as the Faridabad saw a boom in the population in the early 90s. Almost all of agricultural land has been taken over by the residential housing. Although the 'Anaaj Mandi' (Grain Market) of heritage value still exists in Old Faridabad.


Central Government Offices:
Faridabad has benefitted from plans of Union Government to decongest delhi by shifting a number of Central Government Offices to Faridabad. Many directorates of different union government ministries are headquartered in Faridabad. Prominent among them are Central Water Organisation, Dte. of Plant Quarntine, Central Insectcide Lab . A number of Union Government Offices for Haryana are based here such as Department of Explosives, Labour etc.
 

Communications:
Faridabad is well connected to the world by the latest means of communications that includes GSM, WLL, Dialup internet connection, DSL internet connection, Leased line internet connection. Govt operated fixed line/land line telephone connections privately operated, world class network of fixed line phones. Apart from the electronic media coverage you can also communicate with Faridabad via the government operated postal department World class courier services like DHL, Fedex. Also the city is linked by the small time couriers which are much inexpensive compared to the bigger ones.


Tourism & Recreation:
Bhadkal lake and Suraj kund are some natural places to visit. However, large parks like Rose Garden and Town park are also some nice places to visit in the morning and the evenings for Faridabadis. Bowling alleys and small shopping malls started appearing in the city during the late 90s near the Mathura Road. However, in the last 5 years there has been a trend of large scale shopping malls. Ansal Crown Plaza and SRS World are just the start in an idea that seems to have worked quite well for Faridabad. These malls contain many shops like Woodland, Ebony and Vibe as well as fast food giants like McDonalds, Subway etc. They also have cinemas catering to moviegoers and teenagers. There have been at least 10 more of these malls planned in and around Mathura Road (National highway). The reason might be large interest for the local public and teenagers as well as the foreigners heading towards Agra on the National highway. The malls offer a refreshing break for shopping as well as food. The Nahar Singh Stadium is the home ground of the Haryana cricket team, and also hosts One-day International matches.

People:
People of Faridabad share different ethnicity depending on when they or their ancestors moved to the area. Old Faridabad as the northern part of the city is known is home to people whose families might have been living in the area for centuries as this is the oldest part of the city. The ancestry of people is mostly Jat, Gujars and people from UP and villages in Haryana. Faridabad NIT built after 1947 which lies west of the Railway tracks is home to a totally different group of people. The share their ancestry with the people of western India(or Modern Day Pakistan). These people could be called Siraki, Mulati, Pishori etc. depending on where their parents came from after the division of India in August, 1947. People here have known to have come from the Pakistani towns and cities of Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bannu, Peshawar and Kohat. People were allotted houses on the condition that they will hold these for 99 years and will pay them off each month. NIT was divided by areas called NH or sectors e.g. Number 1, 2, 3,4 & 5 which in turn had blocks from A to ... depending on how many blocks it had. Gujars are another group of people who live in and around the Aravalli hills. They have also lived in he hills for centuries and some of whom are quite rich today. The rapid growth of the city also brought immigrants to the city from other parts of the country. People from UP, villages in and around Faridabad, Rajasthan, Bihar and some from Bengal swelled the population size. It is said that Faridabad was initially planned for 3 lakh people(300, 000) but the total population of the city is well over 20 lakhs today(2 million). People of Faridabad are very modern owing to an industrialized economy. A reflection of the lifestyle of Delhiites can be seen in Faridabad. A Recent India-Today survey showed that people here are among top ten buyers of healthcare and beauty products in India. Besides, the city also has a sizeable population of Bengalis. The city comes alive during the Winter Navratras, especially during the Vijay Dashami/Dusshera day when scores of Maa Durga Idols leave for the immersion. Immersion is done at Okhla Barrage at the border of Delhi-UP. In all there are about 10-12 Durga Puja's held every year in the main city, district count easily surpassing 30. Hence it can safely be assumed that there must atleast be 70,000 Bengalis in the town. The hard working community has added to the considerable growth of the city as many of them own houses and are the permanent resident of the city. Many of them commute to nearby Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Noida for their livelihood.
 
 

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