Over the last decade, the governments of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat have signed MoUs with foreign and domestic companies for setting up more than 500 industrial projects. Agreements have been signed with the Tata, Jindal, Mittal, Essar and Bhushan groups. The seriousness of the situation can be gauged from the fact that in the Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh alone, around 500 private companies are setting up their manufacturing plants