Dahej

Delhi

Bhopal

Haldia

Hyderabad

Vapi

Modi’s India Several cities play key roles in India’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Hover over a city for more information.

Mumbai

Jamnagar

Modi’s India Several cities play key roles in India’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Hyderabad The capital of Andhra Pradesh state is India’s pharmaceutical production hub. Hundreds of plants producing active ingredients and finished drugs operate in or near this city of nearly 8 million. Companies with headquarters here include Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Aurobindo.

Dahej This port and industry park is the site of India’s most-developed government- promoted chemical industry zone.

Haldia This small city near Calcutta is home to a medium-sized petrochemical maker, Haldia Petrochemical (now part of Gail), as well as MCC PTA India, a producer of purified terephthalic acid majority-owned by Mitsubishi Chemical.

Gujarat An industry-friendly state within driving distance of Mumbai, Gujarat produces about half of India’s chemicals.

Delhi The city of 16 million is home to the national government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since May 2014. Backed by a strong electoral mandate, the Modi administration aspires to boost economic growth by simplifying regulations and raising government efficiency.

Mumbai With a population of 21 million, India’s business center is home to major chemical and drug companies, including Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma, and Cipla.

Vapi This industrial center, which contains many pigment and dye makers, was for years on a list of the world’s 10 most polluted places.

Bhopal Thousands of people died in 1984 in the world’s worst-ever industrial accident when a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a Union Carbide insecticide plant.

Jamnagar Reliance Industries operates India’s largest oil refinery here. It is integrated with a petrochemical complex that will soon import U.S. ethane gas to feed its crackers.