Redrawing India's Industrial Map: East Coast Ambitions in Focus For decades, India's manufacturing muscle has clustered along its western seaboard, where ports and trade routes have concentrated the bulk of the country's exports.
This west coast dominance reflects years of targeted infrastructure investment and strategic planning that gave this region a head start on the rest of the country.
The East Coast Advantage The east coast, however, is already home to significant export activity in states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, and Odisha.