Trade,Commerce and Industry

Trade, commerce, and industry
As an important administrative and military base of the eastern India during the British Raj, Ranchi developed as an important centre of trade and commerce, including a traditional base for sericulture and manufacture of shellac. Villages around Ranchi has been described as the 'vegetable bowl' of Jharkhand and truckloads of green vegetables are transported from the city to different parts of Jharkhand, Bihar, as also to Kolkata.
After India gained independence, Ranchi continued to grow and a number of industrial facilities were located in and around the city, and it emerged as an important industrial centre. Along with other two industrial townships of Jamshedpur and Bokaro, it completes the industrial structure of Jharkhand. Techno-industrial facilities of Ranchi include Heavy Engineering Corporation, Mecon, SAIL's R&D Facility, High Tension Insulator factory, CCL, CMPDI, IICM, Usha Martin, Usha Beltron Shipping Corporation of India, Jain Construction

Important Public Sector Undertakings & Govt. Institutions
Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd., Dhurwa
Garden Reach Ship Builder's Ltd, Dhurwa
MECON Ltd. Doranda
Research & Development Centre for SAIL
Also known as RDCIS, the centre was established in 1974 as the corporate R&D of Steel Authority of India Ltd. Today it is the largest and most reputed Steel Research Centre of the country. The centre boasts of over 350 scientists and a huge array of sophisticated research /test equipment. Besides addressing to the R&D needs of SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd), the centre also provides diverse scientific services to other organisations on contract basis.
CET, SAIL
MTI, SAIL
CMPDI
National Institute of Foundry Forge Technology, Hatia
Central Coalfield Limited (CCL)

Central Government Offices
The Accountant General's Office, Doranda
Income Tax Office, Main Road
Divisional Railway Manager's Office, Hatia
BSNL, Albert Ekka Chowk
General Post Office, Albert Ekka Chowk
Forest Office, Doranda