Vidarbha's economy is primarily agricultural, with the addition of forest and mineral wealth.

An international cargo hub project, the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur, (MIHAN), has been developed.
MIHAN will be used for handling heavy cargo coming from South-East Asia and Middle-East Asia.
The project will also include a ₹100 billion (US$1.4 billion) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for information-technology companies.
This will be India's biggest development project.

Gondia, Yavatmal, Chandrapur, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur are the major cities of the region.
Nagpur is a central hub for business and healthcare.
Nagpur is the winter capital, a sprawling metropolis and the third largest city of the state after Mumbai and Pune.
Nagpur is also called Orange city for the huge orange producing area surrounding the city.
It also has the largest timber market of Asia.

Amravati is known for film distributors and cloth markets.

Chandrapur has a thermal power station which is one of the biggest in India and some other heavy industries such as paper (BILT Ballarpur), steel (MEL from Steel Authority of India, etc.),
cement (UltraTech Cement, Ambuja Cements, ACC Limited, Manikgarh Cement, Murli Cement) industries and numerous coal mines.
Vidarbha's economy is primarily agricultural, with the addition of forest and mineral wealth. 
An international cargo hub project, the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport at Nagpur, (MIHAN), has been developed. MIHAN will be used for handling heavy cargo coming from South-East Asia and Middle-East Asia. The project will also include a ₹100 billion (US$1.4 billion) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for information-technology companies. This will be India's biggest development project.
Gondia, Yavatmal, Chandrapur, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur are the major cities of the region. Nagpur is a central hub for business and healthcare. Nagpur is the winter capital, a sprawling metropolis and the third largest city of the state after Mumbai and Pune.Nagpur is also called Orange city for the huge orange producing area surrounding the city. It also has the largest timber market of Asia.
Amravati is known for film distributors and cloth markets. 
Chandrapur has a thermal power station which is one of the biggest in India and some other heavy industries such as paper (BILT Ballarpur), steel (MEL from Steel Authority of India, etc.), cement (UltraTech Cement, Ambuja Cements, ACC Limited, Manikgarh Cement, Murli Cement) industries and numerous coal mines.
Economy of Maharashtra