The major factors that effects the economy of Asansol is its highly flourishing Coal Industry. Along with this, the city's economy is also dependent on its large scale Iron and Steel Industries. To encourage the entire Coal transportation business, the City started witnessing a substantial growth in its Railway Industry. Thus, Asansol became house to one of the busiest Railways in the Country. Hence these bumper Industrial metropolises helped tremendously in driving this growing City's economy.
