Lok Sabha Question No. 2173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Establishment of NIMZs
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2173. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 24 TH  DECEMBER, 2018.

## ESTABLISHMENT OF NIMZs

## 2173.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has established National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) in this country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the manner in which the NIMZs are different from Special Economic Zones?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज् यमंत्री (श्री सी.आर. चौधरी) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b): National  Investment  &  Manufacturing  Zones  (NIMZs)  are  one  of  the important instruments of National Manufacturing Policy, 2011.  NIMZs are envisaged as large areas of developed land with the requisite ecosystem for promoting world class manufacturing activity.  So far,  three NIMZs namely Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh), Sangareddy (Telangana) and Kalinganagar (Odisha) have been accorded final approval and 13 NIMZs have been accorded in-principle approval. The details of these 13  NIMZs  are  given  at  Annexure.  Besides  these,  eight  Investment Regions  along  the  Delhi  Mumbai  Industrial  Corridor  (DMIC)  project have  also  been  declared  as  NIMZs.  Details  of  8  DMIC  NIMZs  are provided in Annexure.
- (c): The main objective of Special Economic Zones is promotion of exports, while NIMZs  are  based  on  the principle of industrial growth in partnership  with  States  and  focuses  on  manufacturing  growth  and employment generation. NIMZs are different from SEZs in terms of size, level of infrastructure planning, governance structures related to regulatory procedures, and exit policies.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO    PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2173 FOR ANSWER ON 24.12.2018.

The details of thirteen NIMZs that have been accorded in-principle approval are as under:

- i. Nagpur in Maharashtra
- ii. Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh
- iii. Hyderabad Pharma NIMZ in Rangareddy District, Telangana
- iv. Tumkur in Karnataka
- v. Kolar in Karnataka
- vi. Bidar in Karnataka
- vii. Gulbarga in Karnataka
- viii. Ramanathapuram District in Tamil Nadu
- ix. Ponneri Taluk, Thiruvallur District in Tamil Nadu
- x. Auraiya District in Uttar Pradesh and
- xi. Jhansi District in Uttar Pradesh
- xii. Ahmedabad and Mehsana District of Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region, Gujarat
- xiii.  Ahmedabad District of Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region, Gujarat.

The details of eight Investment Regions along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project that have been declared as NIMZs are as under:

- i. Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region, Gujarat
- ii. Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow Investment Region, Madhya Pradesh
- iii. Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park city near Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- iv. Dighi Port Industrial Area, Maharashtra
- v. Manesar-Bawal Investment Region, Haryana
- vi. Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region, Rajasthan
- vii. Jodhpur-Pali-Marwar Region in Rajasthan
- viii. Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region, Uttar Pradesh

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