Lok Sabha Question No. 104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Setting up of Industrial Townships
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, V. PANNEER SELVAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 104. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019.

## SETTING UP OF INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIPS

104.   DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD: SHRI V. PANNEERSELVAM:

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

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up industrial townships across the country to generate employment;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the funds allocated for the purpose and the time by which the said townships are likely to be set up; and
- (c) the  other  concrete  steps  taken/proposed  to be  taken  by  the  Government  to boost the industrial production in the country and generate more employment for the youths?

## 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): Government  of  India  through  National  Industrial  Corridor  Development and  Implementation  Trust  (NICDIT)  is  developing  Industrial  Townships under  various  Industrial  Corridors  projects.    The  Industrial  Townships currently being developed are as under:

|   S. No. | Industrial Corridor                                  | Industrial Township/Nodes                                                       |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project      | Activation area of Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujarat                 |
|        1 | Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project      | Shendra Bidkin Industrial Area in Maharashtra                                   |
|        1 | Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project      | Integrated Industrial Township at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh                |
|        1 | Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project      | Integrated Industrial Township 'Vikram Udyogpuri' near Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh |
|        2 | Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) Project | Activation area of Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh                              |
|        2 | Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) Project | Activation area of Tumakuru in Karnataka                                        |
|        3 | Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) Project  | Raghunathpur in West Bengal                                                     |

Above Industrial  Township  projects  will  be  developed  over  a  period  of next  3-4  decades.  Once  developed,  it  will  offer  huge  employment.  An amount  of  Rs.  5047.06  crore  (up  to  December,  2018)  have  been allocated  to  NICDIT  for  development  and  implementation  of  above corridor projects.

- (c): The  Government  is  continuously  taking  steps  to  facilitate  industrial production  and  growth.  Key  initiative  taken,  inter-alia,  include  'Make  in India' initiative under which thrust sectors have been identified to provide a  push  to  manufacturing  in  India,  'Startup  India'  initiative  and  'Ease  of Doing Business'. The Government  aims at creating a conducive environment by streamlining the existing regulations and processes and eliminating  unnecessary  requirement  and  procedures.  Further,  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy and procedures have also been simplified & liberalized progressively.

Government has taken various steps for generating employment in the country like encouraging private sector of the economy, fast tracking of projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure  on  schemes  like  Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation Programme  (PMEGP)  run  by  Ministry  of  Micro,  Small  &  Medium Enterprises,  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA), Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme run by Ministry of Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.

The 'Skill India' and 'Digital India' schemes are being implemented by the Government and these are likely to enhance the employment base. The MUDRA scheme has been initiated by the Government for facilitating self employment.

In order to improve employment opportunities for the youth, Ministries/Departments  run  skill  development  schemes  across  various sectors.

Government has also implemented the National Career Service (NCS) Project  which  comprises  a  digital  portal  that  provides  a  nation-wide online  platform  for  jobseekers  and  employers  for  job  matching  in  a dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content.

Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  has  been  launched  by  the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the year 2016-17 for incentivizing employers for employment generation. Under this scheme, Government is  paying  the  entire  employer's  contribution  (12%  or  as  admissible) towards  the  EPS  and  EPF  for  all  sectors  w.e.f.  01.04.2018  to  eligible new employees for the next 3 years from the date of registration of the new employee.

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