Lok Sabha Question No. 1153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-09
Subject: Industrial Investment in Bhundelkhand
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1153. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 9 TH     FEBRUARY, 2022.

## INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN BUNDELKHAND

## 1153.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  special  measures  to  promote  industrial investment  in  Bundelkhand  in  order  to  check  migration  of  people  from  that region; and
- (b) if so, the details of the industrial investment made in Bundelkhand during the last two years?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): Government of India, through Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, provides an enabling ecosystem of overall industrial development in the country, including Budelkhand, through appropriate policy interventions. Setting up of industry is primarily the domain of State Governments.

The  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  has  taken  special  measures  to  promote industrial  investment  in  the  Bundelkhand  region  of  the  State.  The  details  of various policies are as under:

- (i) Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy (IIEPP)- 2017 and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Policy (MSMEP)- 2017 .  Under these policies, special promotion like 100% reimbursement of net SGST paid or 20% of the capital invested is provided to the units of this region. Similarly, 100% exemption from stamp duty is provided to units for purchase of land in this region.
- (ii) UP Electronics Manufacturing Policy-2020 provides 50% land subsidy on prevailing  sector  rates  as  compared  to  25%  land  subsidy  in  other  areas,  to Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)/  Project  Implementing  Agency  (PIA)  of Electronics  Manufacturing  Cluster  (EMC)  /  Electronics  System  Design  and Manufacturing (ESDM) Parks and individual ESDM units on purchase of land from State Agencies in Bundelkhand and  Purvanchal regions.

(iii)  UP Data Centre Policy-2021 provides 50% Land subsidy on prevailing sector rates as compared to 25% land subsidy in other areas, on purchase/ lease on land from State Agencies in Bundelkhand and Purvanchal regions.

(iv) UP  Startup Policy-2020: Under the policy , Special Incentives are admissible to the incubators and startups situated in Bundelkhand/ Purvanchal region.  As  compared  to  the  maximum  limit  of  Rs  1.0  crore  capital  grant  for setting up/ scaling up the technology infrastructure for the private host institutes, Rs  1.25  crore  is  admissible  for  incubators  established  in  Bundelkhand/ Purvanchal region.

Policy  also  provides  that  for  startups  with  registered  offices/  operations  in Bundelkhand / Purvanchal region, additional 50% Sustenance Allowance and Seed Capital/ Marketing Assistance is admissible as compared to Rs 15,000/ per month sustenance allowance and Rs 5.00 lakhs Seed Capital/ Marketing Assistance.

The number of Startups from Bundelkhand region recognized by DPIIT are as under:

| District   |   Number of Startups |
|------------|----------------------|
| Chitrakoot |                   04 |
| Banda      |                   10 |
| Jhansi     |                   48 |
| Jalaun     |                   08 |
| Hamirpur   |                   06 |
| Mahoba     |                   02 |
| Lalitpur   |                   04 |
| Total      |                   82 |

- (b): The details of the industrial investment made in Bundelkhand region during the last two years are as under:

|   S. No. | Year    | Investment (in Rs. Crore)   |
|----------|---------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | 2019-20 | 418.56                      |
|        2 | 2020-21 | 1,535.51                    |

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