Lok Sabha Question No. 3788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Plastic Parks
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Jayant Sinha, Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3788 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.03.2022

Plastic Parks

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3788: (SHRI JAYANT SINHA :

SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE)

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of plastic parks and plastic manufacturers in the country, State/UTwise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  plastic  parks  in  the  State  of Maharashtra, if so, the details thereof along with funds proposed to be allocated for this purpose;
- (c) whether mechanisms are put in place to ensure the parks do not pollute the surrounding areas, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether any incentive is provided for plastic reprocessing in these parks and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SH. BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- (a)  So far, Nine Plastic Parks have been approved in the States of Assam, Madhya Pradesh  (two  Plastic  Parks),  Odisha,  Jharkhand,  Tamil  Nadu,  Uttarakhand Chhattisgarh and Karnataka and are currently in various stages of completion.

The details of these Plastic Parks are as under:

|   S. No. | Name of Plastic Park             | Details                                                                                                                                     |
|----------|----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Madhya Pradesh (Tamot)           | Physical infrastructure work of Plastic Park at Tamot has completed.                                                                        |
|        2 | Madhya Pradesh (Bilaua)          | The Plastic Park at Bilaua is at various stages of implementation.                                                                          |
|        3 | Odisha (Paradeep)                | The work related to development of physical infrastructure is almost completed.                                                             |
|        4 | Jharkhand (Deoghar)              | The work related to development of physical infrastructure is in progress.                                                                  |
|        5 | Tamil Nadu (Thiruvallur)         | The work related to development of physical infrastructure is in progress.                                                                  |
|        6 | Assam (Tinsukia)                 | The work related to development of physical infrastructure is in progress.                                                                  |
|        7 | Uttarakhand (Sitarganj)          | The work related to development of physical infrastructure is in progress.                                                                  |
|        8 | Chhattisgarh (Sarora)            | The work related to development of physical infrastructure is in progress.                                                                  |
|        9 | Karnataka (Ganjimutt, Mangaluru) | The final approval has been recently accorded on 21.01.2022 and the work related to development of physical infrastructure is yet to start. |

Further,  one  Plastic  Park  has  been  accorded  'in-principle'  approval  for establishment at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.

As far as the information regarding the details of the Plastic Manufacturers is concerned, is dynamic in nature as majority of the Plastic Manufacturing/Plastic Processing Units falls under informal sector of the economy.

- (b) No application is pending from the State Government for setting up a Plastic Park in Maharashtra.
- (c) The  State  Government/Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  implementing  the respective  Plastic  Parks  has  to  ensure  that  the  units  being  set  up  in  these Plastic Parks obtain necessary clearances and comply with statutory environmental norms.
- (d) The various incentives in these Plastic Parks are provided by the implementing agency, i.e.  the  State  Government  or the  SPV based on the policies of the respective State Government.

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