Lok Sabha Question No. 186 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Plastic Parks
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 186 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2022

## Plastic Parks

## *186: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

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

- (a)   whether  plastic  parks  have  played  a  key  role  in  the  growth  of  the  plastic processing community along with its material and machinery suppliers, plastic processing companies and plastic recycling companies;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether plastic parks  have  great  potential to attract investments  and generate more employment opportunities for the local population;
- (d)   if so, the number of plastic parks that have been set up so far and employment generated therefrom, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  identified  sites  for  setting  up  of  plastic  parks across the country especially in the States of Maharashtra and Odisha; and
- (f)  if so, the details thereof and the time by which these are likely to be set up and if not, the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and Odisha?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS & HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (DR.MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## Statements referred to in part (a) to (f) of LoK Sabha Starred Question No. 186 for answer on 29.07.2022 regarding Plastic Parks

- (a) to  (d)  The  Department  of  Chemicals  and  Petrochemicals  implements  the Scheme for setting up of Plastic Park Scheme with an aim of developing an ecosystem with state-of-the-art infrastructure building and enabling common facilities through cluster development approach, to consolidate and synergize the  capacities  of  the  domestic  downstream  plastic  processing  Industry.  The Plastic Parks once fully operational are expected to play a key role in the overall Plastic  processing  and  allied  industries  such  as  material  and  machinery suppliers and plastic recycling companies. So far, ten Plastic Parks have been approved in the States of Assam, Madhya Pradesh (two Plastic Parks), Odisha, Jharkhand,  Tamil  Nadu,  Uttarakhand,  Chhattisgarh,  Karnataka  and  Uttar Pradesh and are currently in various stages of completion. These parks once fully operational are expected to attract investments from the private sector and will generate a good number of direct and indirect employment opportunities. Further,  the  aspect  of  operationalization  and  employment  generation  are overseen by the State Government.
- (e) & (f) One Plastic Park has been approved at Paradeep in Odisha and the work of development of physical infrastructure at the project site is almost complete and further the work related to allotment of plots and setting up of units is in progress under the authority of the SPV constituted by the State Government of  Odisha.  Currently,  there  is  no  proposal  for  setting  up  a  Plastic  Park  in Maharashtra from the State Govt. of Maharashtra.