Lok Sabha Question No. 2928 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Plastic Parks
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2928 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.03.2023

## Plastic Parks

## (2928):  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB

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

- a.  the number of Plastic Parks that have been set up in the country till date;
- b.  the details on the site/location of such parks across the country, State-wise;
- c.  the amount of funds allocated/released funds for setting up of such parks; and
- d.  the other steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to consolidate the capacities through cluster development of Petrochemicals industry?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  CHEMICALS  AND  FERTILIZERS  &  NEW  AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

- a.  The Department has approved ten Plastic Parks in the States of Assam, Madhya Pradesh (two Plastic Parks), Odisha, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
- b.  to c  The details and the status of allocated/released funds with regard to the existing 10 Plastic parks are as under:
3. (d) The  Department  of  Chemicals  &  Petrochemicals  has  approved  the establishment of Petroleum, Chemicals & Petrochemicals Investment Regions  (PCPIRs)  at  four  locations  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh (Vishakhapatnam);  Gujarat  (Dahej);  Odisha  (Paradeep)  and  Tamilnadu (Cuddalore  &  Nagapattinam).  These  regions  promote  the  development  of Petroleum,  Chemical  and  Petrochemicals  sectors  through  a  cluster  based approach.

|   S. No | Location/State   | Final Approval   |   Total Project Cost ( ₹ in crore) |   Total GoI Grant approved ( ₹ in crore) |   Total grant released till date ( ₹ in crore) |
|---------|------------------|------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Tamot, MP        | Oct, 2013        |                             108    |                                    40    |                                          35.9  |
|       2 | Paradeep, Odisha | Oct, 2013        |                             106.78 |                                    40    |                                          36    |
|       3 | Tinsukia, Assam  | Feb, 2014        |                              93.65 |                                    40    |                                          35.73 |
|       4 | Bilaua, MP       | Dec, 2018        |                              68.72 |                                    34.36 |                                          30.94 |

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|   5 | Deoghar, Jharkhand              | Dec, 2018   |   67.33 |   33.67 | 30.29   |
|-----|---------------------------------|-------------|---------|---------|---------|
|   6 | Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu         | July, 2019  |  216.92 |   40    | 22.00   |
|   7 | Sitarganj, Uttrakhand           | Dec, 2020   |   67.73 |   33.93 | 18.64   |
|   8 | Sarora, Raipur, Chhattisgarh    | April, 2021 |   42.1  |   21.5  | 4.21    |
|   9 | Ganjimutt, Managlore, Karnataka | Jan, 2022   |   62.78 |   31.38 | NIL     |
|  10 | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh        | April, 2022 |   69.58 |   34.79 | NIL     |