Lok Sabha Question No. 3936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Plastic Parks
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Jagdambika Pal, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rita Bahuguna Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3936 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## Plastic Parks

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3936: SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL

SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUKMAR GAVIT

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI

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

- a.  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  more  plastic  parks  in  the country;
- b.  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise  including  Andhra  Pradesh  and  Uttar Pradesh and if not, the reasons therefor;
- c.  the  details  of  the  progress  made  so  far  in  the  operationalisation  of  plastic parks along with the timeline to complete the projects;
- d.  the  details  on  the  funds  allocated,  released  and  spent  on  the  Plastic  parks scheme, since its launch;
- e.  the details of the measures taken by the Government to reduce the cost of recycling plastic waste in the country;
- f.  whether the scheme is successful in achieving its objectives and if so, details thereof;
- g.  the cost of setting up of a plastic park;
- h.  the  details  of  other  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government to enhance plastics processing under this scheme; and
- i.  whether  plastic  parks  have  the  potential  to  increase  more  investment  and create huge employment and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)     The Department is implementing the Scheme for setting up of Plastic Parks which  is  a  sub-scheme  under  the  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  New  Scheme  of Petrochemicals.  Under  the  scheme,  the  Government  of  India  provides  grant funding  up  to  50%  of  the  project  cost,  subject  to  a  ceiling  of  Rs.  40  crore  per project.    The  remaining  project  cost  is  funded  by  the  State  Government  or  State Industrial Development Corporation or similar agencies of State Government. The project  is  implemented  by  the  SPV  constituted  by  the  State  Government.  At present,  Department  is  not  considering  establishment  of  more  Plastic  Parks beyond the present 10 approved parks.

(b)     The Department has already accorded final approval for establishment of a Plastic Park at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh which is one of the 10 approved projects. As stated above, the Department is not considering establishment of more Plastic Parks  beyond  the  present  10  approved  parks  and  is  currently  focusing  on successful completion and operationalization of these 10 parks.

(c)      The details of the progress made in the operationalization of these parks is as under:

|   S. No. | Location                        | Completion in terms of development of physical infrastructure               |   Total No. of plots |   No. of plots allotted |   No. of units operationalized in the allotted plots |
|----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Tamot, MP                       | 100%                                                                        |                  172 |                      17 |                                                   04 |
|        2 | Paradeep, Odisha                | 95%                                                                         |                   80 |                      19 |                                                   00 |
|        3 | Tinsukia, Assam                 | 75%                                                                         |                  104 |                      44 |                                                   02 |
|        4 | Bilaua, MP                      | 70%                                                                         |                  107 |                      02 |                                                   00 |
|        5 | Deoghar, Jharkhand              | 75%                                                                         |                  102 |                      00 |                                                   00 |
|        6 | Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu         | 70% (Progress in on hold since Jan, 2022 due to ban imposed by Hon'ble NGT) |                   65 |                      01 |                                                   00 |
|        7 | Sitarganj, Uttarakhand          | 35%                                                                         |                   77 |                      00 |                                                   00 |
|        8 | Sarora, Raipur, Chhattisgarh    | 10%                                                                         |                   55 |                      00 |                                                   00 |
|        9 | Ganjimutt, Mangalore, Karnataka | Work yet to start                                                           |                   53 |                      00 |                                                   00 |
|       10 | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh        | Work yet to start                                                           |                   92 |                      00 |                                                   00 |

Since the responsibility of the construction of the infrastructure and operationalization  of  the  units  lies  with  the  SPV/State  Government  Agencies, hence,  the  Department  cannot  furnish  the  exact  timelines  for  completion  of  the ongoing parks.

(d)     The details on the funds allocated, released and spent on the Plastic parks scheme, are as under:

|   S. No. | Location / State                |   Total Project Cost (Rs. in crore) |   Total GOI Grant approved (Rs. in crore) | Total Grant released till date (Rs. in crore)   |
|----------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Tamot, MP                       |                              108    |                                     40    | 35.90                                           |
|        2 | Paradeep, Odisha                |                              106.78 |                                     40    | 36.00                                           |
|        3 | Tinsukia, Assam                 |                               93.65 |                                     40    | 35.73                                           |
|        4 | Bilaua, MP                      |                               68.72 |                                     34.36 | 30.94                                           |
|        5 | Deoghar, Jharkhand              |                               67.33 |                                     33.67 | 30.29                                           |
|        6 | Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu         |                              216.92 |                                     40    | 22.00                                           |
|        7 | Sitarganj, Uttarakhand          |                               67.73 |                                     33.93 | 18.64                                           |
|        8 | Sarora, Raipur, Chhattisgarh    |                               42.1  |                                     21.5  | 4.21                                            |
|        9 | Ganjimutt, Mangalore, Karnataka |                               62.78 |                                     31.38 | Nil                                             |
|       10 | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh        |                               69.58 |                                     34.79 | Nil                                             |

(e)          The  Department  is  not  implementing  any  scheme  to  reduce  the  cost  of recycling of Plastics. However, in order to manage the Plastic waste generated due to packaging, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the  Guidelines  on  Extended  Producer  Responsibility  (EPR)  for  plastic  packaging vide  Plastic  Waste  Management  (Amendment)  Rules,  2022,  on  16th  February 2022.

(f)      The Scheme of setting up of Plastic Parks was notified with an objective to adopt a cluster development approach for promotion of plastic industry, owing to the benefits arising due to optimization of resources and economies of scale which can  increase  the  competitiveness  of  the  industry.    The  success  of  this  scheme can be evaluated after completion and effective operationalization of the ongoing projects.

(g)     The cost of setting up of Plastic Park varies depending on the area and the local conditions. The Government of India only provides grant funding up to 50% of the  project  cost,  subject  to  a  ceiling  of  Rs.  40  crore  per  project.    The  remaining project  cost  is  funded  by  the  State  Government  or  State  Industrial  Development Corporation or similar agencies of State Government.

(h)     There are no other initiatives taken by the Government to enhance plastics processing under the Scheme for setting up of Plastic Parks. (i)            The  Plastic  parks  do  have  the  potential  to  increase  more  investment  and create  huge  employment  once  they  are  fully  operational.    The  matters  of operationalization and employment generation are overseen by the State

- Government.

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