Lok Sabha Question No. 2753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP)
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Adv K. Francis George

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2753.

TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 05 TH  AUGUST, 2025.

## NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (NICDP)

## 2753.  ADV K. FRANCIS GEORGE:

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

- (a) whether the Government  has initiated the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP) to develop new industrial cities as "Smart Cities",  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  sanctioned  proposals,  Statewise; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  had  proposed  two  projects  as  Node1-Integrated Manufacturing  cluster  in  Palakkad  and  Node  2-Global  City  in  Kochi,  if  so, whether both proposals have been sanctioned, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री णिणिन प्रसाद ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

- (a): Yes, the Government has initiated the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme  (NICDP)  to develop new  industrial cities with sustainable infrastructure & make available Plug and Play infrastructure at the plot level.

The Government of India has approved the development of 20 projects under the National  Industrial  Corridor  Development  Programme  (NICDP).  The list  of approved projects is as under:

|   Sl no | State          | Industrial Node                                       |   Total Area (Acre) | Project cost (Crore)   |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh | Krishnapatnam Industrial Area                         |                2006 | ₹ 2,139                |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh | Kopparthy Industrial Area                             |                2596 | ₹ 2,136                |
|       3 | Andhra Pradesh | Orvakal Industrial Area                               |                2621 | ₹ 2,786                |
|       4 | Bihar          | IMC Gaya                                              |                1670 | ₹ 1,339                |
|       5 | Gujarat        | Dholera Special Investment Region                     |                5560 | ₹ 2,784                |
|       6 | Haryana        | IMC Hisar                                             |                2988 | ₹ 4,680                |
|       7 | Haryana        | Integrated Multimodal Logistics Hub, Nangal Chaudhary |                 886 | ₹ 1,029                |

|   8. | Karnataka      | Tumakuru Industrial Area                                    |   1736 | ₹1,701                           |
|------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------|
|    9 | Kerala         | Palakkad Industrial Area                                    |   1710 | ₹ 3,805                          |
|   10 | Madhya Pradesh | Integrated Industrial Township, Vikram Udyogpuri            |   1026 | ₹ 808                            |
|   11 | Maharashtra    | Shendra Bidkin Industrial Area                              |   9800 | ₹1,533 (Shendra) ₹6,414 (Bidkin) |
|   12 | Maharashtra    | Dighi Port Industrial Area                                  |   6056 | ₹ 5,469                          |
|   13 | Punjab         | IMC Rajpura                                                 |   1098 | ₹ 1,367                          |
|   14 | Rajasthan      | Jodhpur Pali Marwar Industrial Area                         |   1578 | ₹ 922                            |
|   15 | Telangana      | Zaheerabad Industrial Area                                  |   3245 | ₹ 2,360                          |
|   16 | Uttarakhand    | IMC Khurpia                                                 |   1002 | ₹ 1,265                          |
|   17 | Uttar Pradesh  | Integrated Industrial Township, Greater Noida               |    747 | ₹ 1,714                          |
|   18 | Uttar Pradesh  | Multimodal Logistics Hub & Mutlimodal Transport Hub , Dadri |   1183 | ₹ 3,884                          |
|   19 | Uttar Pradesh  | IMC Agra                                                    |   1058 | ₹ 1,812                          |
|   20 | Uttar Pradesh  | IMC Prayagraj                                               |    352 | ₹ 658                            |

- (b): As part of the extension to Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), an Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) at Palakkad in the State of Kerala has been approved by the Government of India in August 2024 under the National Industrial  Corridor  Development  Programme  (NICDP).  A  Special  Purpose Vehicle (SPV),  namely  'Kerala  Industrial  Corridor  Development  Corporation Limited'  has been incorporated for the implementation of the project.