Lok Sabha Question No. 1604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-29
Subject: Kochi-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri Benny Behanan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1604. TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 29 TH  JULY, 2025. KOCHI-BENGALURU INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR

## 1604.  SHRI BENNY BEHANAN :

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  of  India  has  received  any  proposal  from  the Government of Kerala regarding the establishment of 'Global City, Kochi' as Node 2 under the Kochi-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (KBIC) and if so, the details thereof along with the current status of approval of the said project;
- (b) whether  the  Global  City,  Kochi,  proposed  in  Ayyampuzha  village  in  Ernakulam District, falling within the Angamaly-Chalakudy Lok Sabha Constituency, has been included  in  the  priority  list  of  infrastructure  projects  under  the  National  Industrial Corridor Development Programme, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government is aware that the Government of Kerala has already sanctioned 840 crore for the acquisition of 358 acres  of  land for this  project  and whether such proactive steps by the State Government will be matched with timely approval and support from the Union Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

Till date Government of India has approved the development of 20 projects under National Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP), the same are given as under:

-  04 completed projects:
- o Dholera Special Investment Region, Gujarat,
- o Shendra Bidkin Industrial Area, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- o Integrated Industrial Township, Vikram Udyogpuri, Madhya Pradesh
- o Integrated Industrial Township, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
-  04 projects under implementation:
- o Krishnapatnam Industrial Area, Andhra Pradesh,
- o Tumakuru Industrial Area, Karnataka,
- o Multi  Modal  Logistic  Hub  (MMLH)  and  Multi  Modal  Transport  Hub (MMTH), Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- o Integrated Multi Modal Logistics Hub, Nangal Chaudhary, Haryana.
-  12 New Approved Projects :
- o IMC Khurpia, Uttarakhand
- o IMC Rajpura, Punjab
- o Dighi Port Industrial Area, Maharashtra
- o IMC Palakkad, Kerala
- o Jodhpur Pali Marwar Industrial Area, Rajasthan
- o IMC Hisar, Haryana
- o IMC Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- o IMC Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
- o IMC Gaya, Bihar
- o Orvakal Industrial Area, Andhra Pradesh
- o Kopparthy Industrial Area, Andhra Pradesh
- o Zaheerabad Industrial Area, Telangana

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