Lok Sabha Question No. 711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Status of PCPIR
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Sribharat Mathukumilli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 711

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2025

## STATUS OF PCPIR

## 711. SHRI SRIBHARAT MATHUKUMILLI

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

- (a) the  criteria  for  establishing  a  Petroleum,  Chemicals,  and  Petrochemicals  Investment Region (PCPIR) in the country;
- (b) the details of the operational  PCPIRs, including total area, investment made, employment generated, and the number of chemical units established;
- (c) whether all other operational PCPIRs have successfully set up anchor industries, while the Visakhapatnam PCPIR continues to struggle in establishing one, and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  absence  of  an  anchor  industry  has  hindered  the  full  functionality  of  the Visakhapatnam PCPIR; and
- (e) if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  address  this  issue  and  ensure  the  effective operationalization of the Visakhapatnam PCPIR?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) The following parameters are considered while examining the proposals for establishing Petroleum, Chemicals, and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR):
- i. Potential  generation  of  additional  economic  activity  and  future  growth, including generation of additional employment.
- ii. Potential investment from domestic and foreign sources for production of goods & services.
- iii. Potential linkages  for  Petroleum,  Chemical  and  Petrochemical  investment facilities, both domestically and internationally.
- iv. Willingness and commitment of the State Government.
- v. Interest of major anchor industry including PSUs.
- vi. Present infrastructure linkages to the proposed site, and estimated cost of required addition/ upgradation.
- vii. Land Availability.
- viii. Port connectivity.
- ix. Maintenance  of  ecological  balance  and  sustainable  development  in  the  region  and conformity with Environmental Laws in force.
- (b) to (e) 3 PCPIRs have been set up as on date under the PCPIR Policy, 2007. Details of these PCPIRs are as under:

|   S. No. | Parameter                            | Dahej, Gujarat PCPIR   | Andhra Pradesh PCPIR   | Paradeep, Odisha PCPIR   | Total    |
|----------|--------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|----------|
|        1 | Total area (sq.km)                   | 453                    | 640                    | 284.15                   | 1,377.15 |
|        2 | Investment made (in crore)           | 1,28,509               | 58,918                 | 73,518                   | 2,60,945 |
|        3 | Employment generated                 | 2,45,140               | 86,123                 | 40,000                   | 3,71,263 |
|        4 | Number of chemical units established | 626                    | 150                    | 48                       | 824      |

Anchor  tentant in  PCPIR, Gujarat and PCPIR  Orissa  have been successfully established in the  form of M/s OPaL  and  M/s  Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., respectively.  As  regards,  the PCPIR  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  the  initial  proposal  by  a consortium  of  GAIL  -  Hindustan  Petroleum  Corporation  Ltd  (HPCL)  to  set  up  an anchor unit did not materialize as it was found to be economically unviable.

Recently, the proposal of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) for setting up of an  integrated  Greenfield  refinery  and  Petrochemical  complex  in  6000  Acres  of  land near  Ramayyapatnam  Port,  Nellore  District  with  an  operational  capacity  of  the refinery,  ranging  between  9-12  Million  Metric  Tons  Per  Annum  with  the  project cost of Rs. 96,862 Crore, has since been approved by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh  on  03.01.2025.  While  this  integrated  complex  is  not  within  the  Andhra Pradesh PCPIR, it is near the PCPIR region and will benefit the industries located in the PCPIR region too.

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