Lok Sabha Question No. 3657 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: Plastic Park in Uttarakhand
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3657

ANSWERED ON:- 21/03/2025

## PLASTIC PARK IN UTTARAKHAND

## 3657: SHRI TRIVENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the present status of establishment and operation of plastic park in Uttarakhand;
- (b) the number of direct and indirect employment opportunities generated through this plastic park;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  social  and  economic  impacts  of  the  project especially in terms of the benefits to small enterprises and local artisans;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  adopted  any  special  policy  to  make  this  plastic  park compatible with public interest and environmental sustainability; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to develop similar plastic parks in other States as well, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) The Department approved the setting up of a Plastic Park at Sitarganj, Uttarakhand, in December, 2020, at a total project cost of Rs. 67.73 crore, including a Central grant of Rs. 33.93  crore.  As  per  the  inputs  received  from  the  implementing  agency,  the  State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited (SIIDCUL), the work is in progress and 60 per cent of the infrastructure work has been completed. Of the approved grant, an amount of Rs. 30.50 crore has been approved so far. Further, 40 of the total 81 plots have been allotted.
- (b) The work of infrastructure creation is being undertaken presently. While 40 of the 81 plots have been allotted, none of the units are functional yet. The employment opportunities will be generated once the plastic industrial units would start functioning.
- (c) The Scheme for Setting up of Plastic Parks promotes setting up of Plastic Parks with requisite infrastructure and enabling common facilities. The objective is to consolidate and synergize  the  capacities  of  downstream  plastic  processing  industry  to  help  increase investment, production and export in the sector as well as generate employment. 81 Plots are  being  developed  for  the  allotment  to  the  Plastic  industrial  units  including  small enterprises. The increased economic activity would support overall holistic development of the region, by increasing the demand for various support services, as well as increasing the  demand for  local  skilled,  semi-skilled  and  unskilled  workers  in  direct  and  indirect employment
- (d) Under the Scheme for Setting up of Plastic Parks, common infrastructure for the industrial units is provided including effluent treatment plant, solid/ hazardous waste management, facilities for plastic recycling, incinerator etc. to ensure environmental sustainability. In Plastic park at Sitarganj, Integrated Solid Waste Management System, Sewerage Treatment Plant and Plastic Waste Recycling Facility have been provided .
- (e) The Department has approved 10 Plastic Parks in different States of the country. The State-wise details of the approved Plastic Parks are at Annexure.

## Annexure

|   No. | Plastic Park           |   Approval Year |   Total Project Cost (Rs. crore) |   Approved Grant- in-aid (Rs. crore) |
|-------|------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|     1 | Tamot, Madhya Pradesh  |            2013 |                           108    |                                40    |
|     2 | Jagatsinghpur, Odisha  |            2013 |                           106.78 |                                40    |
|     3 | Tinsukia, Assam        |            2014 |                            93.65 |                                40    |
|     4 | Bilaua, Madhya Pradesh |            2018 |                            68.72 |                                34.36 |
|     5 | Deoghar, Jharkhand     |            2018 |                            67.33 |                                33.67 |

|   6. | Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu   |   2019 |   216.92 |   40.00 |
|------|--------------------------|--------|----------|---------|
|    7 | Sitarganj, Uttarakhand   |   2020 |    67.73 |   33.93 |
|    8 | Raipur, Chhattisgarh     |   2021 |    42.09 |   21.04 |
|    9 | Ganjimutt, Karnataka     |   2022 |    62.77 |   31.38 |
|   10 | Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |   2022 |    69.58 |   34.79 |

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