Lok Sabha Question No. 643 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-23
Subject: Vacant Land
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: B.N. CHANDRAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTR Y OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 643 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2015

## Vacant Land

## +643. SHRI BN. CHANDRAPPA:

## Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- a) whether thousands of hectares of land acquired for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are still Iying vacant in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
2. whether the Government is taking any steps to look into the matter and to make use of the vacant hand in an appropriate way; and
3. whether the land far in excess of requirement was taken over for SEZs and if so, the details thereof; State/UT-wise;
4. (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a) and (b): Land and its management falls under the exclusive legislative and administrative jurisdiction of the States as provided in Entry No. 18 of List [ (State List) of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution As per information received from Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Central Government does not acquire land for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Land for SEZs is procured as per the policy and procedures of the respective State Governments. The Board of Approval of SEZs only considers those proposals for setting up of SEZs that have been duly recommended by the State Government\_ A statement showing the State/Union Territory wise, total notified land area, area utilised and lying vacant in Processing Area of' 366 fied SEZs is enclosed.
- (c) and (d) In order to operationlise the non-functional   SEZs,  review  meetings with the Development Commissioners of SEZs are held regularly and have been advised to interact with the Developers of SEZs for speedy operationalisation of these SEZs Further, Road Shows have been organised in the different places of the country to give wide publicity of SEZs: they

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Annexure referred in reply to (b and c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 643 for reply on 23.07.2015. part

| States/UT-wise area of 366 Notified Special Economic Zones (In hectares)   | States/UT-wise area of 366 Notified Special Economic Zones (In hectares)   | States/UT-wise area of 366 Notified Special Economic Zones (In hectares)   | States/UT-wise area of 366 Notified Special Economic Zones (In hectares)   | States/UT-wise area of 366 Notified Special Economic Zones (In hectares)   |
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|                                                                            |                                                                            |                                                                            |                                                                            | (Upto 18.05.2015)                                                          |
| SL: No.                                                                    | States/UT                                                                  | Total Area Notified                                                        | Total Area Utilized                                                        | Area lying Vacant in Processing Area                                       |
|                                                                            | Andhra Pradesh                                                             | 9766.55                                                                    | 3532.95                                                                    | 2486.10                                                                    |
| 2                                                                          | Chandigarh                                                                 | 39.19                                                                      | 25.84                                                                      | 13.35                                                                      |
| 3                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                               | 101.28                                                                     | 22.04                                                                      | 38.66                                                                      |
| 4                                                                          | Goa                                                                        | 249.48                                                                     |                                                                            | 249.48                                                                     |
| 5                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                    | 12538.40                                                                   | 6989.53                                                                    | 4593.39                                                                    |
| 6                                                                          | Haryana                                                                    | 415.49                                                                     | 53.39                                                                      | 276.56                                                                     |
|                                                                            | Jharkhand                                                                  | 16.42                                                                      |                                                                            | 16.42                                                                      |
| 8                                                                          | Karnataka                                                                  | 2302.86                                                                    | 877.67                                                                     | 1003.03                                                                    |
|                                                                            | Kerala                                                                     | 971.99                                                                     | 408.57                                                                     | 437.80                                                                     |
| 10                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                             | 1551.13                                                                    | 209.93                                                                     | 726.96                                                                     |
| 1                                                                          | Maharashtra                                                                | 6596.44                                                                    | 1792.90                                                                    | 3345.18                                                                    |
| 12                                                                         | Manipur                                                                    | 10.85                                                                      |                                                                            | 10.85                                                                      |
|                                                                            | Nagaland                                                                   | 340                                                                        |                                                                            | 340                                                                        |
| 14                                                                         | Odisha                                                                     | 491.08                                                                     | 300.06                                                                     | 191.01                                                                     |
| 15                                                                         | Punjab                                                                     | 46.12                                                                      | 8.39                                                                       | 30.92                                                                      |
| 16                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                  | 766.77                                                                     | 364.38                                                                     | 407.10                                                                     |
| 17                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                 | 5251.34                                                                    | 2205.98                                                                    | 2124.96                                                                    |
| 18                                                                         | Telangana                                                                  | 2138.06                                                                    | 522.75                                                                     | 1614.51                                                                    |
| 19                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                              | 753.91                                                                     | 256.48                                                                     | 481.11                                                                     |
| 20                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                | 211.54                                                                     | 190.71                                                                     | 20.83                                                                      |
|                                                                            | TOTAL                                                                      | 44558.91                                                                   | 17761.58                                                                   | 18408.22                                                                   |