Lok Sabha Question No. 72 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Setting up of NIMZs
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KANWAR SINGH TANWAR, ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 72.

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2015.

## SETTING UP OF NIMZs

72.    SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR: SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

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

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a)   whether the Government has approved setting up of National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs);
- (b) if  so,  the  details and the locations thereof, State-wise including Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh;
- (c) the  investment  made  so  far  in  these  NIMZs  and  the  countries  which  have agreed to invest in the said projects, country-wise;
- (d) whether proposals have been received from various States for inclusion of more cities under NIMZs; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the  Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग ााज् यमंत्री स् वतंंत्र ्रभााा(स्ीमतंी िरममलाा ीीतंाामि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) & (b): Government has granted 'in-principle'  approval  to  a  total  of  20  National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs).  Of these, 12 NIMZs are located outside the Delhi-Mumbai  Industrial  Corridor (DMIC)  region. These are:
- (i)
- Nagpur in Maharashtra;
- (ii) Tumkur in Karnataka;
- (iii) Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh;
- (iv)
- Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh;
- (v)
- (vi)
- Medak in Telangana;
- Kolar in Karnataka;
- (vii) Bidar in Karnataka;
- (viii) Gulbarga in Karnataka;
- (ix) Jajpur in Odisha;
- (x) Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu;
- (xi) Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (xii) Jhanshi in Uttar Pradesh.

Out  of  these  NIMZs,  the  Government  has  granted  final  approval  to  the NIMZ at Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh on 6 th October, 2015

Under phase-I of the DMIC project, 8 Investment Regions have also been accorded 'in-principle' approval of Government for setting up as NIMZs as per guidelines approved by the Cabinet. These are:

- i. Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region, Gujarat
- ii. Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park city near Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- iii. Manesar-Bawal Investment Region, Haryana
- iv. Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region, Rajasthan
- v. Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow Investment Region, Madhya Pradesh
- vi. Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region, Uttar Pradesh
- vii. Dighi Port Industrial Area, Maharashtra ; and
- viii. Jodhpur-Pali-Marwar Region in Rajasthan
9. (c): The Government of India has approved a fund of Rs. 17,500 crores as a Revolving  Corpus  for  development  of  trunk  infrastructure  in  the  DMIC region. The Government of Japan has announced their financial support for  DMIC  project  to  an  extent  of  US$  4.5  billion  in  the  first  phase  for projects with Japanese participation through a mix of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation(JBIC) lending.
10. (d) & (e): Apart from twenty NIMZs  which have been accorded 'in-principle' approval  and  in which  one  has  been  accorded  final  approval,  the Government  has  received  three  more  proposals  for  setting  up  of  NIMZ outside  the  Delhi-Mumbai  Industrial  Corridor  region  from  Government  of Gujarat (Two) and Government of Tamil Nadu(One). The concerned State Governments have been requested for further clarifications/ details about these proposals.

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