Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Industrial Corridors
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY, ABHISHEK SINGH, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 15.

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

## INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS

15. SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY: SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH: SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

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

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  working  on  industrial  corridors  in  the  country particularly on Visakhapatnam-Chennai and Chennai-Bangalore corridors using the  funds  of  Asian  Development  Bank  and  Japan  International  Cooperative Agency;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  cities  being  developed  thereunder  and the  progress  made  so  far,  corridor-wise  and  the  funds  allocated  for  these projects;
- (c) whether  any  proposals  have  been  received  by  the  Government  from  various quarters to include more cities under industrial corridors and if so, the details thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  thereon  and  the  time-frame  fixed  for completion of industrial corridor projects; and
- (d) the status of constitution of National Industrial Corridor Development Authority announced by the Government?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यएवंउद्योगााज् यमंत्रीस् वतंंत्र्रभााा(स्ीमतंीिरममलााीीतंाामि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): The Government is working on implementation of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC),  Vizag  -Chennai  Industrial  Corridor  (VCIC),  Chennai-Bengaluru  Industrial Corridor (CBIC), Bengaluru-Mumbai  Economic  Corridor  (BMEC)  and  Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC). Out of these VCIC & CBIC are being implemented with  the  assistance  of  Asian  Development  Bank  (ADB)  and  Japan  International Cooperation Agency (JICA) respectively.

## (b): The details of CBIC & VCIC is as follows:

|   S. No | Name of the Corridor                          | Present Status                                                                                                                                                                                      | Name of the Identified Industrial Nodes/Cities                                | Fund Allocation   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Chennai- Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) | Comprehensive Regional Perspective Planning and Master Planning completed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Nodal Agency. Three nodes have been identified for master planning. | Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Tumkur ( Karnataka) and Ponneri ( Tamil Nadu) | Nil               |
|       2 | Vizag - Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC)    | Conceptual Development Plan Report completed by Asian Development Bank(ADB), the Nodal Agency. Two Nodes have been identified for master planning.                                                  | Vishakhapatnam and Srikalahasti-Yerpedu (Andhra Pradesh)                      | Nil               |

- (c): Following representations / proposals have been received from various quarters with reference to CBIC and VCIC:

|   S. No. | Name of the Representative                                                                                                | Affected corridor   | Proposal                                                                                                                                      | Reaction of Government                                                                                                                                                   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Sh. Pon Radhakrishnan, Hon'ble Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways & Shipping                               | VCIC                | To include the South Eastern Coast viz. Chennai- Thoothukkudi- Kanyakumari segment in the Phase I of the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC). | Though the proposal is not covered in the first phase of ECEC, the Government had already taken up the Chennai-Toothukkudi segment for conducting the feasibility study. |
|        2 | Sh. Y.V. Subba Reddy, Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)                                                            | -do-                | To establish a 'Granite Polishing Units Cluster' as a part of VCIC in Podili and Chimakurthy Mandals                                          | The location of both mandals does not fall under identified area of VCIC.                                                                                                |
|        3 | Sh. Naveen Patnaik, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Odisha                                                                      | -do-                | To include Odisha in the Corridor by extending it to Balasore                                                                                 | The proposal is not covered in the first phase of VCIC.                                                                                                                  |
|        4 | Sh. K. Palravindran, Additional Private Secretary to Hon'ble Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways & Shipping | -do-                | To include Madurai-Tuticorin Section in the first phase of ECEC                                                                               | The proposal is not covered in the first phase of ECEC.                                                                                                                  |

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