Lok Sabha Question No. 1523 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-29
Subject: Electronic Cities
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KRISTAPPA NIMMALA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1523**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2015

**ELECTRONIC CITIES**

**1523      SHRI NIRMALA KRISTAPPA**

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:-

(a)        whether the Government has any proposal to set up  electronic cities in the country including in Hindupur, Anantapur Distt., A.P.; and

(b)        if so, the details thereof and the present status thereof along with the funds sanctioned/spent for each city, State/UT-wise?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) and (b):   The Government is implementing Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) Scheme to support creation of world-class infrastructure for attracting investments in the electronics. Under EMC Scheme, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) ,Government of India has accorded final approval to two (2) Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Clusters and in-principle approval to sixteen (16) Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Clusters  and three (3) Common Facility Centres in Brownfield Clusters. Further, under Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) Scheme, the department has not received any proposal from the Hindupur, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. The State wise details of the EMCs, which have been accorded final and in-principle approval, is annexed as Annexure.

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**Annexure**

**Approved Greenfield EMCs**

|   **S.No.** | **State**      | **Location of EMC**   |   **Project Outlay**  **(Rs. in Crore)** |   **Grant-in-Aid**  **(Rs. in Crore)** |   **Amount released**  **(Rs. in Crore)** |
|-------------|----------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|           1 | Madhya Pradesh | Badwai- Bhopal        |                                    46.16 |                                  20.86 |                                      4.17 |
|           2 | Madhya Pradesh | Purva-Jabalpur        |                                    38.01 |                                  17.76 |                                      3.55 |

**Greenfield EMCs for which in-principle approval accorded**

|   **S.No.** | **State**      | **Location of EMC**                        |
|-------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------|
|           1 | Andhra Pradesh | Village-Chilamathur, Anantapur District    |
|           2 | Andhra Pradesh | Satyavedu Mandal, Chittor District         |
|           3 | Chhattisgarh   | Village-Tuta, Naya Raipur District, Raipur |
|           4 | Gujarat        | Village-Khoraj, Ta. Sanand, Dist-Ahmadabad |
|           5 | Jharkhand      | Adityapur,  Saraikela- Kharsawan District  |
|           6 | Kerala         | Kakkanad District                          |
|           7 | Odisha         | Khurda ,Bhubaneswar Industrial Area        |
|           8 | Rajasthan      | Khushkera, Bhiwadi                         |
|           9 | Tamil Nadu     | Krishnagiri ,Hosur                         |
|          10 | Tamil Nadu     | Annur Taluk, Coimbatore                    |
|          11 | Telangana      | e-city, Hyderabad                          |
|          12 |                | Raviriyal Village, Maheshwaram             |
|          13 | Uttar Pradesh  | Yamuna Expressway, Greater Noida           |
|          14 | Uttar Pradesh  | Greater Noida                              |
|          15 | West Bengal    | Naihati Town, North 24, Parganas District  |
|          16 | West Bengal    | Falta Town, South 24 Parganas District     |

**Brownfield EMCs for which in-principle approval accorded**

|   **S.No.** | **State**   | **Location of EMC**                                |
|-------------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|           1 | Karnataka   | Electronic City, Bangalore                         |
|           2 | Karnataka   | KIADB Industrial Area,  Hebbal  Hootagall , Mysore |
|           3 | Maharashtra | Pimpri Industrial Area, Pune                       |

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