Lok Sabha Question No. 2341 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: ASIDE and ISU Scheme
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2341 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## ASIDE AND ISU SCHEME

## 2341(H). SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- a) the  salient  features  of  the  Central  Assistance  to  States  for  Developing  Export Infrastructure  and  other  Allied  Activities  (ASIDE)  and  Industrial  Infrastructure Upgradation (ISU) Scheme;
- b) whether the Government proposes to continue with these schemes during the Twelfth Five Year Plan; and
- c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  financial  assistance  provided  to  various States/UTs under the said schemes during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग राज् य मंत्री )णीमीी स मलमा नीीारमि((स्वींत्र प्रभार )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a ) Salient  Features  of  Assistance  to  States  for  Infrastructure  Development  of Exports (ASIDE) scheme and Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS) are at Annexure-I.
- (b) The ASIDE scheme has been delinked from Support of Centre during Financial Year 2015-16 as Union tax devolution to States has been enhanced from 32% to 42%. Only Central  Component  of  the  ASIDE  scheme  is  operational  from  the  current  year.  The IIUS scheme has been recast as Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS) in July, 2013 for taking up new projects in the 12 th Five Year Plan period.
- (c) Details of funds released to the States under each of the Scheme during the last three years are enclosed at Annexure-II. Due to delinking of the ASIDE Scheme from central support,  no  funds  have  been  released  to  the  States  during  current  year.  Central assistance of Rs. 92.21 crore has been released to 12 projects in the current financial

year,    under  the    MIIUS.  The  details  of  financial  assistance  provided  to  various States/UTs during last three years and the current year are at Annexure-II

## 1. Salient  Features of  Assistance  to  States  for  Developing  Export  Infrastructure  and other Allied Activities (ASIDE) Scheme

-  The Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  (ASIDE)  was started by the Department  of Commerce  in  2002-03.    It  is  aimed  at  providing  assistance  to  the  State/  UTs  for creating appropriate infrastructure for development and growth of exports.
-  The scheme is exclusively used for creating infrastructure which does not get reflected either  in  the  State  /  UT  plan  or  in  the  plans  of  the  Central  Ministries  or  its organization(s), yet such infrastructure is critical for growth of exports. The activities should have an overwhelming export content and their linkage with exports should be fully established.
-  The  outlay  of  the  scheme  has  two  components  i.e.  State  component  (80%  of  the funds)  and  Central  component  (20%  of  the  fund).  Fund  allocation  under  State Component  is  provided  to  each  State  /  UT  on  the  basis  of  a  formula  giving  due weightage to the last 4 years' export and the population of the State. A State Level Export Promotion Committee (SLEPC) under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary of the respective State, scrutinizes and approves the specific projects out of the funds allocated  to  them  under  State  Component  of  the  scheme.  Projects  under  Central Component  are  approved  by  the  Empowered  Committee  on  ASIDE  headed  by  the Commerce Secretary.

## 2. Salient Features of of Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS)

-  Industrial  Infrastructure  Upgradation  Scheme  (IIUS)  was  launched  in  2003  with  the objective  of  enhancing  competitiveness  of  domestic  industry  by  providing  quality infrastructure through public private partnership in selected functional clusters/locations. Central assistance up to 75% of the project cost subject to ceiling of Rs. 50.00 crore was given for each project. The Scheme was recast in February, 2009 as Recast IIUS. 37 projects were approved in the 10th and 11th Five Year Plan periods, out  of  which  25  have  been  completed  and  the  remaining  projects  are  under implementation.
-  On the basis of evaluation of the Scheme in December 2011, a modified version of IIUS viz 'Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS)' was notified in July 2013 for taking up new projects in the 12th Five Year Plan Period. Under MIIUS, projects  can  be  undertaken  to  upgrade  infrastructure  in  existing  Industrial  Parks/ Estates/ Areas. Greenfield Projects in backward areas and North Eastern Region (NER) can  also  be  sanctioned  under  the  scheme.  Projects  are  to  be  implemented  by  the State Implementing Agency (SIA) of the State Government. Central Grant upto 50% of the project cost with a ceiling of Rs.50.00 crore can be considered under MIIUS with minimum State Implementing Agency's contribution of 25% in case of North Eastern States,  the  central  grant  and  the  minimum  contribution  of  the  SIA  will  be  80%  and 10% respectively.

## Annexure-II

1. Details of fund released to States/ UTs under State Component  of  ASIDE Scheme during  the last three years
*   From FY 2015-16, the ASIDE scheme has been delinked from support of centre, hence no funds were released to States/UTs during current FY.

|   S.No . | Name of the Stats/UT   |   Released 2012- 13 |   Released 2013- 14 |   Released 2014- 15 |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh         |               36.44 |               39.09 |               20.38 |
|        2 | Telangana              |                0    |                0    |               20.38 |
|        3 | Maharashtra            |               64    |               64    |               64    |
|        4 | Haryana                |               21.1  |               21.26 |               23.26 |
|        5 | Karnataka              |               45.77 |               45.77 |               45.77 |
|        6 | Kerala                 |               16.62 |               20.94 |               20.94 |
|        7 | Uttar Pradesh          |               18.95 |               46.24 |               50.04 |
|        8 | West Bengal            |               31.53 |               31.53 |                0    |
|        9 | Punjab                 |               14.28 |               14.28 |               15.98 |
|       10 | Rajasthan              |               21.58 |               21.58 |               22.14 |
|       11 | Orissa                 |               18    |               18    |               18    |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh       |                5.27 |                5.27 |                5.27 |
|       13 | Gujarat                |               64    |               64    |               64    |
|       14 | Madhya Pradesh         |               19.4  |               19.4  |               19.4  |
|       15 | Tamil Nadu             |               59.77 |               60.66 |               62.18 |
|       16 | Assam                  |               29.41 |               48.84 |               48.84 |
|       17 | Manipur                |                4.56 |                4.56 |                4.56 |
|       18 | Meghalaya              |               11.61 |               11.61 |               11.61 |
|       19 | Mizoram                |                4.3  |                4.3  |                4.3  |
|       20 | Nagaland               |                3.63 |                3.63 |                3.63 |
|       21 | Sikkim                 |                2.7  |                2.7  |                2.7  |
|       22 | Tripura                |               10.25 |               10.25 |               10.25 |

| 23   | Chhattisgarh        |    5.84 |   5.84 |   5.84 |
|------|---------------------|---------|--------|--------|
| 24   | Goa                 |   6.12  |   6.12 |   0    |
| 25   | Jharkhand           |   3.145 |   6.29 |   6.29 |
| 26   | Arunanchal Pradesh  |   0     |   0    |   3.53 |
| 27   | Bihar               |   3.92  |  14.51 |   0    |
| 28   | Uttarakhand         |   2.54  |   0    |   0    |
| 29   | Jammu &Kashmir      |   0     |   0    |   0    |
| 30   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |   0     |   0    |   0    |
| 31   | Daman &Diu          |   0     |   0    |   0    |
| 32   | Delhi               |   0     |   0    |   0    |
| 33   | Chandigarh          |   0     |   0    |   0    |
| 34   | Lakshadweep         |   0     |   0    |   0    |
| 35   | Pondichery          |   0     |   0    |   0    |
| 36   | Andaman& Nicobar    |   0     |   0    |   0    |
|      | Total               | 524.73  | 590.67 | 553.29 |

## 2. Financial assistance provided various States/Uts  during each of  the last years and the current year under IIUS

(Rs. in crore)

|   S. No . | Name of the projects                                               | State          | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16 (as on 09.12.2015)   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|         1 | Bamboo Technology Park, Guwahati                                   | Assam          |           | 30.12     |           |                              |
|         2 | Industrial Growth Centre Centre, Urla                              | Chhattisgarh   |           |           | 3.68      |                              |
|         3 | Sirgitti Engineering Cluster                                       |                |           |           |           | 2.62                         |
|         4 | Gem&Jewellery Cluster, Surat                                       | Gujarat        | 2.77      |           |           |                              |
|         5 | Textile Cluster, Narol, Ahmedabad                                  | Gujarat        |           |           | 15.35     | 17.48                        |
|         6 | Baddi Infrastructure, Baddi                                        | HP             | 15.10     | 16.93     | 3.92      |                              |
|         7 | Industrial Area, Pandoga                                           |                |           |           | 3.00      | 3.79                         |
|         8 | Industrial Area, Kandrauri                                         |                |           |           | 3.14      | 4.08                         |
|         9 | Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation of IMT Manesar               | Haryana        |           |           |           | 11.97                        |
|        10 | Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation of IMT Bawal                 |                |           |           |           | 10.26                        |
|        11 | Adityapur Auto Cluster                                             | Jharkhand      |           |           | 12.49     |                              |
|        12 | Coir Cluster, Alappuzha                                            | Kerala         |           |           |           |                              |
|        13 | Pandhurna Industrial Cluster, Chhindwara                           | Madhya Pradesh | 25.80     |           |           |                              |
|        14 | Readymade Garments Cluster, Jabalpur                               |                |           | 6.73      |           | 7.00                         |
|        15 | Handloom Cluster, Chanderi                                         |                | 2.52      | 4.83      |           |                              |
|        16 | Industrial Area, Sitapur                                           |                |           |           | 3.83      |                              |
|        17 | Industrial Area, Ujjaini                                           |                |           |           | 3.45      | 4.60                         |
|        18 | Marathwara Automobile Cluster, Aurangabad                          | Maharashtr a   | 16.68     | 4.57      | 12.10     |                              |
|        19 | Kolhapur Foundry Cluster                                           |                | 9.2752    |           | 18.01     |                              |
|        20 | Plastic, Polymer and Allied Cluster, Balasore                      | Odisha         | 15.66     |           | 16.57     |                              |
|        21 | Angul Aluminum Park                                                |                |           |           |           | 10.02                        |
|        22 | Light Engineering Cluster, Nabha                                   | Punjab         |           |           |           | 4.97                         |
|        23 | Tiruchirapalli Engineering and Technology Cluster, Tirruchirapalli | Tamilnadu      | 16.52     |           | 17.48     |                              |
|        24 | Bodhjungnagar Industrial                                           | Tripura        |           |           |           | 11.94                        |

|       | Area                     |               |        |       |        |       |
|-------|--------------------------|---------------|--------|-------|--------|-------|
| 25    | Leather Cluster, Kanpur  | Uttar Pradesh | 2.33   |       |        |       |
| 26    | Rubber Cluster, Howrah   | West Bengal   | 4.36   | 0.45  |        |       |
| 27    | Foundry Cluster, Howrah, |               |        | 7.98  |        | 3.48  |
| Total | Total                    | Total         | 111.02 | 71.60 | 113.01 | 92.21 |

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