Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles, conducted a thorough review of the National Industrial Corridor Development Program’s progress. Senior officials from the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and the National Industrial Development Corporation (NICDC) attended the conference. The Minister was briefed on the Industrial Corridor Program’s significant development. Over the last few years, the government has expanded the National Corridor Network to 11 integrated industrial and economic corridors, with 32 projects to be implemented in four phases, allowing access to all of the country’s main economic nodes.
He was further apprised that the National Industrial Corridor projects are getting developed on the overall framework of PM GatiShakti – National Master Plan to provide a systematic, multi modal connectivity to various economic zones for a seamless movement of people, goods and services resulting in efficient conduct of logistics and economic activities.
He was informed that world class ‘Plug n Play’ infrastructure at plot level has been developed in the 4 cities of Dholera (Gujarat), Shendra Bidkin (Maharashtra), Vikram Udyogpuri (M.P.), Integrated Industrial Township (Greater Noida, U.P.) where land allotment is currently underway.
A total of 173 Plots (851 Acre) have been allotted in these 4 cities attracting investments from companies of South Korea, Russia, China, UK, Japan as well as from India including MSME`s with an investment mobilization to the tune of approximately Rs. 16,760 Cr. generating approx. 21,000 employment opportunities.
With the availability of additional developed land of approx. 5000 Acre, the Minister directed the officials to expedite the land allotment to industrial, commercial and residential sectors in these developed cities through rigorous marketing activities including road shows and attractive and conducive land allotment policies.
