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Promotion of NIMZs |
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5-4-2017 | |||
Government notified the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) on 4th November, 2011 with the objective of enhancing the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25% and creating 100 million jobs over a decade or so. National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) are one of the important instruments of the Policy to achieve its objectives. So far Government has granted ‘in-principle’ approval to the fourteen NIMZs (outside the DMIC region). These are: i. Nagpur in Maharashtra ii. Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh iii. Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh iv. Medak in Telangana v. Hyderabad Pharma NIMZ at Rangareddy and Mahabubnagar Districts in Telangana. vi. Tumkur in Karnataka vii. Kolar in Karnataka viii. Bidar in Karnataka ix. Gulbarga in Karnataka x. Kalinganagar, Jajpur District in Odisha xi. Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu xii. Ponneri Taluk, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu xiii. Auraiya District in Uttar Pradesh and xiv. Jhansi District in Uttar Pradesh Of these, the NIMZ at Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh; Medak in Telangana and Kalinganagar, Jajpur district in Odisha have been granted final approval. Eight Investment Regions along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project have also been announced as NIMZs. The details are as under: 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 This information was given by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. |
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