(a) whether the Government has identified the industrially backward States/districts in the country including Uttar Pradesh;
(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has drawn any Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the development of such backward regions; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government for the
development of such areas under new liberalisation policy?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M.SCINDIA)
(a) & (b): No recent study has been conducted to identify industrially backward
districts/States in the country.
(c) & (d): The Union Government is implementing packages of industrial incentives for
the States of the North East (including Sikkim under the North East Industrial and
Investment Promotion Policy 2007(NEIIPP 2007) as well as the State of Jammu & Kashmir),
comprising the following:
i) Central Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme
ii) Central Interest Subsidy
iii) Central Comprehensive Insurance Subsidy
iv) 100% Central Excise Duty Exemption
v) 100% Income Tax Exemption
For the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the following incentives are available:
i) Central Capital Investment Subsidy
ii) 100% Central Excise Duty Exemption (lapsed on 31.3.2010).
iii) 100% Income Tax Exemption
Besides the above, the Transport Subsidy Scheme is also available to the industrial units
in the above States as well as in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep Islands and
Darjeeling district of West Bengal.