Question : Industrial Corridors

(a) whether the Government is working on industrial corridors in the country particularly on Visakhapatnam-Chennai and Chennai-Bangalore corridors using the funds of Asian Development Bank and Japan International Cooperative Agency;
(b) if so, the details thereof indicating the cities being developed thereunder and the progress made so far, corridor-wise and the funds allocated for these projects;
(c) whether any proposals have been received by the Government from various quarters to include more cities under industrial corridors and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon and the time-frame fixed for completion of industrial corridor projects; and
(d) the status of constitution of National Industrial Corridor Development Authority announced by the Government?

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THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a): The Government is working on implementation of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Vizag –Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC), Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), Bengaluru-Mumbai Economic Corridor (BMEC) and Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC). Out of these VCIC & CBIC are being implemented with the assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) respectively.




(b): The details of CBIC & VCIC is as follows:
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S. No Name of the Corridor Present Status Name of the Identified Industrial Nodes/Cities Fund Allocation
1. Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) Comprehensive Regional Perspective Planning and Master Planning completed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Nodal Agency. Three nodes have been identified for master planning. Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Tumkur
( Karnataka) and Ponneri
( Tamil Nadu) Nil
2. Vizag –Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) Conceptual Development Plan Report completed by Asian Development Bank(ADB), the Nodal Agency. Two Nodes have been identified for master planning. Vishakhapatnam and Srikalahasti-Yerpedu (Andhra Pradesh) Nil

(c): Following representations / proposals have been received from various quarters with reference to CBIC and VCIC:

S. No. Name of the Representative Affected corridor Proposal Reaction of Government
1. Sh. Pon Radhakrishnan, Hon’ble Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways & Shipping VCIC To include the South Eastern Coast viz. Chennai-Thoothukkudi- Kanyakumari segment in the Phase I of the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC). Though the proposal is not covered in the first phase of ECEC, the Government had already taken up the Chennai-Toothukkudi segment for conducting the feasibility study.
2. Sh. Y.V. Subba Reddy, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) -do- To establish a “Granite Polishing Units Cluster” as a part of VCIC in Podili and Chimakurthy Mandals The location of both mandals does not fall under identified area of VCIC.
3 Sh. Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha -do- To include Odisha in the Corridor by extending it to Balasore The proposal is not covered in the first phase of VCIC.
4 Sh. K. Palravindran, Additional Private Secretary to Hon’ble Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways & Shipping -do- To include Madurai-Tuticorin Section in the first phase of ECEC The proposal is not covered in the first phase of ECEC.
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(d): National Industrial Corridor Development Authority (NICDA) has not been constituted yet.

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