<h1>National Investment and Manufacturing Zones promote integrated infrastructure and regulatory reforms to support manufacturing growth and employability.</h1> The National Manufacturing Policy establishes National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) as integrated industrial townships providing state-of-the-art infrastructure, clean and energy-efficient technology, simplified regulatory procedures and social and institutional services to promote manufacturing and employability; NIMZs differ from export-oriented special zones in scale, infrastructure planning, governance of regulatory processes, exit arrangements and fiscal incentive frameworks, and specific impacts cannot yet be assessed as the zones are in initial development stages.