The Government has granted “in-principle” approval to a total of 16 National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs).  Of these, 8 NIMZs are located outside the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) region. These are:

(i)        Nagpur in Maharashtra;

(ii)       Tumkur in Karnataka;

(iii)      Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh;

(iv)      Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh;

(v)       Medak in Telangana;

(vi)      Kolar in Karnataka;

(vii)     Bidar in Karnataka; and

(viii)    Gulbarga in Karnataka.

Under phase-I of the DMIC project, 8 Investment Regions have also been accorded ‘in-principle’ approval of Government for setting up as NIMZs as per guidelines approved by the Cabinet. These are:

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.

The Government of India has approved a corpus of ₹ 17,500 crore as a Revolving Fund for development of trunk infrastructure in the DMIC region. The Government of Japan has announced their financial support for DMIC project to an extent of US$ 4.5 billion in the first phase for projects with Japanese participation through a mix of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) lending.

The National Manufacturing Policy contains dispensations to facilitate manufacturing industry both in the National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) and for manufacturing industry in the country as a whole including wherever manufacturing units are able to organize themselves in clusters as stipulated in the policy. These dispensations include inter-alia rationalization and simplification of business regulations; incentives for technology acquisition and production/adoption of pollution controlling equipment/machines/devices; incentives for skill development initiatives by the private sector; facilitating access to finance for small and medium enterprises; and creation of physical and institutional infrastructure including master planning of NIMZ. 

Apart from sixteen NIMZs which have been accorded “in-principle” approval, the Government has received four more proposals for setting up of NIMZ outside the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor region from Governments of Uttar Pradesh (Two), Gujarat (One) and Orissa (One). The concerned State Governments have been requested for further clarifications/ details about these proposals.

The information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

National Investment and Manufacturing Zones approval expands designated manufacturing zones and enables infrastructure funding and policy incentives. The Government granted in principle approval to sixteen National Investment and Manufacturing Zones, splitting eight outside the DMIC and eight within DMIC investment regions, accompanied by approval of a revolving fund for trunk infrastructure and announced foreign financing support. The National Manufacturing Policy offers dispensations to facilitate manufacturing in NIMZs and nationally, including regulatory simplification, technology and pollution control incentives, skill development support, improved SME finance access, and infrastructure and master planning. Additional state proposals for NIMZs are pending clarifications.