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Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

22-July-2015 16:54 IST

The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) is being developed in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Master Planning Report on three identified Industrial Nodes i.e. Krishnapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Tumkur( Karnataka) and Ponneri ( Tamil Nadu) in the CBIC region has been submitted by JICA. The report has been accepted by DIPP.

The East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC) is envisaged from Kolkata (in West Bengal) to Tuticorin (in Tamil Nadu). The first phase of the ECEC focuses on the Vizag-Chennai section which runs from Vishakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh to Chennai, Tamil Nadu. ADB has submitted the Conceptual Development Plan report of Vizag Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC) region. The report has been accepted by DIPP.

This 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.

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Industrial corridor development: master plans by international agencies accepted, enabling coordinated planning and implementation in coastal and inland nodes. The Japan International Cooperation Agency prepared a Master Planning Report for three designated industrial nodes in the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, and the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion accepted that report; similarly, the Asian Development Bank submitted a Conceptual Development Plan for the Vizag-Chennai section of the East Coast Economic Corridor, which has also been accepted by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, enabling coordinated planning and implementation.