Parliament Question: Assessment of Industrial Land in the North-Eastern Region

Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region LOK SABHA Unstarred Question No. 5412 To be answered on Wednesday, March 25, 2026/Chaitra 04, 1948 (Saka) QUESTION Assessment of Industrial Land in the North-Eastern Region

5412. Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased

to state:

(a) whether the Government has undertaken any assessment of industrial land availability across North-Eastern (NER) States;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the total area of land earmarked for industrial use along with the extent of land that is fully developed and investment-ready;

(c) whether such data is maintained in any centralised or Geographic Information System (GIS)-linked portal accessible to potential investors and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Ministry is coordinating with State Governments to streamline identification, mapping and readiness of such land and if so, the details thereof? ANSWER The Minister of State of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Sukanta Majumdar]

(a) to (d) The primary responsibility of developing the industrial sector rests with State Governments. States adopt different policy measures to promote industrial development. Government of India supplements their efforts through various schemes to promote industrialization in the country, including the North Eastern Region (NER).

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has developed a National level land bank by integrating State Industrial Geographic Information System

(GIS) with India Industrial Land Bank (IILB) [https://indiaindustriallandbank.gov.in/login1] which provides a GIS enabled data base of industrial areas including clusters, parks, nodes, zones, etc. across the country to help investors to identify their preferred location for investment. The platform provides information on available internal infrastructure, external connectivity to nodal points - airports, National Highways, railways, dry ports, etc., available raw material, and plug and play facilities. This enables the investors to see plot level data and availability of updated land related information in real time.

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