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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3801.
TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 11TH AUGUST, 2026.
PLUG-AND-PLAY SCHEME FOR INDUSTRIAL PARKS
3801. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:
SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:
Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:
वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री
(a) the current status of the Plug-and-Play scheme for industrial part project as
announced in the Union Budget for the year 2024-25;
(b) the details of the twelve industrial parks set up/proposed to be set up in
accordance with the announcements made in the Union Budget for the year
2024-25, location-wise;
(c) the present status of all the said twelve industrial parks; and
(d) whether any of the said twelve industrial parks is being set up in Bihar, if so, the
details thereof?
ANSWER
वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री णिणिन प्रसाद)
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a): Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA) Scheme has been notified on
10.04.2026 as a Central Sector Scheme for development of investment-ready
industrial parks to enable investors to ground investment with ease, thereby
adding to the manufacturing capacity in the country.
The total financial outlay for the Scheme is ₹ 33,660 crore and the duration of
the Scheme is for a period of 6 years.
Under the Scheme, financial assistance is to be provided for development of
100 industrial parks. In the first phase, 50 projects are to be taken up, with one
or more rounds of selection. The online portal for receiving the applications for
the first round of first phase closed on 31.07.2026, and the second round for
applications is open from 01.08.2026.
(b): The Union Budget 2024-25 announced the development of 12 investment-
ready, industrial smart city projects under the National Industrial Corridor
Development Programme (NICDP). These cities are being established with a
total project cost of ₹ 28,602 crore. The location-wise list of approved projects
is placed at Annexure-I.(c): The present status of these 12 industrial projects is placed at Annexure-II.
(d): Government of India, as part of Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC), has
approved the development of Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) in Gaya,
admeasuring 1,670 acres in the state of Bihar under the National Industrial
Corridor Development Programme (NICDP), with a total project cost of Rs.
1,339 crores. Till now, Rs. 135 Cr. has been released to SPV as equity
contribution. Shareholder Agreement & State Support Agreement were
executed and Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)—Bihar Integrated Manufacturing
City Gaya Ltd. (BIMCGL) was incorporated on 6th January, 2025.
Environmental clearance for the project was granted on 18th March, 2025. The
Programme Manager for New Cities appointed in July 2025 by the SPV.
Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor has been
appointed in February 2026.
********ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3801 FOR ANSWER ON 11.08.2026.
List of approved investment-ready, industrial smart city projects under the National
Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP) announced in Union Budget
2024-25.
Sl. no. Industrial Name of Project / Area Project cost
Corridor Location (acres) (Rs. Cr.)
1 Khurpia, Uttarakhand 1,002 1,265
2 Rajpura, Punjab 1,099 1,367
3 Hisar, Haryana 2,988 4,680
Amritsar-Kolkata
4 Agra, Uttar Pradesh 1,058 1,812
5 Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 352 658
6 Gaya, Bihar 1,670 1,339
7 Delhi-Mumbai Dighi, Maharashtra 6,056 5,469
8 JPMIA, Rajasthan 1,578 922
9 Vizag-Chennai Kopparthy, Andhra Pradesh 2,596 2,137
10 Hyderabad-Bengaluru Orvakal, Andhra Pradesh 2,621 2,786
11 Hyderabad-Nagpur Zaheerabad, Telangana 3,245 2,361
12 Chennai-Bengaluru Palakkad, Kerala 1,710 3,806
Extn
Total 25,975 28,602
*******ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3801 FOR ANSWER ON 11.08.2026.
The present status of these 12 industrial smart city projects under the National
Industrial Corridor Development Programme (NICDP) is as under:
S.No. Name of Project & Corridor Status
1. Dighi, Maharashtra - Execution of SHA & SSA completed.
DMIC Incorporation of SPV completed.
2. Jodhpur Pali Marwar Industrial Cluster
(JPMIA) - Rajasthan Programme Manager for New Cities
(PMNC) onboarded except Prayagraj.
3. Rajpura, Punjab - AKIC
4. Khurpia, Uttarakhand - AKIC EPC onboarded for 10 projects.
5. Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh - AKIC
6. Gaya, Bihar - AKIC
7. Kopparthy, Andhra Pradesh - VCIC
8. Orvakal, Andhra Pradesh - HBIC
9. Zaheerabad, Telangana - HNIC
10. Palakkad, Kerala – CBIC extn.
11. Hisar, Haryana - AKIC Execution of SHA & SSA completed.
Incorporation of SPV completed.
PMNC onboarded.
12. Agra, Uttar Pradesh - AKIC Work could not be started on account
of clearance requirement from
Supreme Court as the land falls under
the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ).
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