Parliament Question: Status of Special Economic Zones

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2550 ANSWERED ON 04/08/2026 STATUS OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

2550. SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री) be

pleased to state:

(a) the total number of notified Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country and out of these, the number that are operational, non-operational and de-notified, sector and State-wise;

(b) the total land area notified for SEZs and the land area currently under active economic use, State-wise;

(c) the details of exports, domestic value addition and employment generated by SEZs during the last five years, State, sector and year-wise;

(d) the average capacity utilisation of SEZs in terms of units approved versus units operational and the reasons for under-utilisation, if any;

(e) whether any assessment, audit or evaluation has been conducted to determine whether SEZs are operating at their intended potential and if so, the key findings thereof; and

(f) the steps taken or proposed to improve utilisation, attract investment and integrate SEZs with domestic supply chains? 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) The State/Union Territory (UT)-wise details of the number of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) notified, operational, non-operational and de-notified are at Annexure- I. The details of sector-wise SEZs are available at

https://sezindia.gov.in/sites/default/files/approved_sez/Sector%20wise%20distribution %20of%20SEZs.pdf

(b) The State/UT-wise details of total land area notified for all SEZs in the country and currently operational are at Annexure-II.

(c) The State/UT-wise details of exports and employment generated by SEZs during the last five years are at Annexure-III.

(d) The details of capacity utilisation of SEZs in terms of units approved versus units operational are at Annexure-IV. The time taken in operationalising the SEZs could be due to several reasons including time taken for getting approvals from the Statutory/State Government bodies, adverse business climate due to shifts in global economic scenario, changes in fiscal incentives, etc.

1(e) The performance and impact of all SEZs is assessed regularly in accordance with the provisions of SEZ Act, 2005 and SEZ Rules, 2006, including Rule 79. Additionally, under the overall supervision of the Department of Commerce, the office of the respective Development Commissioner evaluates the overall performance of all SEZs based on Annual Performance Reports submitted by the SEZ units.

(f) With a view to improve utilisation, attract investment and integrate SEZs with domestic supply chains, the Government undertakes various steps from time to time to enhance operational efficiency of SEZs. Such steps include implementation of Single- window clearance mechanisms to facilitate faster project approvals and streamlining the regulatory framework governing SEZ operations by eliminating avoidable procedural compliances. These steps or reforms including policy initiatives are continuous process and inherent in the administration of SEZs.

***** 2ANNEXURE-1 Annexure-I referred to in reply to Part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2550 for answer on 04.08.2026 State/UT-wise distribution of SEZs (As on 31.07.2026) States/UTs Total Total Operational Non-Operational De-notified Notified SEZs SEZs SE Z SEZs Andhra Pradesh 31 25 6 5 Arunachal Pradesh 1 0 1 0 Bihar 2 0 2 0 Chandigarh 2 2 0 0 Chhattisgarh 3 1 2 0 Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and 0 0 0 1 Diu Delhi 0 0 0 1 Goa 3 0 3 0 Gujarat 28 22 6 11 Haryana 22 8 14 13 Jharkhand 2 1 1 0 Karnataka 49 38 11 10 Kerala 20 19 1 7 Madhya Pradesh 8 6 2 4 Maharashtra 41 36 5 22 Manipur 1 0 1 0 Nagaland 2 0 2 0 Odisha 6 5 1 3 Puducherry 2 0 2 0 Punjab 3 3 0 0 Rajasthan 6 3 3 2 Tamil Nadu 58 49 9 11 Telangana 50 38 12 14 Tripura 1 0 1 0 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 1 Uttar Pradesh 23 14 9 2 West Bengal 8 7 1 3 Grand Total 372 277 95 110 3ANNEXURE-2 Annexure-II referred to in reply to Part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2550 for answer on 04.08.2026 State/UT-wise Notified and Operational Land Area Details (As on 31.07.2026) States/UTs No. of Notified Total Notified SEZs Total Operational SEZ SEZs Area Area (in Hectares) (in Hectares) Andhra Pradesh 31 6780.51 6096.21 Arunachal 1 30.20 0 Pradesh Bihar 2

101.782 0 Chandigarh 2 39.18 39.18 Chhattisgarh 3 114.11 101.28 Goa 3 249.475 0 Gujarat 28 13159.43 12811.88 Haryana 22 335.63 122.24 Jharkhand 2 259.09 222.67 Karnataka 49 1919.50 1640.00 Kerala 20 769.79 752.71 Madhya Pradesh 8 678.19 664.01 Maharashtra 41 4210.42 4114.07 Manipur 1 10.85 0 Nagaland 2 340.70 0 Odisha 6 761.14 751.02 Punjab 3 57.71 57.71 Pondicherry 2 94.87 0 Rajasthan 6 804.93 646.90 Tamil Nadu 58 4334.45 3880.00 Telangana 50 1564.41 1136.57 Tripura 1 16.35 0 Uttar Pradesh 23 706.30 447.72 West Bengal 8 229.88 205.59 Grand Total 372 37568.90 33689.74 4ANNEXURE-III Annexure-III referred to in reply to Part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2550 for answer on 04.08.2026 States/UTs-wise details of Exports from SEZs during the last 5 years (Rs. in Crore) Sl. No. State 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 1 Andhra Pradesh 31028.90 40420.34 44984.45 55247.04 52953.85 2 Chandigarh 2605.38 3021.80 3200.03 3084.75 3391.05 3 Gujarat 239190.01 335835.73 310283.13 332891.81 405595.08 4 Haryana 25907.14 32739.98 36774.15 43198.79 48261.19 5 Jharkhand 0.00 363.75 6326.29 6856.28 10704.03 6 Karnataka 167311.30 218772.87 228952.07 248838.73 269004.47 7 Kerala 21972.23 21501.13 25774.17 28799.83 31717.82 8 Madhya Pradesh 12571.26 12859.28 16026.96 14847.01 16539.33 9 Maharashtra 160051.78 186786.75 210756.46 224250.91 243422.50 10 Odisha 26366.94 27165.58 31331.66 29694.50 41295.64 11 Punjab 2127.41 2685.01 3131.50 2361.22 2732.45 12 Rajasthan 4578.34 5507.32 7141.28 13636.43 12386.55 13 Tamil Nadu 136328.71 172580.41 177930.39 203303.56 212288.11 14 Telangana 105523.98 140373.43 178086.41 173701.12 195177.09 15 Uttar Pradesh 33014.90 39835.68 47703.94 51137.58 57323.76 16 West Bengal 22168.80 23129.18 26817.34 31819.85 33398.70 990747 1263578 1355220 1463669 1636192 Total 5States/UTs-wise details of Employment from SEZs during the last 5 years (In No. of person) Sl. No. States/UTs 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 1 Andhra Pradesh 75907 78866 79831 79523 79523 2 Chandigarh 8972 10784 9475 8562 7897 3 Chhattisgarh 6 6 6 6 6 4 Gujarat 105922 112899 126658 174545 121039 5 Haryana 150482 178413 182783 198668 208586 6 Jharkhand 0 0 79 69 60 7 Karnataka 398580 401232 424497 424715 467011 8 Kerala 82640 86484 89189 89106 99202 9 Madhya Pradesh 31127 36401 35955 35316 34535 10 Maharashtra 560052 589971 635373 643898 651835 11 Odisha 8222 13538 14513 13133 13152 12 Punjab 9545 12079 11216 11801 13918 13 Rajasthan 23402 24581 35469 48886 53996 14 Tamil Nadu 523807 591517 728493 607812 626700 15 Telangana 469781 500415 538714 527246 527246 16 Uttar Pradesh 161712 184871 196662 223306 255989 17 West Bengal 86023 73555 85191 91301 100452 Total 2696180 2895612 3194104 3177893 3261147

Note: Calculated on cumulative basis.

ANNEXURE-IV Annexure-IV referred to in reply to Part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2550 for answer on 04.08.2026 Number of approved SEZ Name of Zone Number of operational SEZ units units CSEZ 1268 1218 FSEZ 98 92 KASEZ 1894 1400 MEPZ 848 780 NSEZ 784 747 SEEPZ 768 704 VSEZ 563 539 Total 6223 5480 ***** 6