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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 800
TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2026
STATUS OF THE COIMBATORE-ERODE-TIRUPPUR
CITY ECONOMIC REGION
800. SHRI. K E PRAKASH:
Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:
(a) the present status of the Coimbatore-Erode-Tiruppur City Economic Region identified
under the Union Government's economic cluster development initiatives, including the details of
projects under consideration, approved, sanctioned or allocated, if any.
(b) the details of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) reform-cum-results-based financing
proposed for the region, along with the milestones prescribed for release of assistance and
implementation of projects;
(c) the details of logistics, industrial connectivity, freight movement, economic infrastructure
supporting exports and urban infrastructure projects proposed or sanctioned for the Erode
industrial cluster,
(d) whether the Certified Emission Reduction (CER) framework envisages integrated urban
infrastructure, logistics, industrial connectivity and common infrastructure facilities for
strengthening the competitiveness of the textile, engineering, agro-processing and Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sectors located in Erode, Tiruppur and Coimbatore and if so,
the details thereof, and
(e) the timeline envisaged for completion of the approved projects and operationalisation of
the proposed financing and infrastructure mechanisms in the Coimbatore-Erode-Tiruppur
Economic Region?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
(SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)
(a): The Micro & Small Enterprises – Cluster Development Programme (MSE-CDP) is a
Central Sector, demand-driven Scheme of the Ministry of MSME for establishment of Common
Facility Centres (CFCs) and Infrastructure Development Projects to enhance the competitiveness
of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). The Scheme does not have any component specifically
as Coimbatore-Erode-Tiruppur City Economic Region (CER).
(b): The MSE-CDP does not have any provision relating to Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
reform-cum-results-based financing.
(c) to (e): NIL.
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