Maharashtra plans to set up three more manufacturing zones under the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), apart from the two that are coming up in Raigad and Aurangabad districts, a senior official said.
“The Government has already notified two areas - Shendra in Aurangabad and Dighi in Raigad - for NIMZs (national manufacturing and investment zones). To further boost manufacturing industry in Maharashtra, we plan to set up three more NIMZs,” Principal Secretary (Industry) and MIDC Chief Executive Mr K Shivaji told PTI here.
The NMP, which proposes creating NIMZs, aims at increasing the share of manufacturing sector in the GDP to 25 per cent from the present 16 per cent, and creating 100 million new jobs by 2022.
Under the policy, the Centre plans to set up large integrated area, called NIMZs, which will be the growth drivers for the sector.
The first phase of NIMZ will be established along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), which covers Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
On completion, this corridor is expected to account for 43 per cent of GDP, 50 per cent of industrial production and exports and 40 per cent of total workforce.
Initially, the Centre has notified seven locations - the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad region in Uttar Pradesh; the Manesar-Bawal belt in Haryana, the Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana belt in Rajasthan, Ahmedabad-Dholera in Gujarat; the Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow belt in Madhya Pradesh and the Shendra-Bidkin and Dighi Port industrial area in Maharashtra for NIMZs.
The new NIMZs in Maharashtra would come up in non-DMIC region where development has not reached, Mr Shivaji said.
“To give a boost to the manufacturing sector as well as to develop the backward regions of the state, we plan to set up NIMZs in non-DMIC region. We will play the role of a facilitator for companies to set up their projects here,” he said.
He added the process for identifying the locations has commenced and feasibility study is being undertaken.