Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project

The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMICDC) is a planned industrial development project between India's capital, Delhi and its financial hub, Mumbai. It is one of the world's largest infrastructure projects with an estimated investment of and is planned as a high-tech industrial zone spread across six states, Delhi being a Union Territory, across the 1,500 km long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor which serves as its backbone.

It includes 24 industrial regions, eight smart cities, two airports, five power projects, two mass rapid transit systems, and two logistical hubs. The eight investment regions proposed to be developed in Phase I of DMIC are Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad (in UP), Manesar-Bawal (in Haryana), Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana and Jodhpur-Pali-Marwar (in Rajasthan), Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow (in MP), Ahmedabad-Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) in Gujarat, the Shendra-Bidkin Industrial Park, and Dighi Port Industrial Area in Maharashtra.

The project has received a major boost from India and Japan, due to an agreement to set up a project development fund with an initial size of . The Japanese and Indian governments are likely to contribute equally. The work is progressing at a rapid pace, with the dedicated freight corridor expected to be completed by December 2019.

Background

The genesis of the project goes back to China's preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which triggered a diversion of India's iron ore exports from Japan to China, in order to feed the increased infrastructure requirements for the then upcoming games. Japan, which was importing large quantities of iron ore from India, was negatively affected as it had to maintain a reliable source of iron ore imports to feed its long established industrial sector. Efforts to procure ore from alternate sources in India were logistically difficult and not cost effective. This inspired the then Japanese Ambassador to India, to raise the idea of building an efficient freight corridor along the lines of the Tokyo – Osaka corridor (Taiheiyō Belt).

Benefits & ROI

Investment and financing

Project initially aims for USD$100 billion direct investment in this scheme, excluding investment in other associated schemes. Anand Sharma from The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has proposed the establishment of a revolving fund with matching contribution from India and Japan to kick-start the implementation process of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project. The ambitious project will be funded through private-public partnership and foreign investment. Japan will be a major investor for this project. The corridor will span 1483 km.$4.5 billion was being initially funded by the Japanese government as a loan for a period of 40 years at a nominal interest of 0.1%. The industrial corridor project will be implemented by the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, an autonomous body composed of government and the private sector.

Target businesses and companies

To provide impetus to Make in India, supported by Startup India and Standup India, a total of 24 special investment nodes are conceived to be created by the government, that would support manufacturing, however, any type of industry could be set up. The main role of these hubs is to facilitate businesses, set up their factories quickly without any hiccups in land acquisition and resources, and providing cheap, fast, and efficient transportation to ports and the rest of the nation. The government would play the role of the facilitator to encourage businesses to invest more by providing a "stable environment".

Employment generation

Conceived as a global manufacturing and trading hub, the project is expected to double employment potential, triple industrial output and quadruple exports from the region in five years.The project is expected to generate 3 million jobs, largely in manufacturing. The labor availability is approximately 50 million in the immediate influence zone and over 250 million across the states where the project will pass through. There are several high quality and renowned educational institutions across the states such as IIT, IIM, and Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Many more institutes such as Indian Institute of Information Technology are planned along the corridor.

Synergies with intersecting projects

• Air connectivity
  • UDAN

• Rail connectivity: intersects and synergise with the following
  • Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor
  • Mumbai-Bangalore economic corridor
  • Western Dedicated Freight Corridor
  • Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
  • North-South Dedicated Freight Corridor

• Road connectivity
  • Golden Quadrilateral
  • Delhi Eastern Peripheral Expressway
  • Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway
  • Delhi–Jaipur Expressway
  • Ahamdabad-Vadodra Expressway
  • Mumbai Vadodara Expressway
  • Mumbai Pune Expressway

• Seaport Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ)
  • Saurashtra CEZ covering Port Pipavav and Sikka port
  • Suryapur CEZ covering Dahej port and Hazira Port
  • North Konkan CEZ covering Jawaharlal Nehru Port and Mumbai Port Trust

• Port's new rail connectivity

• Base infrastructure
  • Bharat Broadband Network
  • Digital India
  • Smart Cities Mission
  • Housing for All Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)
  • Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
  • Renewable energy in India

• Other
  • Will boost the following:
    • Make in India
    • Standup India
    • Startup India
  • Will be boosted by the following:
  • Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna
  • Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
  • Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Scope

DMIC will include the development of the 1540 km long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) with 24 nodes (investment regions and industrial areas), including six large investment regions of 200 square kilometers, and will run through 6 states: Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh, southern Haryana, eastern Rajasthan, eastern Gujarat, and western Maharashtra. Will also have influence zone and nodes in the 7th states of Madhya Pradesh.

Summary by states

• Delhi, 115 km (1.5%) in WDFC

• Uttar Pradesh, 22 km (1.5%) in WDFC with 1 investment region and 1 industrial area: Node-1: Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region and Node-2: Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Industrial Area (MMIA).

• Haryana, 130 km (10%) of WDFC and 66% of the state is in influence area of DMIC zone with 1 investment region and 2 industrial areas: Node No.3: Faridabad-Palwal Industrial Area (FPIA), Node No.4: Rewari-Hisar Industrial Area (RHIA), Node No.6: Manesar-Bawal Investment Region (MBIR).

• Rajasthan, 553 km (39%) of WDFC and 58% state is in DMIC zone, with 2 investment regions and 3 industrial areas Node No.7: Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region (KBNIR), Node No.8: Jaipur-Dausa Industrial Area (JDIA), Node No.9: Ajmer-Kishangarh Investment Region (AKIR), Node No.10: Rajsamand-Bhilwara Industrial Area (RBIA), Node No.11: Pali-Marwar Industrial Area (JPMIA).

• Gujarat, 565 km with 2 investment regions and 3 industrial areas: Node No.12: Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region (ADIR), Node No.13: Vadodara-Ankleshwar Industrial Area (VAIA), Node No.14: Bharuch-Dahej Investment Region (BDIR), Node No.15: Surat-Navsari Industrial Area (SNIA), Node No.16: Valsad-Umbergaon Industrial Area (VUIA).

• Maharashtra, 150 km (10%) of WDFC and 18% in influence area of DMIC zone with 2 investment regions and 2 industrial areas: Node No.17: Dhule-Nardhana Investment Region (DNIR), Node No.18: Igatpuri-Nashik-Sinnar Investment Region (INSIR), Node No.19: Pune-Khed Industrial Area (PKIA) and Node No.20: Dighi Industrial Area & Port (DIAP).

• Madhya Pradesh, zero length of WDFC and 1% of the state is in influence area of DMIC zone, with 2 investment regions and 2 industrial areas: Node No.21: Neemach-Nayagaon Industrial Area (NNIA), Node No.22: Shajapur-Dewas Industrial Area (SDIA), Node No.23: Ratlam-Nagda Investment Region (RNIR) and Node No.24: Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow (Indore) Investment Region (PDMIR).

Delhi

Delhi, 115 km (1.5%) of WDFC.

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh, 22 km (1.5%) of WDFC

Node-1: Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad Investment Region (DNGIR)

Across Greater Noida and Ghaziabad district

Node-2: Meerut-Muzaffarnagar Industrial Area (MMIA)

Haryana

Haryana, 130 km (10%) of WDFC and 66% of the state is in influence area of DMIC zone, will have two investment regions and two industrial areas

Node No.3: Faridabad-Palwal Industrial Area (FPIA)

Will be developed in subsequent phases in Faridabad district and Palwal district

Node No.4: Rewari-Hisar Industrial Area (RHIA)

Node No.4: Rewari-Hisar Industrial Area (RHIA) will be developed in subsequent phases in Rewari district and Hisar (district).

• Hisar Integrated International Aerocity and Industrial Hub, in-principal approval granted for the international aerocity by GOI in November 2017.

• Integrated Multimodel Logistics Hub, Nangal Chaudhary (IMLH Nangal Chaudhary), 1,100 acre US$3.3. billion project is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC) on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC), that is on track to be completed on time by December 2017 (infrastructure and plot of land ready to be allocated to investors, as of April 2017). Nangal Chaudhary, with USD$3.3 billion phase-I investment, is North India's largest logistics and warehousing hub. Among such investors, Dr. B. Ravi Pillai, owner of RP Group and the richest Indian billionaire in Dubai and Middle East which employ over 70,000 employees, offered to CM of Haryana in December 2017 to invest in logistics company in Integrated Multimodel Logistics Hub, Nangal Chaudhary (North India's largest logistics hub) and in Prime Minister's Housing for All (PMAY) low-cost urban housing in 3 Industrial Model Townships (IMT) along Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway in IMT Bahadurgarh, IMT Kundli, Sonipat and IMT Manesar with construction to be completed within 1 year.

Node No.5: Kundli-Sonepat Investment Region (KSIR)

Will be developed in subsequent phases in Sonepat district

• IMT Kundli is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC) on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) and also located in the influence zone of the Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC) on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC). Dr. B. Ravi Pillai, owner of RP Group and the richest Indian billionaire in Dubai and Middle East which employ over 70,000 employees, offered to CM of Haryana in December 2017 to invest in logistics company in Integrated Multimodel Logistics Hub, Nangal Chaudhary (North India's largest logistics hub) and in Prime Minister's Housing for All (PMAY) low-cost urban housing in 3 Industrial Model Townships (IMT) along Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway in IMT Bahadurgarh, IMT Kundli, Sonipat and IMT Manesar with construction to be completed within 1 year.

• Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat

Node No.6: Manesar-Bawal Investment Region (MBIR)

will be developed in Phase I during 2014-2017

• IMT Manesar is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC) on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) and also located in the influence zone of the Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC) on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC). Dr. B. Ravi Pillai, owner of RP Group and the richest Indian billionaire in Dubai and Middle East which employ over 70,000 employees, offered to CM of Haryana in December 2017 to invest in logistics company in Integrated Multimodel Logistics Hub, Nangal Chaudhary (North India's largest logistics hub) and in Prime Minister's Housing for All (PMAY) low-cost urban housing in 3 Industrial Model Townships (IMT) along Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway in IMT Bahadurgarh, IMT Kundli, Sonipat and IMT Manesar with construction to be completed within 1 year. Manesar has more than US$10 billion investment in several large multinational industries, specially from Japan, such as Maruti Suzuki and Tosiba Eco City. Aadhar's national Data Center is also located here.

• IMT Bawal in NCR near Rewari in Haryana, is a large industrial centre has been developed by the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC). It is part of Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project (DMIC) on Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) and also located in the influence zone of the Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor (ADKIC) on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC). It also synergises with other IMT of Haryana along Delhi Western Peripheral Expressway such as IMT Bahadurgarh, IMT Kundli, Sonipat and IMT Manesar. Bawal has been evolved as a mega industrial growth hub where HSIIDC has allotted 78 Industrial manufacturing plots to 78 medium and large scale projects multi-national companies here with capital investment of around US$1.18 billion (2016), including Harley-Davidson, Asahi India, Musashi Auto Parts India, POSCO steel, Kansai Nerolac Paints, YKK, Euothern Hema, Keihin Corporation, Atlas Copco, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation, Caparo Maruti and Haco Group along with many Indian companies such as Omax Corporation, Rico Auto Corporation, Minda Auto Group, Rubyco Modular Furniture International, Tenneco Automotive India, Continental Equipment and Multicolor Steels, Caparo power plant, etc. have set up plants.

Rajasthan

Rajasthan, 553 km (39%) of WDFC and 58% of the state is in influence area of DMIC zone, will have two investment regions and three industrial areas

Node No.Khushkhera-Bhiwadi-Neemrana Investment Region (KBNIR)

includes Bhiwadi Dry Port at Bhiwadi

Node No.8: Jaipur-Dausa Industrial Area (JDIA)

across Jaipur district and Dausa district

Node No.9: Ajmer-Kishangarh Investment Region (AKIR)

across Ajmer district and Kishangarh district

Node No.10: Rajsamand-Bhilwara Industrial Area (RBIA)

across Rajsamand district and Bhilwara district

Node No.11: Pali-Marwar Industrial Area (JPMIA)

across Jodhpur district, Pali district and Marwar district

Gujarat

565 km

Node No.12: Ahmedabad-Dholera Investment Region (ADIR)

Node No.13: Vadodara-Ankleshwar Industrial Area (VAIA)

Node No.14: Bharuch-Dahej Investment Region (BDIR)

Node No.15: Surat-Navsari Industrial Area (SNIA)

Node No.16: Valsad-Umbergaon Industrial Area (VUIA)

Maharashtra

150 km (10%) of WDFC and 18% of the state is in influence area of DMIC zone

Node No.17: Dhule-Nardhana Investment Region (DNIR)

Includes Shendra – Bidkin Industrial Park in Aurangabad district

Node No.18: Igatpuri-Nashik-Sinnar Investment Region (INSIR)

Node No.19: Pune-Khed Industrial Area (PKIA)

Node No.20: Dighi Industrial Area & Port (DIAP)

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, zero length of WDFC and 1% of the state is in influence area of DMIC zone

Node No.21: Neemach-Nayagaon Industrial Area (NNIA)

Node No.22: Shajapur-Dewas Industrial Area (SDIA)

• Ujjain Knowledge City:
  The Government of Madhya Pradesh has allotted 1,200 acres of land, for the development of Vikramaditya Knowledge City near Ujjain. The city will be mainly used as an education sector and will be a part of the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project. The city will come up near Narwar village on Dewas-Ujjain Road.

Node No.23: Ratlam-Nagda Investment Region (RNIR)

Node No.24: Pithampur-Dhar-Mhow (Indore) Investment Region (PDMIR)

DMIC Infrastructure

India has often lacked in building high-quality infrastructure to support the economy. This project aims to jerk India into the habit of building high-quality infrastructure to make businesses cost competitive in the global market by using advanced technologies and planning, like the Golden Quadrilateral project. It will include new one 4000 MW power plant, three mega seaports SEZs and building rail connectivity with the ports, and six new operational airports under UDAN scheme. India is urbanizing rapidly with 40.76% of Indians, expected to be living in urban areas by 2030 from 31.16% in 2011. This ongoing process of urbanization would create huge stress in the existing cities which are already unable to support the rapid growth with poor infrastructure. In some cases existing urban centers may face environmental or physical constrictions (such as Mumbai) of expansion. In the current scenario, this would prove to be an impediment to India's continuing economic growth. One of the main goals of this mega project would be the development of numerous new cities to create new centers of economic activity in the country. These new globally benchmarked cities aim will be superior to the existing cities in terms of infrastructure, planning, city management, and services.

Some of the big notable cities are already in various stages of development such as IMT MAnesar in Haryana, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, Dholera SIR, and a Vikram Udyog Nagari, near Ujjain.

Energy

In order to meet energy demands of the expected growth along the corridor, the Government of India predicted a need of at least 100,000 MW by 2012. To help meet this number the DMIC will be building power plants that provide around 4000 MW each. While the final number of power plants to be built is still unknown the DMIC plans on powering them with Coal, Gas, and Lignite.

Sewage and water treatment

• NCR RRTS phase-I
  • Delhi-Alwar RRTS
  • Delhi-Meerut RRTS
  • Delhi-Panipat RRTS
• NCR RRTS phase-II
  • Delhi-Rohtak RRTS
  • Delhi-Palwal RRTS
  • Delhi-Khurja RRTS
  • Ghaziabad-Hapur RRTS
  • Delhi-Baraut RRTS

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

Gurugram (BRT)

Much like Delhi, Gurugram too will have a bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor to decongest traffic on the Northern Peripheral Road. In several sections, the NPR will have provisions for the BRT corridor to ensure smooth flow of traffic. The road will be fully developed in March 2012.

Ahmedabad(BRT)

Ahmedabad Bus Rapid Transit System is already operational.

See also

• BharatNet
• Sagarmala
• UDAN
• UMANG