Sunday, October 11, 2015

First NIMZ to come up in Andhra Pradesh

  • Andhra Pradesh is set to house India’s first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) over the 10km of land in Prakasham district.
  • Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has relaxed the requirement of land for setting up an NIMZ, from 50 sq km to 10 sq km. 
  • DIPP has approved totally 12 NIMZs till now. The NIMzs are namely Nagpur (Maharashtra), Medak (Telangana),  Chittor( Rajasthan), Kalinganagar (Odisha) and Tumkur, Kolar, Gulbarga, Bidar in Karnataka etc.,
  • Andhra Pradesh has estimated that the NIMZ would create opportunities for 20,500 direct jobs and 29,200 indirect jobs and attract an investment of over Rs 43,500 crore. 

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