Ministry of Commerce and Industry informed Rajya Sabha about Industrial parks and industries in the country.
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Industrial Park Scheme-2002, applicable for any undertaking which develops and operates, or, maintains and operates, an Industrial Park for the period beginning 1st day of April, 1997 and ending 31st day of March, 2006, was notified by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade on 1st April, 2002.
Data on Industrial Parks that have been established and functional in different States of the country during the last three years is not centrally maintained.
During the last three years, Department for Promotion of Industry & InternalTrade has accorded final approval for setting up of one National Investment & Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) namely Hyderabad Pharma City NIMZ in Rangareddy district of Telangana.
Setting up of Industrial Park and Industries in different States comes under the purview of the concerned State Government itself.
However, Central Government provides support to the States through its scheme/programmes, once the proposal to develop the parks/clusters/industries in a particular region is received from the concerned State Government.
