Recently, India’s first ‘National Investment and Manufacturing Zone’ was proposed to be set up in
- Andhra Pradesh
- Gujarat
- Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh
Explanation
Option (a) is correct
- National Investment & Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) are one of the important instruments of National Manufacturing Policy, 2011. NIMZs are envisaged as large areas of developed land with the requisite eco-system for promoting world class manufacturing activity.
- NIMZs are different from SEZs in terms of size, level of infrastructure planning, governance structures related to regulatory procedures, and exit policies. India’s first ‘National Investment and Manufacturing Zone’ was proposed to be set up in Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh).
- Government of India accorded in-principle approval to the 16 NIMZs under the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP). Out of these, 04 NIMZs, namely (i) Prakasam District of Andhra Pradesh, (ii) Sangareddy (erstwhile Medak) District of Telangana, (iii) Kalinganagar, Jajpur District of Odisha and (iv) Hyderabad Pharma City NIMZ in Rangareddy District of Telangana, were accorded final approval.
