The Assam government is actively negotiating with the Defence Ministry for the declaration of areas adjoining Guwahati towards Nagaon as a defence corridor, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Assam Govt Negotiating with MoD for Defence Corridor
The Assam government is actively negotiating with the Defence Ministry for the declaration of areas adjoining Guwahati towards Nagaon as a defence corridor, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Assam Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma said at a function a day before that he was in talks with government of India to have third defence industrial corridor. He also expressed hope that the talks may materialise too.
The CM also stated that having defence industrial corridor was part of thinking to bring investment into the state which did not exist earlier. The Union government has set up two Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs) in order to attract total investment worth ₹20,000 crore by the year 2024-25 for defence industries, develop domestic supply chain and strengthen defence manufacturing ecosystem in the country.
In UP Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC), there are six nodes — Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Chitrakoot and Lucknow.
And Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor (TNDIC) has five nodes — Chennai, Hosur, Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruchirappalli. Both the States have promulgated their respective aerospace and defence policy to attract investments in their respective DICs.
As per April, last year, 108 MoU were signed with industry and organisations in the UPDIC having potential investment of ₹12,191 crore. Investment of ₹2,445 crore has been already made and 1611 hectares of land has been acquired so far for development of UPDIC, the Ministry of Defence had said.
In Tamil Nadu, arrangements have been made through MoUs etc with 53 industries for potential investment of ₹11,794 crore. Investment worth ₹3,894 crore has been made and 910 hectares of land has been acquired so far for development of TNDIC.
