Dholera International Airport Company Limited (DIACL) has issued a tender inviting bids for the construction of a modern terminal building to serve both domestic and international passengers at the Greenfield International Airport in the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR).......
Tata Electronics intends to set up two more semiconductor fabs in Dholera, Gujarat as part of its long-term plan to build chips locally and cater to global demand, according to two people directly aware of the company’s strategy.......
After the successful first phase of the India Semiconductor Mission, the government is set to launch the second phase of the scheme with a greater focus on bringing all component companies, raw material suppliers, and others on board........
A new interstate transmission system (ISTS) scheme is in the making, aimed at providing redundant ISTS power supply to upcoming manufacturing units in the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) in Gujarat........
Construction work on the expressway connecting Ahmedabad with the smart city of Dholera is underway. Providing information about the status of Greenfield Corridor projects in the country, Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari stated that, as of June 30th, 2024.......
The country will have 12 new industrial cities in different states like the ones developed in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh and Dholera in Gujarat to further boost domestic manufacturing, a top government official said. Out of this, two are coming up in Andhra Pradesh and one in Bihar......
Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel holds a one-on-one meeting with Tata Electronics CEO and MD Shri Randhir Thakur in Gandhinagar. Shri Randhir Thakur is visiting Gujarat to participate in the Gujarat Semiconnect Conference 2024, organized by the state government’s......
Semiconductors, also referred to as integrated circuits or microchips, are an essential component of electronic devices, facilitating communications, military systems, healthcare, computing, transportation, clean energy, and several other applications......
Speaking at the Gujarat SemiConnect Conference 2024, the CEO stressed on the importance of creating a robust supply chain and establishing a talent pool. executives from US-based Micron, Tata Group, Taiwanese diplomats,......
Tata Electronics, spearheading India’s ambitious semiconductor manufacturing venture in Gujarat’s Dholera, has forged a crucial partnership with US-based Synopsys. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Tata Electronics and Synopsys aims to accelerate the production capabilities of India’s first semiconductor fabrication plant.......
Tata Electronics will use Synopsys’ foundry design platform, which will help ramp up designing custom semiconductor products for clients. Other areas of technology that the two companies will collaborate on include factory automation, data analytics, and computer-aided design......
Union Minister of IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on March 19 said that the first 'Made in India' chip will be available in the market by December 2024. He was speaking at the latest edition of News18 Network’s leadership event, ‘News18 Rising Bharat Summit’, which is being held in New Delhi on March 19 and 20.....
Union Minister of IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on March 19 said that the first 'Made in India' chip will be available in the market by December 2024. He was speaking at the latest edition of News18 Network’s leadership event, ‘News18 Rising Bharat Summit’, which is being held in New Delhi on March 19 and 20.....
In his campaign speech, Amit Shah focuses on the huge investments pouring into Sanand and Dholera.Marketing Gujarat as a state that has witnessed “equitable development and investments” Union Home Minister Amit Shah.....
The 14 nm chip technology offers enhanced efficiency, power, and speed. Tata Group, in collaboration with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC), has commenced the development of 14-nanometer (nm) chip technology..........
Gujarat’s developmental strides have been fueled by ambitious projects like the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, the Dholera Solar Park, and the Hybrid Renewable Energy Park in Kutch, symbolising the state’s forward-looking vision. Officials anticipate a further.............
The Narendra Modi government in Gujarat is planning to build its first expressway, between Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar, at a cost of Rs2,200 crore. This will provide superfast road connectivity to the special investment regions (SIR) in the state.............
This initiative marks India's foray into greenfield smart city development, characterized by intelligent infrastructure, advanced utilities, seamless connectivity, and technological innovation. Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has played a key role in shaping Dholera into India's maiden smart greenfield city.............
Ahmedabad Dholera Expressway is a 109- kilometre-long under-construction four-lane access-controlled road that will help tackle traffic congestion on the other roads in the state. The project is being undertaken by the National Highway Authority of India and will ensure smooth movement for travellers commuting journey between Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar.............
The Rs 91,000 crore mega semiconductor fabrication facility in Dholera is run jointly by Tata Electronics in partnership with PSMC. This fab facility will have manufacturing capacity of up to 50,000 wafers per month.India's first semiconductor chip from the Tata Group plant in Dholera will most likely be out by 2026. ...........
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Giving a push to his vision to position India as a global hub for semiconductor design, manufacturing and technology development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of three semiconductor projects worth about Rs 1.25 lakh crore on Wednesday via video conferencing. ..........
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stones for three semiconductor facilities worth over Rs. 1.25 lakh crore on Wednesday, March 13. Two of the three facilities are located in Gujarat, whereas one is based in Assam. He will also take part in the ‘India’s Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat’ programme...........
Of the three semiconductor projects, two are from the Tata Group. They include an $11 billion semiconductor fab facility, the country's first, at Dholera in Gujarat. The other unit proposed by the conglomerate involves a Rs 27,000 crore chip assembly..........
The project of proposed Dholera airport has once again figured in the State budget. As per the budget documents for financial year 2024-25, the Gujarat government has provisioned Rs. 122.26 crore for share capital contribution to Dholera International Airport Company Ltd............
The project of proposed Dholera airport has once again figured in the State budget. As per the budget documents for financial year 2024-25, the Gujarat government has provisioned Rs. 122.26 crore for share capital contribution to Dholera International Airport Company Ltd............
The project of proposed Dholera airport has once again figured in the State budget. As per the budget documents for financial year 2024-25, the Gujarat government has provisioned Rs. 122.26 crore for share capital contribution to Dholera International Airport Company Ltd............
Tata Group plans a semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat, set to start in 2024. Chairman Chandrasekaran also outlined a battery factory construction in Sanand and praised Gujarat's growth at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit.............
The Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, conceptualized in 2003, has evolved as one of the most reputed global forums for business collaboration and strategic partnerships. Themed 'Gateway to the Future', the summit will be held from January 10 to 12. It will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday............
Yashnand Engineers and Contractors, based in the Ellisbridge area of the city, has been awarded a work order worth Rs. 333 crore (excluding GST) for the development of a new integrated terminal building and ATC tower at the under-construction Greenfield Airport at Dholera...........
Yashnand Engineers and Contractors, based in the Ellisbridge area of the city, has been awarded a work order worth Rs. 333 crore (excluding GST) for the development of a new integrated terminal building and ATC tower at the under-construction Greenfield Airport at Dholera...........
The 109-km long Ahmedabad-Dholera expressway, that will make commuting between Ahmedabad, Dholera SIR and Bhavnagar easier, is likely to be completed before the Lok Sabha elections in 2024...........
The streets of Gujarat will soon buzz with an influx of global leaders, potential investors, and distinguished delegates as the tenth Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) unfolds on January 10, 2024..........
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], January 2 (ANI): A seminar specifically focussed on Dholera greenfield smart city is set to take place on January 10, the inaugural day of the tenth edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit.........
Ahmedabad, Dec 12 (PTI) A dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Dholera Special Investment Region is an industrial city, planned by the Gujarat government and the Centre, to set up modern large-scale manufacturing units,........
The first phase of the Dholera Industrial Smart City, located approximately 100 km away from Ahmedabad, is nearing completion. They stated that the land allotment for industries has already commenced........
Gandhinagar, Dec 18 (PTI) The first phase of the Dholera Industrial Smart City, being developed around 100 km away from Ahmedabad, is nearing completion and land allotment for industries has already begun, officials said on Monday.........
Chief minister Bhupendra Patel visited the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) on Thursday and inspected various ongoing projects at the greenfield industrial smart city. The Dholera SIR is being showcased as a prime project of the state government at the forthcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS).........
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) to monitor the ongoing infrastructure works and other projects.Patel monitored the works in 22.54 km activation area of phase-1. Over 95 percent works in phase-1 are completed.........
The nation’s ambition to establish itself as a global electronics manufacturing hub is underpinned by the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) policy, which has an outlay of Rs 76,000 crore ($10 billion).........
AHMEDABAD, India — Against a background in which Washington is spurring U.S. companies to invest in India as a countermeasure against China, the Indian government is pressing companies in the United States, South Korea and Japan to..........
The construction work on the expressway connecting Ahmedabad with the smart city of Dholera, is progressing rapidly. Once the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway is ready and operational, people will be able to commute between the two cities minutes..........
The Kolkata roadshow serves as an important stepping stone to further strengthen ties between Gujarat and potential investors and partners, solidifying the state's reputation as a hub of economic growth and development on a global scale..........
On October 17, Indian multinational mining company headquartered in Mumbai, Vedanta Group said it is exploring collaborations with Japanese technology companies continuing its plan to set up a semiconductor fab in Gujarat.........
Gujarat, often referred to as the “growth engine of India,” has consistently outperformed the national growth rate. Despite comprising only 5% of the country’s population, Gujarat contributes over 8.3% to the national GDP. In the previous year, the state accounted for.........
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attended the Roadshow organised in Mumbai, as a part of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024. He presented the success story of two decades to leading figures from the...........
Chiripal Group’s Grew, which currently has 1.2 GW of solar module capacity, is adding 4.8 GW of new production lines. It is also setting up 2.8 GW of ingots, wafers and cells manufacturing capacity under PLI scheme............
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday invited over 1,500 prominent industrialists and investors during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2024 curtain-raising event held in New Delhi. The 10th VGGS will be held in January 2024...........
The foundation of a country’s progress and prosperity lies in its ability to build and maintain robust infrastructure. Well-organized and efficient infrastructure facilities foster economic and social development and propel the state and the country to new heights..........
IN his office in New Delhi, Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Indian minister of electronics and information technology, keeps a 30cm disc of silicon semiconductor on the wall, gleaming like a platinum record beside a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.........
n his office in New Delhi, Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Indian minister of electronics and information technology, keeps a 12-inch disc of silicon semiconductor on the wall, gleaming like a platinum record beside a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Its circuits, measured in nanometers and invisible ........
Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to propel India into the top tier of advanced semiconductor technology manufacturing - a “giant scale of ambition” to seize on the world’s desire to reduce reliance on China, says a New York Times report........
The 1,386-km-long Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, being developed at an estimated cost of over Rs 1 lakh crore, will be ready by December, reducing the time taken to travel between the two cities to 12 hours, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said in an exclusive interaction with Moneycontrol.......
The concept of smart cities is not new for India as the government introduced the Smart Cities Mission in 2015 and chose to develop 100 smart cities in the country. While these are brownfield developments and smaller in scale, creating a large greenfield industrial smart city from dust is a tough task to become a reality........
Team Gujarat under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is taking forward the development journey of Gujarat started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The work of Dholera internationl airport, which is exemplary in the infrastructural development of the state, will be completed by the end of next year 2026. For which operations are going on on a war footing........
The meeting took place in New Delhi with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Industry and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal in attendance. Alongside Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel of Gujarat Chief Ministers and Industry Ministers from Haryana Maharashtra.......
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday attended through video-conferencing the second meeting of the apex monitoring authority of the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme held in Delhi, an official said......
मंगलवार को जारी एक आधिकारिक बयान में कहा गया है कि भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण (NHAI) ने भी राज्य सरकार को आश्वासन दिया है कि वह अहमदाबाद को धोलेरा से जोड़ने के लिए प्रस्तावित राजमार्ग के निर्माण को प्राथमिकता देगी।.....
Chief Minister (CM) Bhupendra Patel expressed this confidence by participating in the second meeting of the apex committee of the National Industrial Corridor Development Program through video conference. This second meeting of the Supreme.....
India is leading in the assembly of mobile phones and electronic devices, but it has no modern semiconductor fabrication unit in the country. Last year in September, India’s Vedanta group along with its joint venture partner Hon Hai Precision Industry.....
From the time it was announced in 2008, in sync with the announcement of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) by the then UPA government at the Centre, the Dholera Special Investment Region - packing in a port, a metro, an industrial smart city,.......
Gujaratis are known for traveling the world. There are many countries in the world where Gujaratis are going for business, business and now for education, new international airports are now being developed due to restrictions against the expansion of Ahmedabad International Airport to meet the increasing domestic and international air passenger traffic.........
Vedanta Group announced that it has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with 20 Korean companies from the display glass industry for the development of an electronics manufacturing hub in India. Vedanta was invited to a roadshow at the recently-concluded Korea Biz-Trade Show 2023.........
Vedanta group is expecting to start building its Rs 1.5 lakh crore semiconductor plant in October-December this year and producing electronic chips by the first half of 2027, senior company officials said on Tuesday. Vedanta Semiconductor and Display business, global managing director.........
Torrent Power Generation and Adani Green Energy are winners in Torrent Power Limited’s auction to develop 300 MW of grid-connected solar projects in Gujarat. Adani Green and Torrent Power quoted a........
The government has given its 'in-principle' approval for the construction of 21 new greenfield (new) airports across the country. The airports in Navi Mumbai, Vijayapura, Hassan, Noida (Jewar), Hirasar, and Dholera are expected to........
A joint venture of Indian conglomerate Vedanta and electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn has finalized the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) near Ahmedabad city of Gujarat for setting up their semiconductor and display........
All eyes are on the 109 km long Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway now that phase 1 of the much anticipated Delhi-Mumbai Expressway has officially opened. By January 2024, India's first high-speed multimodal corridor that connects the.......
The salient features of Dholera airport include the Passenger Terminal Building with a handling capacity of 3.5 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) and a runway of the length of 3200 meters with required facilities for Code E Aircraft Operations.......
The 109 km long greenfield section of the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway is being developed with an estimated cost of Rs 4,200 crore. With the integration of a railway line into this expressway, it is likely that this project can witness an RRTS corridor connecting......
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However, the applicants in their final submissions have informed that they had decided Dholera Industrial City, Gujarat as final location for their proposal, and have submitted definitive agreement.... Read More News Dholera SIR Gujarat to get aircraft manufacturing facility soon: PM Modi
It is official. Gujarat will soon get an aircraft manufacturing facility while its parts will be manufactured in the engineering cluster Rajkot, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally on Wednesday........
Tata Group which is setting up India’s first aircraft manufacturing facility in Vadodara through a consortium with European aviation major Airbus has plans to further expand its base in the aerospace sector in Gujarat.......
Referring to Gujarat’s initiative in the electronics sector, Shri Chandrasekhar said that the State has taken several proactive measures like announcing its own Semicon policy and establishing Dholera as Asia’s largest electronics hub......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the time has come for India to supply ‘Made in India’ containers to the world to reduce over-dependence on one country for container requirements.......
The Bhavnagar port is in close vicinity to the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) and is expected to serve the industries that set up base in the region......
Union minister Piyush Goyal was addressing an “Investors Round Table Conference” in Gandhinagar. Goyal said that by 2024, the International Airport at Dholera and the expressway linking Ahmedabad to Dholera will be operational.....
The Gujarat government on Wednesday announced a dedicated policy to attract new investment in the semiconductor sector by offering incentives and subsidies to start operations in the state. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled the 'Gujarat Semiconductor Policy', will remain in force till 2027, state Science and Technology Minister Jitu Vaghani said in a statement.......
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel told the Apex Committee of the National Industrial Corridor Development Program that the Dhloera airport project, which has been approved in principle, will be expeditiously implemented. Patel was speaking at the first meeting of the committee held in New Delhi on Thursday..........
Dholera Airport will serve the Dholera Special Investment Zone (DSIR) with passenger and cargo traffic, and is anticipated to become a significant cargo hub for the industrial region. This airport will service the surrounding region as well as Ahmedabad as a secondary airport..........
Of the total 922 sq km, 340 sq km are under the coastal regulation zone and the rest 422 sq km will be put to commercial use, of which 15-20 per cent will be green belt, he said. Many companies applied for Product Link Incentive (PLI) schemes.........
Dholera (Ahmedabad), May 25 (PTI) Dholera Industrial City, the first greenfield industrial smart city coming up over 920 sqkm here, is ready to welcome its industrial citizens as the first phase of the project spanning 22.5 sqkm is almost fully complete.........
टाटा पावर की पूर्ण स्वामित्व वाली सहायक कंपनी टाटा पावर रिन्यूएबल्स एनर्जी लिमिटेड (टीपीआरईएल) ने गुजरात के धोलेरा में 300 मेगावाट की एक परियोजना शुरू की है। यह भारत का सबसे बड़ा सिंगल-एक्सिस सोलर ट्रैकर सिस्टम है। यह परियोजना सालाना 774 एमयू उत्पन्न करेगी।........
Renewables capacity in operation for Tata Power is now 3,400 MW with 2,468 MW of solar and 932 MW of wind power. Tata Power Renewables Energy (TPREL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power has commissioned 300 MW project in Dholera, Gujarat........
Among the many cities planned along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), coming up around a 100 kms south of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Here, Gopal Goswami, a columnist writing on public policy and infrastructure.....
The partnership will also catalyse scientific innovation and the marketability of high-tech start-ups In agreement has been signed between CSIR and iCreate, India's largest institution for transforming start-ups based on tech innovation into businesses, to harness......
TISMC Digital Fab has signed an agreement with the Karnataka government for setting up India’s first semiconductor fabrication unit. On 15th December 2021, the government of India had announced a new incentive scheme worth Rs.76,000 crore (approximately $10.2 billion).....
The development work of an international airport near Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in Gujarat will begin by January 2022, said Sanjeev Kumar, chairman of Airports Authority of India, while virtually addressing a special session on DSIR at Dubai Expo 2020 on Wednesday....
Two of the five firms which have been allotted land in the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) — ReNew Power and Chiripal Group — have started constructing their units, said state government officials as Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited the project site on Friday and reviewed the progress...
Gujarat's Dholera SIR and Gift City have also been included in the development plan of 100 smart cities of the country. After attending the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2022, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel ........
Gandhinagar: The Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) venture, a smart industrial city and one of PM Narendra Modi’s dream projects, is close to completion, chief minister Vijay Rupani claimed in the assembly on Wednesday............
With non-solar park auction yielding a much lower tariff of INR 1.99/kWh, the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has retendered the capacities for fresh tariff discovery. Bidding closes on April 12. The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has issued fresh calls inviting developers to set up 700 MW PV capacity in Dholera Solar Park and 100 MW in Raghanesda Solar Park as it seeks to discover lower prices than in previous auctions for these capacities............
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited’s (GUVNL) tender to purchase power from 500 MW of grid-connected solar projects (Phase XII) in the state has received a good response and has been oversubscribed. The bidders’ list includes Ayana Renewable Power, ReNew Power, Aljomaih Energy & Water Company,...........
AAI on Thursday issued tenders for the construction of the first phase of an international airport at Dholera in Gujarat, entailing an investment of Rs 987 crore, according to an official statement.The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday issued tenders.........
In a positive beginning to 2021, the government has approved five big-ticket investment proposals by four companies, which will invest close to Rs 6,000 crore in diverse sectors. The companies will set up manufacturing facilities in Dholera and Halol............
Dholera Industrial City Development limited (DICDL) in association with the Government of Gujarat participated in the 13th edition of Aero India 2021 at Bengaluru, Karnataka. DICDL showcased all its initiatives which significantly benefits potential businesses and also illustrated a host of investment opportunities in the vibrant economic corridor...........
After a considerable delay, the Gujarat government has given the green signal to the state’s first monorail project — between Ahmedabad and Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR). The state government has approved the draft project report (DPR) for the Rs 6,000 crore Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS)...........
Tata Power Solar on Saturday announced that it has bagged an order worth Rs 1,200 crore from state-run power giant NTPC for setting up of 320 MW ground mounted solar project. Tata Power Solar on Saturday announced that it has bagged an order worth Rs 1,200 crore from state-run power giant NTPC for setting up of 320 MW ground mounted solar project..........
The work on the proposed Dholera international airport, close to the Dholera SIR, which has not started for over a decade now, is expected to begin from February. The project SPV for Dholera International Airport Company Ltd (DIACL) was formed in January 2012. The Airports Authority of India, being the lead partner, prepared the project DPR and obtained environment clearance. The DIACL has obtained approval from the ministry of civil aviation.........
The MOU were signed by ACS to Chief Minister and Chairman of Dholera Industrial City Development Limited Mr. M.K Das and Managing Partner of Cerestra Mr. Jasmit Chhabra. DSIR, a flagship project of the state government, is taking shape through various projects like Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway, Dholera International Airport and Bhimnath-Dholera Rail-line.........
Tata Power won this capacity in a bid announced by GUVNL in March. The project has to be commissioned within 15 months from the date of execution of power purchase agreement. With this award, the cumulative capacity under development in Gujarat will be 620 MW out of which 400 MW will be in Dholera Solar Park........
Vena Energy Renewables, Tata Power, ReNew Power, SJVN Limited, and TEQ Green Power (a subsidiary of O2 Power) are winners in the auction for 700 MW of solar projects floated by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited’s (GUVNL) for Dholera solar park (Phase IX).......
The National Highways Authority of India has set the timeline for 23 new highways, including a network of expressways and economic corridors, which will be ready by March 2025. Four expressways, including Delhi-Mumbai......
Around 500 acres of land will be earmarked for developing a defence aviation hub near the proposed airport at Dholera SIR, said Air Marshal R K Dhir, Advisor, Defence and Aerospace, Government of Gujarat, on Thursday....
Dholera SIR Developers’ Association (DSDA) has sought to push Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) as an investment destination to the companies in China that are exploring alternative geographies in India and Gujarat. A representation regarding this ...........
The Centre on Thursday floated bids to appoint a consultant for the proposed Dholera Greenfield International Airport near Ahmedabad, kick-starting the process of setting up a second international airport in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi ’s home state......
The Centre on Thursday floated bids to appoint a consultant for the proposed Dholera Greenfield International Airport near Ahmedabad, kick-starting the process of setting up a second international airport in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi ’s home state......
Central public sector undertakings (PSUs) will acquire more than two lakh hectares to set up 47,000 mw of green power units under a new plug-and-play model, aimed at accelerating solar capacity expansion by derisking projects from land acquisition and availability of transmission corridors as well as reduce tariffs by up to 20 paise per unit....
In a major push to electric mobility in Gujarat, Tata Group, has committed an investment of Rs 4,000 crore to set up a in Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in Gujarat. According to a senior state government official, the company has already acquired a land parcel of 126 acre in Dholera.......
Besides Indian Army and IAF, private defence players will also use the firing range The Gujarat government is working on the Indian Army’s request, to set up a large 200-square kilometers of multi-weapon firing range, at Dholera Smart City - about 100 kilometers from Ahmedabad........
With finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget announcements, Dholera Industrial City in the state is expected to get a major boost. The zone has been conceived as a hub for large manufacturing projects, especially in high-technology sectors. Officials of Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd (DICDL) said they are in touch with companies......
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Work on the greenfield Dholera International Airport (DIAC) is set to begin soon after the first Board meeting of the Dholera International Airport Company Limited (DIACL) was held to expedite the process......
Located 80 km from Ahmedabad, Dholera Smart City is envisaged to create 8 lakh employment opportunities and house 20 lakh people by 2042. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visioned the smart city to be double the size of Delhi...........
The Gujarat government headed by the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi created a legislative framework for the formation of a Special Investment Region Act 2009. India will soon have its first smart and futuristic city in Gujarat! The proposed Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) will be bigger than Singapore in size with world-class facilities, says an FE report............
AHEMEDABAD : After finding success in its pilot project at Dholera, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU)is planning to tap a large geothermal source for commercially viable production of electricity. For this, it is planning to rope in oil companies to carry out deep well drilling and exploration............
The Gujarat government headed by the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi created a legislative framework for the formation of a Special Investment Region Act 2009. India will soon have its first smart and futuristic city in Gujarat! The proposed Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) will be bigger than Singapore in size with world-class facilities, says an FE report............
Touted as India’s largest greenfield city, DSIR has seen work get underway in 22.5-sq-km Activation Area. The toast of the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) is being touted as Gujarat’s “most smart and futuristic city” by the state government, which wants it to be “bigger in size than Singapore”, with world-class facilities. If the plans come to fruition,.......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi may inaugurate the work for industrial projects for which Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS). It is likely that the PM may inaugurate the initiation of a project by a Chinese company that proposed investments of Rs 21,000 crore at the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR).......
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) has been playing a pivotal role in creating an enabling business environment through development of integrated infrastructure keeping in view the needs of building a new India. Alkesh K Sharma, CEO & MD, DMICDC, shares his thoughts on the Opportunities and challenges the project presents and the way it is gradually transforming India’s economy.......
Dholera SIR, India’s First Platinum Rated Greenfield Industrial city about 100 km south of Ahmedabad, is ready to offer to the investors world-class, plug-and-play infrastructure, large land parcels and reliable & affordable amenities that have been benchmarked against the best in the world. In a candid interview, Jai Prakash Shivahare, CEO,...
Sources from Dholera SIR Development Authority said, "The Oppo and Vivo delegation had visited the site and they are interested in manufacturing the entire series of their products including mobiles, LEDs and other equipment. They have great plans of investing in India and we gave them detailed presentation of the advantages of investments in Dholera."...
Sources from Dholera SIR Development Authority said, "The Oppo and Vivo delegation had visited the site and they are interested in manufacturing the entire series of their products including mobiles, LEDs and other equipment. They have great plans of investing in India and we gave them detailed presentation of the advantages of investments in Dholera."...
In a major boost to air connectivity out of Gujarat, Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government, for the construction of airports at Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR). The MoU was signed on the second day of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2019, as part of which two greenfield airports will come up in the state..........
MoUs proposing investment of more than Rs 1 lakh crore were signed in the renewable energy space on the final day of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS) on Sunday. The Memorandums of Understanding would create more than 10,000 jobs upon completion, which is expected by 2020 and 2021, said officials........
The company is also an emerging electrical vehicle battery producer and is considering setting up an electrical battery plant in Dholera to cater to the fast developing auto industry in India, he said. The decision was taken after company officials and representatives visited the Dholera site in the recent past.......
An MOU to that effect was signed between Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL) and the CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co. Ltd during the Vibrant Gujarat 2019 summit in Gandhinagar on Friday. DICDL had been in discussion with CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co. Ltd to understand and assess the business of manufacturing of Metro Rolling Stocks that it manufacturing of Metro Rolling Stocks that it manufactures......
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has issued a Request for Selection (RfS) for the purchase of 1,000 MW of power from grid-connected solar photovoltaic power projects located in Dholera Solar Park (phase V). The last date for submission of bids is February 15, 2019. The technical bids will open on February 16, 2019 and financial bids will open on February 22, 2019. .....
The Gujarat government plans to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant on Dholera coast as part of the government’s target to produce 15,000 MW of renewable energy, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Wednesday ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 18......
The Gujarat government plans to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant on Dholera coast as part of the government’s target to produce 15,000 MW of renewable energy, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Wednesday ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 18......
India's first greenfield industrial city at Dholera in Gujarat is ready to take off, with basic infrastructural facilities for its first phase of development are set to be completed by this September, according to officials.Dholera, which is a project conceived under the then Chief minister and current Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being............
The upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 (VGGS) expects to see commitment of investments worth a whoing Rs 50,000 crore in the renewable energy sector in the state, according to officials.The state-owned Gujarat Power Corp Ltd (GPCL) will be laying the foundation stone for the biggest 5000mw solar power park worth Rs 25,000 crore within the Dholera Special Investment Region...................
Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMIDC) Friday said Aurangabad Industrial Township Limited (AITL) or Auric City, one of the greenfield smart industrial node along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, has attracted nearly Rs 3,600 crore worth of investments till December last year......
Construction of the much-awaited Dholera International Airport (DIAC) is likely to begin early next year with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) aroving a decision earlier this month to take a 51% stake in the project. AAI will be inducted on the board of DIAC at the latter’s upcoming board meeting in December, Jai Prakash Shivahare,..................
Construction of the much-awaited Dholera International Airport (DIAC) is likely to begin early next year with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) aroving a decision earlier this month to take a 51% stake in the project. AAI will be inducted on the board of DIAC at the latter’s upcoming board meeting in December, Jai Prakash Shivahare,..................
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) granted a licence to Torrent Power Limited (TPL) to suly electricity to the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), a greenfield industrial city being developed some 100km from Ahmedabad. The state power regulator accorded TPL a licence to carrying out distribution and retail suly of electricity in the Dholera SIR area for 25 years........ .........
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has invited expression of interest (EoI) from project developers to develop 1,000 MW of grid-connected solar PV projects in the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in the state. The deadline for submitting EoI is October 15, 2018. Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) will be the nodal agency for the development of the solar park...........
Complications to avail land near city airport for construction of parallel runway has compelled Airports Authority of India (AAI) to form a joint venture with the Dholera authorities. The joint venture, likely to be formed by this week or early next week, will take away a lot of traffic overflow of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) which is witnessing a massive increase day by day...........
he theme of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit-2019 will be ‘Shaping of a New India’, it was decided at the first meeting of the Advisory Committee of the event on Friday. The summit is proposed to be held between January 18 and 20 next year. The Gujarat government started holding this biennial investor gathering when Narendra Modi was chief minister. In the meeting of the advisory committee on Friday, chief minister Vijay Rupani aroach...........
Gujarat has emerged has as the top state in terms of aroved power generation capacity in various solar parks. Out of the total 26,449MW capacity aroved in 45 solar parks in 22 states, Gujarat has received the nod from the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) for developing the maximum 6,200MW capacity spread across three solar parks...........
Dholera Industrial City in Gujarat, the dream project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has begun as the Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd (DICDL) is organizing a roadshow in Bengaluru on August 2. DIC Development Ltd along with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as knowledge partner has sought interaction with the investors from various areas to showcase the Opportunities available in the smart city. Dholera is strategically located in Gujarat. It is the largest............
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is likely to finalise a deal with the Gujarat government by next month for the proposed Rs 2,000 crore Dholera airport, a senior state official said. "We have already sent the proposal to them (AAI) and they have accorded in-principle aroval for it. We hope that by mid-August we will be able to finalise it," chief secretary, Gujarat government, Jagdip Narayan Singh told PTI here...........
The DSIR is proposed to have a 5,000-mw solar park, at an estimated cost of Rs 25,000 crore, and spread across 11,000 hectare. The first tender for the 1,000-megawatt (mw) solar capacity in the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) in Gujarat is likely to be issued next month, a senior official has said......
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is likely to partner with the government of Gujarat to build the Rs 2,000 crore Dholera airport project. Equity participation between AAI and government of Gujarat will be 51% and 49%, respectively. “Process of taking all necessary arovals is in fast track and is likely to be completed in next few months,” Jai Prakash Shivahare, managing director, Dholera Industrial City Development said. The airport at the biggest upcoming greenfield city in India..........
What is likely to fuel the pace of development at ambitious Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR), the Gujarat government is planning to set up a next-generation industrial estate as part of the project. The industrial estate — to be developed by Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) — is seen as a Smart GIDC within Dholera SIR to attract Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Soon to be launched, the Smart GIDC would use digital technology to make utility operations efficient and effective......
Gujarat government officials led by the chief secretary JN Singh on Saturday pitched for the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit (VGGIS) schedule in January 2019 before diplomats of 152 countries spanning around all the continents.Verma said, “Diplomats from 152 countries participated in the meeting where we informed them about the achievements over the last eight summits and scale of the participation from various countries. We got very good response, queries and creative suggestions.” TNN.....
After more than a decade’s talks and discussions, finally, the state government is taking concrete steps to realize the news Dholera international airport project, which will be named the New ahmedabad Airport. The state government is in the final stages of signing a joint venture agreement with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop the new airport situated about 80 km form Ahmedabad......
Torrent Power Limited (TPL) is all set to power up Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) as Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has in principally decided licence to the company to suly electricity to DSIR. Apart form TPL, Adani Group and Tata Power Limited have also evinced interest in providing power to the D-SIR a Greenfield industrial city taking shape some 100kms from Ahmedabad......
Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) is set to emerge as the hot spot for industrial activity in the next few years as the state government goes all out to hard-sell another of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brainchild. An international airport, expressway connecting Dholera with Ahmedabad, and a 5,000 MW solar power park are among the host of projects already announced for Dholera, located about 100 km or an hour's drive from Ahm-edabad.....
Days after the Centre aroved the last site clearances for the proposed Purandar international airport near Pune, the central government has now announced that it will invest in it. The central government, on Wednesday, announced that it will invest in a capital expenditure (capex) of Rs 50,000 crores for six proposed greenfield airports, including Purandar international airport. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday....
Government of India and Government of Gujarat will be spending a phenomenal Rs 15000 crore in connecting Dholera to the nearest hubs. After Airbus, Lockheed Martin has expressed interest in setting up a facility to manufacture solar batteries in Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region), located about 80 kilometers from Ahmedabad.....
The Gujarat government will establish a 5,000MW solar park at Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) over 11,000 hectare (110 sq km) land and the same land falls under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ). As per rule, no activity, except for exploration of gas and extraction of salt, could be done in CRZ. The government has, however, received special permission to establish the solar power project in the area falling under SIR.......
AHMEDABAD: The Government of Gujarat is promoting the Dholera Special Investment Region. as an ideal destination for investments in the defence manufacturing sector. Authorities plan to host a summit at Dholera ahead of theVibrant Summit. Dholera is 110km from Ahmedabad......
AHMEDABAD: The state government plans to hard sell “Dholera and International Smart City” to major foreign investors and industrialists in the upcoming 2019 Vibrant Gujarat summit the state government had lined up memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth Rs 1.44 lakh crore, but the list did not have major companies or investors.....
“It is being said that Singapore is a city spread across 700 km. This Dholera will be a city spread over more than 900 km. Meaning, it will be a city bigger than Singapore. All facilities here will be world class,” Vijay Rupani told a public gathering at Dholera after laying the foundation stones. Laying the foundation stones for two infrastructural projects at Dholera Special Investment Region......
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today aroved setting up a 5,000 MW capacity solar park at the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR), which would be the largest such entity in the world after its completion. The proposed solar power generation project would be set up in 11,000 hectares of land with an investment of Rs 25,000 crore, said an official release.....
Good news for travellers, the road distance between Delhi and Mumbai take very less time, thanks to the new project announced by the Central Government. Reportedly, the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry is gearing up to build a super expressway to connect the two major cities of India, which would allow commuters to finish the 1,400 km long journey within 12 hours! ........
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), a mega infrastructure project with an estimated investment of $100 billion, has attracted interest from companies based out of Canada, the U.S., Singapore and Taiwan. Representatives of Canadian Commercial Corporation, GIC Singapore, Taiwanese........
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor and Development Corporation (DMICDC), after successfully awarding more than Rs 15,000-crore packages in the first phase of construction in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Greater Noida, is in an advanced stage of awarding two big multi-modal logistic hubs, valued at Rs 10,200 crore, in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana by the end of June.......
The biggest upcoming greenfield city in India under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project, Dholera in Gujarat is inviting large manufacturers in aviation, defense, electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, heavy engineeringNSE 0.00 %, etc. to set up shop there, offering early-bird incentives including heavy discounts on land prices and financial grants and waivers......
A $7.1 billion rail corridor in Rajasthan that’s set to cut freight times between India’s capital New Delhi and the business hub of Mumbai to 14 hours from 14 days is finally showing signs of progress. About 800 kilometers away in Gujarat, a 920-square-kilometer industrial area is taking shape near the village of Dholera, with hundreds of workers fusing concrete section.........
Stating that Gujarat is “key” to implementing its India strategy, Airbus Group on Friday said it was exploring Dholera and Mundra as potential sites for setting up a base for manufacturing Panther helicopters. “The state of Gujarat is very strategic to Airbus. Being number one in the ease-of-doing-business, Airbus sees Gujarat as a key in implementation of it’s India strategy….........
Stating that Gujarat is “key” to implementing its India strategy, Airbus Group on Friday said it was exploring Dholera and Mundra as potential sites for setting up a base for manufacturing Panther helicopters. “The state of Gujarat is very strategic to Airbus. Being number one in the ease-of-doing-business, Airbus sees Gujarat as a key in implementation of it’s India strategy….........
Jul 14 Union minister Jayant Sinha today said the upcoming international airport at Dholera near here, could become a focal point of development of the country's aerospace industry and would be important not only for civilian aviation, but also for defence purposes. The Minister of State for Civil Aviation also said that GST might bring down ticket rates in economy class.........
The government is taking the right policy initiatives for ‘Make in India’ in defence to take off, says French multinational Airbus. What is required now is that the industry gets some large-scale projects. Airbus already has the experience of working with the Indian companies and counts it as a key advantage when it comes to implementing ‘Make in India’ defence programmes. Over 45 suliers.........
Under the proposed MSME policy, these parks may be given special incentives. The government has decided to reserve Sanand and Khoraj GIDC estates and a proposed estate in Dholera SIR for MSMEs producing ancillary parts. "The government of India has given 22 industrial licenses for defence equipment and weapons manufacturing in Gujarat, one of the highest numbers in the country.........
The residents of Lothal, an Indus Valley settlement in Gujarat, lived a prosperous life, dealing in gold, jewellery and shipbuilding. The port town is a milestone in ancient Indian history, but, today, the only remnants of the once prosperous community are brick walls and a few precious beads in a museum. However, the wheel of history is turning again.About 40 km from Lothal,.......
A MoU between Airbus France and Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL), GoG, for Collaborating on setting up of Aerospace and defence cluster. This MoU will help DICDL in establishing an Aerospace and Defence manufacturing ecosystem in Dholera region. This strategic partnership will soon ensure establishment of related ancillary industries in this area which will give a fillip to Dholera SIR........
It includes an agreement with aircraft manufacturer - Airbus - to set up an aerospace and defence cluster at Dholera that will initially manufacture helicopters. A phenomenal 24,000 MoUs (Memorandum of Understanding) have been signed on the second day of the 8th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. It includes an agreement with aircraft manufacturer – Airbus – to set up an aerospace and.......
In what could give a major boost to aerospace and defence industry development in the state, France-based Airbus group has shown interest in establishing a greenfield helicopter manufacturing facility in Gujarat at an estimated project cost of Rs 2,800 crore (400 million euros). The company , a global leader in aerospace industry, is interested in setting up a production unit in Gujarat........
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded its prestigious Green City 'Platinum' rating to Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), an industrial city coming up in Gujarat as part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project. Dholera, with a total footprint of over 920 sq km and developable area of 540 sq km is the country's largest upcoming green city........
Work is expected to begin soon on a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) with a processing capacity of 10 Million Liters per Day (MLD) in the proposed Dholera Smart City of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) with the contract awarded to construction group L and T. The Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL) has awarded the work to L&T on Engineering,.. ......
The Centre will start allocating land in all the four industrial cities being implemented under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project from October, a top official said today. "Land allotment for industries will begin in October this year for anyone who wants to put up an industry. We are looking at anchor investors, we are looking for some big industries to come up but we are open to all industries," Assocham said quoting Alkesh Kumar Sharma, CEO and MD, DMIC Developme .. ......
The upcoming smart city at Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) in Gujarat will become operational by 2019 with several industrial units and population of around 1 lakh people living in it, the state government said today. IT major Wipro Ltd BSE 0.05 %has been selected to provide consultancy for setting up Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure in the region, situated around 30 km from here, said MD and CEO of Dholera SIR Ajay Bhadoo......
The dream of an international airport at Dholera is on a fast track to reality. The project received environment clearance in December 2015. Now, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) has invited proposals from experts to select transaction advisors who will help to develop the greenfield airport. "The transaction advisors will mainly prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the airport," said a source close to the development......
Implementation of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plans for Dholera, a major greenfield Smart City coming up in Phase I of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project has begun. Top officials of the DMIC Development Corporation (DMICDC) and Dholera Special Investment Regional Development Authority (DSIRDA) reviewed the detailed plans for the ICT infrastructure......
The minister said that works related to 210 km-long coastal highway connecting Somnath, Porbandar and Dwarka would commence from August this year. The road connecting Dholera SIR and Ahmedabad will be converted into a six-lane highway, he said. Gadkari was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and several other dignitaries. PJT NSK MKJ.....
With a grand vision of boosting manufacturing and quadrupling exports from the ancient port of Dholera, Gujarat, the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) could become a centre of high-tech manufacturing, including of electric vehicles. Dholera is just one node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, planned to be formed by 24 “smart” cities strung along a high-speed rail line between Delhi in the north and Mumbai in the south-west. The scheme, which has been labelled “the world’s largest infrastructure project” is being overseen by the DMIC Development Corporation......
The Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is expected to be ready to allot land to anchor investors by September 2016, senior officials who reviewed progress on the project said. A monthly meeting to assess the status of the various trunk infrastructure projects in the 22.5 sq km activation area in Dholera on Friday was chaired by Arvind Agarwal, ACS, IMD, government of Gujarat and chairman of the Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd (DICDL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) created to build and operate the industrial zone.......
Spanning six States, the DMIC project involves setting up new planned smart cities at Dholera in Gujarat, Shendra-Bidkin (in Aurangabad) and Dighi port industrial area in Maharashtra, Vikram Udyogpuri Township at Ujjain in MP, Integrated Industrial Township in Greater Noida and Global City at Gurgaon in Haryana. While at 154 sq km, Dholera is the largest of the six cities, the first phase involves construction of 22.5 sq km of land that has been so far acquired........
The infrastructure development in Ahmedabad is one of the prime reasons why this city in Gujarat has emerged as an important realty market in the country. One of the major drivers of this growth is the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), which is a USD 100 billion state sponsored project for industrial development. This project aims at developing industrial clusters across six states and envisages the development of industrial clusters and smart cities with rail road, port and air connectivity. Many of the smart cities will be developed at the same time, such as the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR)....
Budget 2016: Four industrial cities, including Ahmedabad Dholera special investment region in Gujarat, are being implemented under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project, Parliament was informed. The other three projects are Shendra Bidkin industrial park in Maharashtra, integrated industrial township in Madhya Pradesh and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh........
Patel has made a provision of Rs 1,066 crore for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project, Statue of Unity and to set up Tribal research and Training institute in the neighbouring area. For the Dholera SIR project, Patel allocated Rs 1,806 crore for roads, drainage and allied infrastructure on 2,250 hectares of land in phase-1. Further, a provision of Rs 722 crore has been made for the Ahmedabad Metro rail project. ........
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been awarded the INR 1,734-crore EPC contract to work on the construction of the Dholera smart city, reports a business daily. With this, the port city of Dholera in Gujarat has been touted as India’s largest greenfield smart city, which comes under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). A SPV has been created to manage the township on a sustainable basis, according to the paper.....
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor ( DMIC ) expects to invite the anchor investors to set up businesses in the hi-tech zone by August. "We are in the final stages of completing the pre-P (private public partnership) process which includes forming special purpose vehicle and creating the basic infrastructure like transportation, water treatment, sewage treatment, among others....
Dholera, an industrial city coming up over 920 sq km in Gujarat under the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), has caught the attention of planners in New Delhi. Attempts are being made to develop it as an artillery and aerospace hub. Industrial plots measuring 8 sq km are being offered to global defence suliers for testing and storage of equipment. Dholera is an ancient port town in the Gulf of Khambatt. Next to the old settlement is the new industrial city, being developed as a node under the $90-billion DMIC project. ...
With Larsen & Toubro being awarded the ₹1,734-crore EPC contract, work on the construction of ancient port city of Dholera in Gujarat, touted as India’s largest greenfield smart city, which comes under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), is all set to roll out. A SPV has been created to manage the township on a sustainable basis. Cube Construction Engineering Ltd will construct the Administrative and Business Centre at Dholera, a company spokesman said.....
The Civil Aviation Ministry has given clearance for four greenfield airports including the Rs. 1,378 crore international airport at Dholera in Gujarat, which is expected to reduce air traffic load at the existing Ahmedabad airport. The three other greenfield airports are proposed to be set up in Andhra Pradesh, with two of them likely to be no-frills ones. The Environment Ministry has already given environmental clearance to Rs. 1,378 crore airport project at Dholera in Ahmedabad last year......
Gujarat government's ambitious Dholera airport project at Navagam village near the city has received environmental clearance from the Centre. The Central Forest, Environment and Climate Change department has communicated the same through a letter sent to the Dholera International Airport Company, a Special Purpose Vehicle created by the state government, an official release stated.......
Gujarat government today decided to hand over 28,503 hectares of land to Dholera Special Investment Region Development Authority (DSIRDA), a special purpose vehicle formed to develop the Dholera Smart City. The land is owned by Gujarat government. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting in Gandhinagar, chaired by Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. .......
The work on much awaited international airport at Dholera, a major transport link for the industries coming up in the 920 sq km Dholera special investment region (SIR), is likely to begin in the third quarter of 2015-16. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has aroached Union ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) for final environmental clearance. The public hearing for the proposed airport, some 20 kms from the port town of Dholera in the Gulf of Cambay, was completed in April with no major objections raised by the local villagers. .......
One of the most ambitious projects of Gujarat government the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) spread across 920 sq km has been recommended for environmental clearance by the expert araisal committee of the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF), but is yet to get nod for coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance from the state government authorities itself. DSIR was notified in 2009 as a special investment region (SIR) under the Gujarat Special Investment Region Act........
The Narendra Modi-government has granted "site clearance" for the greenfield international airport at Dholera at Ahmedabad in Gujarat. This airport located near the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) is being developed due to "expansion constraints" at the existing airport in Ahmedabad city. Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that the government has accorded site clearance for the Greenfield international airport project at Dholera at Ahmedabad in Gujarat being developed by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board in 2014, stated a release from the Press Information Bureau........
Narendra Modi government may increase this fiscal’s budget outlay for the prestigious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) manifold. In what could give a big push to urbanisation and infrastructure creation, two of the BJP’s chief electoral promises, the Narendra Modi government may increase this fiscal’s budget outlay for the prestigious Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) manifold........
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Trust will provide Rs 3,000 crore each for the launch of trunk infrastructure in two industrial cities of Dholera and Shendra-Bidkin this year as momentum picks up for the planned mega development. "We will launch two cities this year and give Rs 3,000 crore each for the development of trunk infrastructure in two cities - Dholera, Gujarat and Shendra-Bidkin, Maharashtra," Talleen Kumar, CEO and Managing Director, DMIC Development Corp Ltd, told PTI on the sidelines of the World Cities Summit in Singapore last night. .......
Construction work on trunk infrastructure will start by the first quarter of the next year, providing a thrust to multi-billion dollars worth of developments at Dholera in Gujarat, one of the seven cities planned under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), a senior project official said today. The trunk infrastructure includes roads, all underground utilities, power, gas, water, telecommunications, drainage, solid waste transfer and treatment plants as planned for the Dholera new city.......
Imagine living in a city where you don’t get honked; no cops to harass you at crossroads and yet, traffic glides as smoothly as hot spoon over butter; Internet services will be provided to every home like water and electricity. Though it seems more like Plato’s theory of an ideal state, this ideal city will soon be a reality — just 100-odd kms away from the hustle and bustle of Ahmedabad — at Dholera. A part of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the industrial city of Dholera will also become ‘smart city’ by converging next generation technologies across infrastructure sectors. Spread across 903 sq km, Dholera is all set to become one of the first smart cities of India.......
A French business delegation of 14 companies met Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other state government officials in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to explore possibility for investments and business tie-ups in the areas like upcoming Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region) and the MEGA (Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad) project. The delegation was headed by France's Ambassador to India Francois Richier. The delegation gave some presentations to a team of state government officials, including Additional Chief Secretary Maheshwar Sahu, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister A K Sharma, Secretary to Chief Minister Vijay Nehra, CEO of DSIRDA (Dholera Special Investment Region Development Authority) A D Chandnani and Gujarat's Principal Resident Commissioner at Delhi Bharat Lal in Gandhinagar in a two-hour meeting......
A French business delegation of 14 companies met Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other state government officials in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to explore possibility for investments and business tie-ups in the areas like upcoming Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region) and the MEGA (Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad) project. The delegation was headed by France's Ambassador to India Francois Richier. The delegation gave some presentations to a team of state government officials, including Additional Chief Secretary Maheshwar Sahu, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister A K Sharma, Secretary to Chief Minister Vijay Nehra, CEO of DSIRDA (Dholera Special Investment Region Development Authority) A D Chandnani and Gujarat's Principal Resident Commissioner at Delhi Bharat Lal in Gandhinagar in a two-hour meeting......
he government plans to put in place a Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) and a Rapid Rail Transit System (RRTS) between Ahmedabad and Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) to give impetus to the development of DSIR. These systems are to be set up at a cost of Rs 18,000 crore by the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC). Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer and managing director of DMICDC, said, "We have invited global tenders to prepare a development plan of MRTS and RRTS. We have aointed Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) as the consultant. We expect the project to kick off in six months......
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) plans to build an Intra-city rail network in the Dholera Special Investment Region in Gujarat. The project is estimated to cost $500 million. The Dholera region, spread over 900 square kilometres, is being developed as a new greenfield industrial hub in Gujarat. It is about 100 km south of Ahmedabad and a designated investment zone under the ambitious Delhi Mumbai Industrial corridor project......
AECOM will provide full program management services for the DSIR as part of the DMIC Development Corporation’s new cities infrastructure program. The program aims to transform India’s manufacturing and service base by developing a number of smart, sustainable and industrial cities along the DMIC — a 921-mile long corridor between Delhi and Mumbai. The 347-square-mile DSIR township will be the first city implemented under the program. ......
Gujarat government has aroved the development plan and town planning scheme of Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) and Dahej Petroleum Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR). The decision was taken at the meeting of Gujarat Industrial Development Board ( GIDB), chaired by Chief Minister Narendra Modi, yesterday, an official statement said.......
Gujarat government has aroved the development plan and town planning scheme of Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) and Dahej Petroleum Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR). The decision was taken at the meeting of Gujarat Industrial Development Board ( GIDB), chaired by Chief Minister Narendra Modi, yesterday, an official statement said.......
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to carry out secondary treatment of domestic sewerage from areas west of the Sabarmati river and send it for recycling and reuse at Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR), said standing committee chairman Bhupendra Patel. The committee has decided to give 2.5 hectare land at Vasna to Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) and 0.3 hectare land a kilometre away from Vasna for a break pressure tank. Patel said the plan was to pump and send out 477 million litres per day (MLD) of treated water to DSIR. The treated water will be sulied at Rs 4.30 per kilo litre, he added.....
Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, the real estate and infrastructure arm of the Mahindra Group, is keen to set up an integrated business city at Dholera, and is awaiting land from the state government for the project. The company has recently aroached the state government to set the ball rolling, claimed sources. For the Mahindra World City (MWC) project, the company had signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in 2011.....
Interarch Building Products Pvt Ltd, a high-end interior products manufacturer, plans to invest Rs. 150 crore in its proposed plant at Dholera in Gujarat over the next three years. MOU SIGNED In this connection, Interarch signed an MoU with the Government of Gujarat, during the industrial promotion fair early this year, Arvind Nanda, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), told Business Line, on Wednesday. Under the MoU, the company will be allotted 30-40 acres for its pre-engineered buildings and heavy steel pre-engineered sections manufacturing facility.....
The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) has already got 105 sq km for Phase 1 of its upcoming R70,000-crore city at Dholera in Gujarat, 110 km from Ahmedabad. The 903-sq km city — of which 540 sq km is developable as the rest falls in the coastal regulation zone (CRZ) area — is to be developed in six phases. Town planning for two of the phases has been done — 152 sq km — while the other four are to be done over the rest of the year and, according to DMICDC CEO & MD Amitabh Kant, construction work on the city should be able to start within the next 6 months......
A Statue of Unity dedicated to Sardar Vallabhai Patel that is taller than the Statue of Liberty, a new city Dholera that will be six times the size of Shanghai, wi-fi in villages, these were some of the big ideas Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi used to sell his model of development to businessmen and students at KC College on Thursday. Modi was in the city to attend an interactive session organised by the Indian Merchants Chamber.....
Modi, who was chief guest, was speaking at a programme organised by the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC), which saw a considerable gathering of the city’s traders, businessman and others. During the meet, several traders and businessmen informed Modi that they have shut their shops and markets because of the newly imposed local body tax. “Please give us some space in Gujarat, so that we can run our business there and we will make that place like Mumbai,” said a beleaguered member of the crowd......
The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram Thursday paved the way for development of Dholera in Ahmedabad district as one of the two "smart industrial cities". Although the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) has not attracted any major investment, it is tied to become one of the biggest industrial hubs with smart community living facilities and high environment efficiency.......
The first two smart industrial cities along the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) — Dholera in Gujarat and Shendra Bidkin in Maharashtra — will start soon. Finance minister P Chidambaram said plans for seven new cities have been finalized while work on two more industrial corridors — Bangalore-Chennai and Bangalore-Mumbai — have started. Acknowledging the suort of the Japanese government in the DMIC project, the finance minister said, "To dispel any doubt about funding, the government would provide, if required, additional funds during 2013-14 from its share in the overall outlay for the project......
State government's ambitious project, Dholera special investment region (SIR) and Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) on Friday witnessed big ticket investment commitments on the first day of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhingar on Friday. While big corporate remained silent on big ticket announcements, sectors such as information technology, green innovation witnessed interests of a large number of companies from India and abroad to make investments in Gujarat......
Stressing the need for developing urban and rural areas simultaneously, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said that port city of Dholera will be developed better than Delhi and six times bigger than China's financial capital Shanghai. "Dholera will be developed better than Delhi and six times bigger than Shanghai", Modi said at the end of a panel discussion on "rurbanisation", organised as a part of a series of programmes heralding the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit......
Ahmedabad district officials have begun the process of acquiring land for a six-lane road that will connect Ahmedabad to Dholera's special investment region (SIR). Sources said that the land acquisition for the metro project connecting city and Dholera SIR has also begun simultaneously. Officials said that in all 9.16 lakh sq metre land will be acquired for the two projects. The state government had in mid-September - just before the elections were announced - put on the fast track the work for introducing six town planning (TP) schemes across the 902 sq km area of the Dholera SIR.......
Fresh maps of a new alignment for the proposed international airport at Dholera shows it does not fall within the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area, a top official said, adding this may expedite the project's aroval since the maps have been prepared by an agency authorised by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to demarcate the High Tide Line, an essential marker to determine the CRZ area. The state government reportedly submitted this new map to the MoEF earlier this week........
Gujarat has sought Rs 11,000 crore from Japan for implementing various projects related to the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). During a meeting held in mid-August in Gandhinagar between top officials of the state government, the Centre and representatives of Japan government agencies, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) proposed a number of new projects for Dholera. The development comes soon after Japan's offer of rupee loan of $4.5 billion (about Rs 25,110 crore) for corridor-related projects. ......
Chief minister Narendra Modi, who is heading a 25-member delegation to Japan, pitched for a mini-Japan in Gujarat through greater exchange in different spheres between the Land of the Rising Sun and the state. The CM spent the first day in Japan holding discussions with key Japanese ministers. In a meeting with Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano, Modi expressed the desire for extending the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor so that it covers Ahmedabad-Dholera -Bhavnagar. He told the minister that Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Pune bullet train project and Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Dholera metro train project would be based on Japanese bullet train project.......
Chief minister Narendra Modi, who is heading a 25-member delegation to Japan, pitched for a mini-Japan in Gujarat through greater exchange in different spheres between the Land of the Rising Sun and the state. The CM spent the first day in Japan holding discussions with key Japanese ministers. In a meeting with Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano, Modi expressed the desire for extending the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor so that it covers Ahmedabad-Dholera -Bhavnagar. He told the minister that Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Pune bullet train project and Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Dholera metro train project would be based on Japanese bullet train project.......
Gujarat plans to create a port city on the lines of the one in Kobe in Japan, said a state government press release. The decision came during a four-day visit of a Gujarat delegation to Japan. The government also aims to make Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR) larger than the one in Shanghai. "We would like to develop a model port city and a Disaster Management Museum like Kobe," said Narendra Modi, the chief minister of Gujarat during a function organised by Kobe-Hyogo Prefecture Governor Toshizo Ido at the Governor House........
hief Minister Narendra Modi has invited Japan's companies to invest in the 'Go Green project', under which the state is planning to generate 5,000 megawatt solar power by installing solar panels on the Narmada Canal. Elaborating on various projects, Modi said: "Gujarat is also setting up Asia's biggest desalination plant in Dholera to recycle seawater for industrial use according to the state's new desalination policy." He said that the state would harness wind and solar power. "Panels are being installed on structures atop the 4,000km long Narmada canal network," he said. "The state is preparing hazard-free shipbuilding and ship-breaking infrastructure, a gas grid, and broadband connectivity as part of NextGen development......
On the last day of his four-day visit to land of the rising sun, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has expressed desire to develop Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region) as a model port city on line of Kobe city in Japan. During his four-day visit, Modi also met Osamu Suzuki, chairman and CEO of Suzuki Motor Corporation. His meeting with Suzuki chief assumed significance in wake of media reports that Modi was planning to woo the car maker to shift plant to Gujarat following labour unrest at is manufacturing facility in Manesar, Haryana.......
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today left for a four-day official tour of Japan. "Leaving for a four-day visit to Japan. Looking forward to visiting the land of the rising sun," Modi said on twitter. The Gujarat Chief Minister is scheduled to meet Japan's Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and top trade and industry officials. Setting up of Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Pune bullet train, Ahmedabad-Dholera metro, and two Japanese industrial estates in Gujarat figured on Modi's agenda, official sources said........
