Recently, India’s first ‘National Investment and Manufacturing Zone’ w

Recently, India’s first ‘National Investment and Manufacturing Zone’ was proposed to be set up in

Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2016
The correct option is A, as India’s first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) was proposed to be set up in Andhra Pradesh.
– The National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) 2011 proposed the establishment of National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZs) to promote manufacturing sector growth.
– NIMZs are envisaged as integrated industrial townships with state-of-the-art infrastructure.
– The first NIMZ notified by the Government of India under the NMP 2011 was the Prakasam NIMZ in Andhra Pradesh.
Several other NIMZs are being planned or developed across India, often along proposed industrial corridors like the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), etc.