UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Government Develops Industrial Townships Under NICDP Through Centre-State Partnership Model

Q1. Under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, the Government of India is developing industrial corridor projects across the country in a phased manner. How many such industrial corridor projects are being developed under the programme?

  • A. Six
  • B. Eight
  • C. Eleven
  • D. Fourteen

Q2. Which one of the following is the apex body empowered to appraise, approve and sanction projects across all the industrial corridors and to release funds as equity or debt for trunk infrastructure in the nodes?

  • A. National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited, the corporate entity renamed in February 2020
  • B. National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust, reconstituted in December 2016
  • C. Project Monitoring Group functioning under the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India
  • D. Network Planning Group constituted under the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan

Q3. With reference to the transition from the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor institutions to the national-level industrial corridor institutions, consider the following statements: 1. On its re-designation, the trust was placed under the administrative control of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, replacing the erstwhile Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. 2. The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project Implementation Trust Fund was re-designated in December 2016, and its mandate was extended to five industrial corridors spanning fourteen States. 3. The corporation set up in January 2008 to implement the Delhi–Mumbai project was renamed as the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited in February 2020. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. On its re-designation, the trust was placed under the administrative control of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, replacing the erstwhile Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
  2. The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project Implementation Trust Fund was re-designated in December 2016, and its mandate was extended to five industrial corridors spanning fourteen States.
  3. The corporation set up in January 2008 to implement the Delhi–Mumbai project was renamed as the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited in February 2020.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q4. When the mandate of the Delhi Mumbai industrial corridor trust was widened in 2016 to cover all industrial corridors, which one of the following was designated to act as the knowledge partner for all the corridors until other such partners were put in place?

  • A. Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited, the existing project implementation company
  • B. Invest India, the national investment promotion and facilitation agency of the Government of India
  • C. India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited, the wholly government-owned infrastructure lending institution
  • D. National Institution for Transforming India, the Government's apex public policy think tank

Q5. With reference to the delivery model used for developing industrial nodes under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, consider the following statements: 1. The Central Government supplies the capital funding for trunk infrastructure while the participating State Government provides contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcels. 2. The Shendra–Bidkin Industrial Area in Maharashtra is being developed through a special purpose vehicle named Maharashtra Industrial Township Limited. 3. Central support to the node-level special purpose vehicles is extended solely as interest-free grants-in-aid, equity participation by the Centre being expressly barred. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Central Government supplies the capital funding for trunk infrastructure while the participating State Government provides contiguous and encumbrance-free land parcels.
  2. The Shendra–Bidkin Industrial Area in Maharashtra is being developed through a special purpose vehicle named Maharashtra Industrial Township Limited.
  3. Central support to the node-level special purpose vehicles is extended solely as interest-free grants-in-aid, equity participation by the Centre being expressly barred.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q6. In the joint-venture company incorporated to develop the Dholera special investment region, the majority equity stake is held by which one of the following?

  • A. The Government of Gujarat, acting through the regional development authority for the special investment region
  • B. The Government of India, acting through the national industrial corridor development trust
  • C. The Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, the State's nodal industrial estates agency
  • D. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, holding the stake directly

Q7. With reference to the current implementation status of the industrial smart cities approved under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, consider the following: 1. Dholera in Gujarat is among the industrial smart cities that stand completed. 2. Vikram Udyogpuri near Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh is among the industrial smart cities that stand completed. 3. Dighi in Maharashtra, having been fully completed, has been handed over in its entirety to the State Government. 4. Sixteen of the approved industrial smart cities are at various stages of development. Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. Dholera in Gujarat is among the industrial smart cities that stand completed.
  2. Vikram Udyogpuri near Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh is among the industrial smart cities that stand completed.
  3. Dighi in Maharashtra, having been fully completed, has been handed over in its entirety to the State Government.
  4. Sixteen of the approved industrial smart cities are at various stages of development.
  • A. 1 and 3
  • B. 2 and 3
  • C. 1, 2 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q8. Twenty industrial smart cities have so far been approved under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme. These approved cities are spread over how many States?

  • A. Ten
  • B. Eleven
  • C. Twelve
  • D. Thirteen

Q9. With reference to the twelve industrial nodes/cities cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, consider the following: 1. All twelve of these nodes lie along a single corridor, namely the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor. 2. Orvakal and Kopparthy, both located in Andhra Pradesh, are among these nodes. 3. Palakkad, one of these nodes, is located in Tamil Nadu. 4. Rajpura-Patiala in Punjab is among these nodes. Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. All twelve of these nodes lie along a single corridor, namely the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
  2. Orvakal and Kopparthy, both located in Andhra Pradesh, are among these nodes.
  3. Palakkad, one of these nodes, is located in Tamil Nadu.
  4. Rajpura-Patiala in Punjab is among these nodes.
  • A. 1 and 3
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 1, 2 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q10. With reference to the tranche of twelve industrial nodes/cities approved under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, consider the following statements: 1. The tranche was cleared at an estimated investment of about ₹28,602 crore, spread across ten States and planned along six major corridors. 2. These nodes are to be developed in alignment with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity, with ICT-enabled utilities and green technologies. 3. Unlike the earlier nodes of the programme, all the nodes in this tranche are to be developed entirely by the Central Government, with no State participation in the project company. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The tranche was cleared at an estimated investment of about ₹28,602 crore, spread across ten States and planned along six major corridors.
  2. These nodes are to be developed in alignment with the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity, with ICT-enabled utilities and green technologies.
  3. Unlike the earlier nodes of the programme, all the nodes in this tranche are to be developed entirely by the Central Government, with no State participation in the project company.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q11. Which of the following are industrial corridor projects being developed under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme? 1. Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor 2. Kolkata Guwahati Industrial Corridor 3. Hyderabad Warangal Industrial Corridor 4. Odisha Economic Corridor Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor
  2. Kolkata Guwahati Industrial Corridor
  3. Hyderabad Warangal Industrial Corridor
  4. Odisha Economic Corridor
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 2 and 4
  • C. 1, 3 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q12. National Investment and Manufacturing Zones, which are also conceived as greenfield integrated industrial townships, were introduced as an instrument of which one of the following?

  • A. The National Manufacturing Policy notified by the Government of India in the year 2011
  • B. The National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, under the industrial corridors framework
  • C. The Special Economic Zones Act enacted by Parliament and brought into force in the year 2006
  • D. The PM GatiShakti National Master Plan for multi-modal infrastructure connectivity, 2021