Policy for Establishment of Private Industrial Estates/Areas - 2023

What is the Policy for Establishment of Private Industrial Estates/Areas - 2023?

Policy for Establishment of Private Industrial Estates/Areas - 2023 is an Uttarakhand industrial policy implemented by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises wing of the Department of Industries, Government of Uttarakhand. The policy allows private promoters to build and operate industrial estates, areas and parks in the state, and pays them a defined package of financial incentives for the infrastructure they create.

The reasoning behind the policy is straightforward. Government-developed industrial land in Uttarakhand, largely through SIIDCUL, the State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited, cannot expand fast enough to meet demand, and hill districts in particular have little contiguous public land. The 2023 policy brings private capital into industrial land development, sets a lower land threshold for hilly areas, and gives the developer a per-acre subsidy in return for building roads, drainage, power distribution and effluent treatment inside the park.

This is not an individual benefit scheme. No citizen, farmer or household applies under this policy for a personal payment. The applicant is always the developer of an industrial estate, and the money is paid against infrastructure actually built.

Who is eligible to set up a private industrial estate in Uttarakhand?

You can apply if you are:

• An individual, founder or developer proposing to build an industrial estate.
• A partnership firm, LLP, company or institution legally registered under the Companies Act, the Societies Act or the Limited Liability Partnership Act.
• An entity operating in Joint Venture or Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
• A land aggregator, provided the written consent of all the concerned landowners is obtained.

And the land conditions are met:

• At least 30 acres in plain areas or at least 2 acres in hilly areas.
• The land is arranged by the promoter from their own sources. The state does not supply it.
• Where the land is leased or aggregated, the minimum lease or agreement period is 30 years, renewable by mutual consent.
• The proposed land is legally in the possession of the promoter and free from encroachment.

You are not eligible if:

• You are a citizen looking for a personal or household benefit: there is no individual entitlement of any kind under this policy.
• Your entity has no legal registration under the Companies Act, Societies Act or LLP Act and is not a recognised JV, PPP or consented land aggregator.
• Your holding falls below 30 acres in the plains or 2 acres in the hills.
• The land is encumbered or encroached and possession cannot be demonstrated.
• You are aggregating land without the written consent of every landowner concerned.

Where a developer has acquired or aggregated at least 80% of the land and is blocked on the balance, SIIDCUL may acquire the remaining land through the District Magistrate, but only against a bank guarantee from the developer equal to the acquisition price. In land-aggregator cases, SIIDCUL also enters into an agreement with the promoter or aggregator to secure the financial obligations under the policy.

What incentives does the policy give a developer?

The capital subsidy assistance for infrastructure is disbursed in four phases. Each phase becomes payable only when the prescribed conditions for that phase are fulfilled and the specified work is completed. A developer therefore cannot draw the per-acre subsidy up front against a plan; the money follows verified construction.

The CETP subsidy matters most for parks intended to host chemical, textile, tanning or food-processing units, where a shared effluent treatment plant is usually the condition on which pollution clearance for the whole estate depends.

How to apply under the Private Industrial Estates Policy 2023

1. Register on the state single window portal at investuttarakhand.uk.gov.in and open the CAF (Common Application Form) tab. The portal publishes a CAF user manual explaining each field.
2. Submit the application for formation of a private industrial estate through the CAF along with all mandatory documents — entity registration, land ownership or lease papers, landowner consents where you are aggregating, and the project proposal, and obtain in-principle approval.
3. After in-principle approval, apply for the notification of formation of the industrial estate through the Departmental Services tab on the same single window portal, again with the required documents. This is the step that converts an approved proposal into a notified private industrial estate or park.
4. Once the notification is issued, submit the online application for financial incentives through the Incentive tab on investuttarakhand.uk.gov.in.
5. Complete the infrastructure work phase by phase and claim the capital subsidy in each of the four phases, submitting completion evidence for the specified work before each release.

There is no offline application route described for this policy; every stage runs through the investuttarakhand.uk.gov.in single window portal.

What documents does a developer need?

The Department of Industries states that documents are required as per the policy guidelines; the detailed annexure list sits in the guidelines PDF published on investuttarakhand.uk.gov.in.

How does a developer track the application?

The single window portal at investuttarakhand.uk.gov.in maintains the file through all three stages: CAF, Departmental Services and Incentive; under the same login. The dashboard shows whether the in-principle approval is pending, the notification has been issued, and which of the four subsidy phases have been released. Because the incentive stage can only open after notification, a developer whose Incentive tab shows nothing should first check whether the notification of formation has actually been issued.

Why a private industrial estate proposal gets stuck

• Land below the threshold. A proposal at 25 acres in a plain district, or under 2 acres in a hill district, cannot be entertained.
• Encroachment on the parcel. The policy requires the land to be free from encroachment, and a disputed or partly encroached parcel stalls at verification.
• Lease shorter than 30 years. A ten- or fifteen-year lease does not satisfy the policy condition.
• Incomplete landowner consents. An aggregator missing even a few written consents cannot proceed, and cannot invoke the 80% SIIDCUL route either.
• No bank guarantee for the residual land. SIIDCUL acquisition of the balance land through the District Magistrate is conditional on the guarantee being furnished.
• Claiming subsidy ahead of work. Each of the four phases is tied to specified completed work; a claim filed before the work is done is returned.

Who runs the policy and where to raise an issue

• Nodal department: Department of Industries (MSME), Government of Uttarakhand.
• Land and agreement agency: SIIDCUL. The State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation of Uttarakhand Limited, which signs the agreement with the promoter or land aggregator and handles residual land acquisition through the District Magistrate.
• Portal for all applications and grievances: investuttarakhand.uk.gov.in, the state single window clearance system.

Individuals should note plainly that this policy funds industrial land development and nothing else. A household, farmer or job-seeker will find no benefit here; the relevant citizen-facing schemes in Uttarakhand run through other departments entirely.