14 CEZs to Come Up in India Under Sagarmala

By Aiswarya Lakshmi December 12, 2016

The Government has identified fourteen Coastal Economic Zones (CEZ) along the coastline of the country under National Perspective Plan (NPP) of Sagarmala Programme.

The CEZ are spatial economic regions spread over multiple coastal districts with strong port linkage.

Within each CEZ, there could be multiple industrial clusters that could contain industrial units with requisite support infrastructure.

In the state of Gujarat there will be three CEZs - (1) Kandla-Mundra, (2) Pipavav-Sikka and (3)Dahej-Hazira. JNPT, Mumbai (Maharashtra), Dighi- Jaigarh-Mormugao (Goa), New Mangalore (Karnataka) and Cochin (Kerala) will be other CEZs.

Tamil Nadu will have three zones - VOCPT(Tuticorin)-Karaikal and Chennai-Kamarajar(Ennore) and Katupalli where as Andhra Pradesh will have two - Krishnapatnam and Vizag-Kakinada.

The state of Odisha and West Bengal will have one each at Paradip-Dhamara and Kolkata- Haldia.

Based on the land parcels available in close proximity to a deep draught port and with strong potential for manufacturing, four CEZs have been identified to be taken up in the first phase of development.

These are in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. No special provision regarding tax holiday, employment and extent of investment has been made so far.