Special Investment Regions
SIRs
The Government of Gujarat enacted the SIR act in 2009 with the objective of creating large size Investment Regions and Industrial Areas in the State of Gujarat and develop them as global hubs of economic activity supported by world class Infrastructure. Gujarat is the only state in the country to enact such an Art. GIDC is setting up 11 Special Investment Regions in Gujarat catalyzing unprecedented economic growth in the state.
- It enables the State Government to establish, develop, operate and regulate SIRS
- The Government is empowered to declare an Investment Regions or an Industrial Area
- An SIR has a minimum area of 100 sq. km. (10,000 hectare). An Industrial Area has a minimum area of 50 sq. km. (5,000 hectare)
- A 4 tier administrative mechanism set up for establishment, operations, regulations and management of SIRs / IAs.
| Region | Area (sq km) |
Proposed Industries |
| 453 | Refinery downstream products, high performance chemicals, pigments and coating products, nanotechnology, bio- refineries, mineral resource based products | |
| 123 | Engineering, automobile ancillaries, engineering plastics, electrical and electronics | |
| 319 | Agro based. Steel & metal. Plastic, Pharmaceutical and Oil & Gas | |
| 145 | Logistics based industries, Pre-Cast Structure and Textile-Only Spinning | |
| 186 | Agro based (spices and seed processing, vegetable and fruit processing, dairy, cotton ginning), contract farming, solar power, logistics | |
| 138 | Automobile & Engineering, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals & Fertilizers | |
| 83 | Engineering, Energy, Port & Port related activities. Food & Fish Processing. Cement | |
| 196 | General manufacturing. Pharmaceutical, CRO, Biotechnology and Biopharma, Auto and Auto Ancilliaries, Mineral Based and Tourism | |
| 630 | Port and port based industries. Mineral & Agro based and Engineering | |
| 182 | Ceramic, Engineering & automobiles. Food Processing and Electronics, Textile and Chemical and Petrochemicals | |
| 169 | Entertainment (eco zone, film city, amusement zone, golf course), aquaculture and marine engineering |
SIR Development Stages & Status
