Other industrial infrastructure

SOME ONGOING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS:

Industrial Growth Centre:

The Industries and Commerce Development of Assam has undertaken three centrally sponsored projects known as Industrial growth Centre project at Chariduar, Matia and Chaygaon - Patgaon under Central sponsored scheme.

a) Growth Centre, Chariduar: The Growth Centre Chariduar is located in the district of Sonitpur. The total project cost of this Growth Centre is ₹2543.40 lakh and both the central Government and the State Government are sharing of cost of the project. Government of India has released ₹1216.00 lakh out of the total central sharing while the state Government has released ₹202.05 lakh upto 2009-10. Assam Industrial Development Corporation (AIIDC) is implementing this Growth  Centre project.

b) Industrial Growth Centre, Matia: The Industrial Growth Centre Project, Matia in the Goalpara district is being implemented by the AIDC Ltd. The total project cost of this project is ₹2200 lakh and the cost of the project is jointly shared by the Central and State Government. Till the end of 2009-10, the Government of India and the State Government has released ₹1170.00 lakh and ₹254.05 lakh respectively. The civil construction works and setting up power sub-station etc. are progress.

c) Industrial Growth Centre, Chaygaon-Patgaon: The Industrial Growth Centre project is located at split locations at Chaygaon-Patgaon including HMT campus in Kamrup district. The Assam Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (AIIDC) is being implemented the project. The cost of the project in the tune of ₹l615.24 lakh is also jointly shared by both the Central and the State Government. The Government of India and the State Government has already released ₹1500.00 lakh and ₹115.24.00 lakh respectively. The first phase of Chaygaon project has already been completed.

Integrated Infrastructure Development Centre:

The Government of India has approved setting up of 9 (nine) numbers of Integrated Infrastructure Development Centre (IID) at different locations of Assam. Those are located at Bhomoraguri in Nagaon district, Dahudi in Nalbari district, Rangia in Kamrup district, Bandardewa in Lakhimpur district, Kunderbari (Titabar) in Jorhat district, Dalgaon in Darrang district, Malinibeel in Cachar district, Silapathar in Dhemaji district and Demow in Sivasagar district. The Government of India has released ₹2589.l lakh and the Government of Assam has released ₹834.91 lakh against all the nine IIDC projects up to the year 2009-10. The projects at Bhomoraguri, Dalgaon and Rangia are already completed.

In addition to the aforesaid projects, 2(two) more IIDCs have been sanctioned-one at Parbatpur in Tinsukia district and the other at Serphangguri in Kokrajhar district and both the projects are now under implementation. During the year 2009-10, Govt. of Assam has released ₹50.00 lakh under the state annual budget against these two IIDCs.

Two more IIDCs one at Nahardanga in Golaghat district and the other at Titlagarh in Sivasagar district are in activated consideration for sanction by Govt. of India.

Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP):

The Export Promotion Industrial Park located at Amingaon in Kamrup district was approved by Government of India with a total project cost of ₹1462.0 lakh and both the Central and State Governments jointly share the project costs. The objective of the project is to create high standard infrastructure. The project has already been completed with national standard infrastructure. As many as 38 industrial units are producing wide range export oriented products there.

Assam Gas Cracker Project/Plastic Park:

The Assam Gas Cracker Project is a joint venture of GAIL, NRL, OIL and Government of Assam. The total project cost is in the tune of ₹5460.00 crore. The project profile indicates a total polymer production of 280000 tonnes per annum. Government of Assam will provide exemption for entry tax on capital goods, works contact tax and sales tax on feed and products for 15 years. The Central Government will provide excise duty and income tax relief for 10 years. A joint venture company viz., Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited has been formed and acquisition of land has been completed. The schedule time of completion of the project is 60 months. The project will offer direct employment to 800 persons and indirect employment to 1 lakh persons. The project will open up avenues of opportunities in multi-faceted directions. Besides opening of various socio-economic linkages, scope for setting up of chain of downstream industries is expected to open on completion of the project.

Assam Gas Cracker Project is in the fast track. Land acquisition process for the project is in progress. The State Government has sectioned ₹58.17 crores 1^st instalment of land acquisition cost during 2006-07 and also released ₹154.00 lakh during 2007-08. An amount of ₹310.00 was proposed in the Annual Plan 2010-11 for Energy Corridor of Assam Gas Cracker Project.

The Government of Assam has proposed to promote a plastic park around the project site to create opportunities for development of such downstream industries. This value addition will ensure more revenues to the State as well as generated more employment and will result in an overall socio-economic development of the region. A Techno-Economic Feasibility Report has already been prepared to assess the viability of the project.