Bengaluru–Mumbai Economic Corridor
Under review: this entry was added recently and its position is still being checked (approximate (schematic line through towns)).
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Overview
The Bengaluru–Mumbai Economic Corridor is a planned industrial corridor linking two of India's largest business cities through Karnataka and Maharashtra.
It is meant to develop new manufacturing nodes along the route, using existing highways and rail lines, so that industry spreads beyond the two metropolitan regions.
Dharwad and the region around it have been identified as possible industrial nodes along the corridor.
Geography and key facts
- Links Bengaluru and Mumbai
- States: Karnataka and Maharashtra
- Part of the national industrial corridor programme
- Focus on new manufacturing nodes along the route
Why it matters for UPSC
Know the list of industrial corridors and which cities each joins, especially for GS-3 questions on infrastructure-led growth.
Note for UPSC
Planned industrial corridor (NICDC). Drawn schematically through its main towns.
Corridors come up in questions on infrastructure and freight transport.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Bengaluru–Mumbai Economic Corridor yet.
Key facts
- Type
- Corridor
- States / UTs
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Extent on map
- 13.0°–19.1°N, 72.9°–77.6°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
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