Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
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 Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor runs along the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, with nodes such as Dholera and Shendra–Bidkin. It is one of 11 industrial corridors under development.
It runs alongside the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor, with an influence zone of about 150 km on either side.
It was set up with financial and technical support from Japan.
Planned nodes include Dholera in Gujarat, Shendra–Bidkin near Aurangabad, Greater Noida and Vikram Udyogpuri near Ujjain.
It covers six states: Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
It aims to build smart industrial cities.
The National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation manages it.
Dholera is planned as India's first greenfield smart city.
Geography and key facts
- Along the Western DFC
- Nodes: Dholera, Shendra–Bidkin
- Japan's support
- Dholera, Shendra–Bidkin nodes
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked on infrastructure and industrial policy.
Note for UPSC
Industrial corridor along the western DFC; nodes include Dholera and Shendra–Bidkin. Drawn schematically through its main towns.
Corridors come up in questions on infrastructure and freight transport.
Asked in PYQs
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Key facts
- Type
- Corridor
- States / UTs
- Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana
- Extent on map
- 19.1°–28.5°N, 72.2°–77.5°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
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