Gujarat Special Investment Regions

The SIR framework and Dholera's place in it

A Special Investment Region is a category created by Gujarat law, and Dholera is the most advanced example, which is why the two names are often used together.

The framework

The Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009 lets the state notify large areas as Special Investment Regions and vest planning, development and regulatory powers in a dedicated authority instead of ordinary local bodies. This is what separates an SIR from a private township or a single industrial estate: it is a statutory region with its own authority and master plan. Dholera is the flagship case built on this law. Confirmed

Dholera as the reference case

Because Dholera is the furthest along, its structures, the DSIRDA authority, the DICDL development vehicle and the town-planning schemes, have become the working template for how an SIR is executed. Other notified regions exist on paper or at earlier stages; Dholera is where the model has actually been built out, which is precisely why it draws both attention and scrutiny. Reported

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Key facts

The core facts for gujarat special investment regions are summarised below; each is drawn from the sources listed at the foot of this article and dated to the review month.

• Law: Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009.
• Purpose: large, self-governing investment regions.
• Dholera: the flagship and most advanced SIR.
• Authority model: dedicated regional authority per SIR.

Context

Dholera SIR is planned over about 920 sq km, of which roughly 422 sq km is designated for urban development across six town-planning schemes phased over about three decades. It is governed by the DSIRDA (planning authority) and built by DICDL, a special purpose vehicle held 51% by Gujarat and 49% by the central government through the NICDC Trust, and it is the flagship node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. This context frames every article on the region; the specifics of this topic are covered above, and the full picture is in What is Dholera SIR and the master plan.

Reading this reference

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