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With the objective of pushing administrative reforms and ease of doing business (EODB), the UP government has decided to ensure transparency in land management and time-bound allotment system by the industrial development authorities.
The government has fixed strict timelines for allotment of land plots to different categories of investors under UP Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy of 2017.
The government has issued orders for the implementation of the new measures for land allotment for mega, mega plus and super mega industrial units. The allotments will be fast-tracked to a maximum of 15 days after the receipt of application from the investors.
Moreover, a monthly land allotment cycle will be adopted for land allotments which are made through e-auction; in this case. Allotments for applications received up to a specified date will be done by the end of that month. Directions have also been issued for batch-wise land allotment within 15 days after receipt of applications up to a specified date for scheme linked allotments.
UP’s Industrial Development Minister Satish Mahana said, “Uttar Pradesh is getting investment proposals from many multi-national and national investors, especially in focused sectors like defence, aerospace, logistics, warehousing and electronics manufacturing, etc. therefore, assured availability and allotment of land within defined time-limits is imperative for not only improving EODB but for attracting big ticket investments into the state”.
“All industrial development authorities are working to create robust GIS-linked online land bank to enable prospective investors to select the land of their choice online in a transparent manner,” Mahana added.
Elaborating the provisions of the government order, Additional Chief Secretary (Infrastructure and Industrial Development) Alok Kumar said that all key industrial development authorities of the state had been directed to ensure land allotment to investors as per the procedure and timelines fixed for different categories of industrial units.
He said that in case of mega, mega plus and super mega industrial units, the investment would be calculated on the basis of detailed project report (DPR) at the specified norm of minimum Rs. 2 crore per acre to ensure that investor does not obtain land more than that is required for the project.
Directions have been issued to Noida, Greater Noida, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), UP State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA), Lucknow Industrial Development Authority (LIDA), Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA), Satharia Industrial Development Authority (SIDA) and Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Integrated Industrial Township Greater Noida Ltd. (DMIC IITGNL).
He said that industrial development authorities had been advised to organise camps for land allotment through mutual agreement as well as swapping of land use with industrial use for the land already available, which could be compensated for the original use once the new land was acquired. Similarly, he said, additional land of the reserved industrial area for a specific industry could be utilised for other industries.
Further, industrial authorities have been asked to cancel allotment of unutilised plots after the prescribed time period. The UPSIDA has been asked to expedite the action on the proposals received for sale of land of various public undertakings.