Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (Marathi: महाराष्ट्र औद्योगिक विकास महामंडळ) (MIDC) is a project of the Government of Maharashta State in India, and is the leading corporation of Maharashtra. It provides businesses with infrastructure such as land (open plot or built-up spaces), roads, water supply, drainage facilities and street lights.

Economic sectors[link]

MIDC has developed specialised parks based on sectors such as:

• Automobiles and Auto Components
• Biotechnology
• Consumer Durables
• Chemicals
• Engineering
• Electronics Hardware
• Information Technology
• Petrochemicals
• Pharmaceuticals
• Transportation
• Textile
• Wine

Locations[link]

MIDC areas are spread all over the state of Maharashtra. The MIDC started in 1962 with Wagle estate, Thane as its first industrial Area.

MIDC's major Industrial Areas are at:

• TTC (Trans Thane Creek) near Thane & Navi Mumbai
• Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune
• Satpur, Ambad, Sinnar, Gonde near Nashik
• Butibori near Nagpur
• Nanded 5 Star MIDC Nanded
• Kupwad - Sangli
• Miraj - Sangli
• Latur Latur
• Waluj near Aurangabad
• Islampur near Sangli

MIDC's major IT Parks are at:

• Airoli Knowledge Park, Navi Mumbai
• Millennium Business Park, Navi Mumbai
• Samruddhi Venture Park, Mumbai
• Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjawadi, Pune
• V-Tech Information Technology Park, Nashik
• Shankarrao Chavan Infotech Park, Nanded
• Sangli Infotech Park, Sangli
• Latur Infotech Park, Latur

MIDC Wine Parks:

• Wine Park, Nashik
• Krishna Valley Wine Park, Palus near Sangli

MIDC Chemical parks:

• Nanded Chemical MIDC Area, Nanded

Nasik Wine Park, Nasik[link]

Nasik Wine Park is a grape wine park administered by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). It is situated in the district of Nasik, Maharashtra State, India. It contains 97 plots developed for winery activities with average plot size of 2000 square meters. The role of MIDC is to provide land at reasonable rates and to build infrastructure such as good roads, water supplies, power and telecom facilities and a winery in the park.

In accordance with the Maharashtra Grape Processing Industrial Policy of September 2001 the government of Maharashtra has declared the Nasik Wine Park as a preferential area and a small-scale industry with a 100% exemption from excise duty for ten years and relief in sales tax levels. The government has also established a Wine Institute to train the farmers and Maharashtra Grape Board to promote the industry and exports. There are about 34 wine projects in Maharashtra; out of that, 20 are only in Nasik district. The famous names are sula, vinsura.

Objectives[link]

• Set up Industrial Areas for planned and systematic industrial development
• To function as a special planning authority in development of industrial areas
• "Prosperity to all through Industrialisation" is the corporate philosophy of MIDC^[1]

History[link]

After the formation of Maharashtra State on May 1, 1960, the Government of Maharashtra constituted a "Board of Industrial Development" (BID) on October 1, 1960, under the Chairmanship of Shri. S. G. Barve, I.C.S. The various committees recommendations received in the industries department were taken up for implementation and as per the Borkar Committee's recommendations, development of Ulhas Valley Water Supply was entrusted to the Board of Industrial Development (BID). The BID framed the legislation and it was introduced before the state legislation and passed in the form of "Maharashtra Industrial Act" which gave birth to MIDC, as a separate corporation on August 1, 1962.^[2] A small ceremony at Wagle Estate Thane, under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister Shri Y.B. Chavan, marked the birthday of MIDC on August 1, 1962^[3]

The key historical policy decisions taken by MIDC certainly changed the socioeconomic scenario of the state as its activities spread in the interior. The important policy decision of setting up "independent filtered, potable water supply system of adequate capacity" as essential infrastructure for industrial development was the most intelligent step taken by MIDC right in the beginning. It stabilised the population base near the industrial areas. The strategic wise decision taken simultaneously to provide water supply to nearby domestic population from the capabilities created by MIDC of their own water supply system resulted in phenomenal urban growth in the nearby small towns and villages. The growth of Kalyan complex and Pimpri-Chinchwad are results of this key policy decision taken by MIDC. Up to date 229 industrial areas are developed by MIDC in State of Maharashtra on 53120 Hectors of land. With the experience of 45 years MIDC observed that certain industries are required to be provided some specialized facilities. For the growth of such industries and accordingly specialized parks / industrial clusters are developed with specialized infrastructure facilities. In this way IT & BT Parks, Wine Parks, Textile Parks, Chemical Zones, Food Parks, Leather Park, Floriculture Park and Electronic Zone etc. are developed by MIDC. Considering the International standard facilities required to attract multinational companies, five star industrial areas are developed by MIDC at 9 locations in the State of Maharashtra. Considering the export potential of the various products specifically delineated duty free enclave which is to be deemed to be foreign territory for the purpose of trade operations and duties and traffics special economic zones are being developed by MIDC to provide hassle free environment for exporters. Maharashtra got overwhelming 74 Special Economic Zone approvals from the Government of India which is leading at No.1 position compare to other states in India. The planned and systematic industrial development in the State of Maharashtra has continuously placed Maharashtra at No.1 position in India for the highest productivity, economics performance, business efficiency, government efficiency, infrastructures and overall competitiveness. As per the World Competitiveness Report 2006 Maharashtra ranks 37, ahead of South Korea, South Africa, Philippines, Greece, Brazil, Italy, Russia & Indonesia. In the Maharashtra State MIDC has demarcated 57650 No. of plots and allotted 48701 No. of plots to the entrepreneurs. There are total 28918 No. of industries in production. MIDC has provided the water supply scheme of total 2240.83 MLD capacity and water consumption is 1314.73 MLD in the MIDC areas in the State of Maharashtra. MIDC has provided water supply pipelines of 3238.60 K.M. lengths to cater the water supply demand of the industries in Maharashtra. Total roads of 2422.82 K.M. lengths are constructed by MIDC for providing good quality approach to the industries. The development expenditure of Rs.3096.75 Crores is incurred for the various infrastructure works by MIDC. The annual revenue generated from the water supply is Rs.432.00 Crores.^[2]

Regional Locations[link]

The properties like plot, built-up sheds and built-up warehouses are leased out by MIDC for industrial, commercial or residential purposes. The allotment can be done at regional offices located at 12 locations across the state:

Mumbai Region[link]

• Thane (rothane@midcindia.org)
• Mahape (romahape@midcindia.org)
• Mahad (romahad@midcindia.org)
• Ratnagiri (roratnagiri@midcindia.org)

Pune Region[link]

• Pune
• Phaltan
• Baramati satara
• lonand
• Chakan
• Talegaon
• Talwade

Nashik Region[link]

• Nashik
• Dhule
• Jalgoan

Sangli Region[link]

• Sangli-Miraj
• Sangli-Kupwad
• Solapur
• Krishna Valley Wine Park, Palus
• Islampur
• Pandharpur

Kolhapur Region[link]

• Kolhapur
• Satara
• Karad
• Gadhinglaj
• Ajara
• Chandgad
• Halkarni

Aurangabad Region[link]

• Aurangabad
• Jalna

Latur Region[link]

• Latur
• Osmanabad

Nagpur Region[link]

• Nagpur
• Amravati
• Wardha
• Yavatmal

Activities[link]

The MIDC has been declared as an agent of the state government for carrying out activities within the framework of the MID Act and the MID Rules. These activities are in three broad categories:

• Acquisition and disposal of land.
• Provision of infrastructure facilities.
• Providing services — supply of potable water from MIDC's own water treatment plants, maintaining roads, street lights, drainage lines etc.

Achievements[link]

• Built 225 industrial complexes with 1,300,000 acres (5,300 km²) of land
• Developed specialized parks for different industrial sectors, including IT, BT, wine (grape processing) Park, Silver Zone, gems and jewellery, textiles, leather, chemical industry, electronics, food processing, floriculture etc.
• Elaborate network of industrial & domestic water supply, total quantity supplied 1285 MLD.^[4]

Proposed Pune International Airport[link]

A brand new Pune International Airport for Pune metropolitan region has been on the horizon for a long time, and the Government of Maharashtra has entrusted the responsibility to MIDC for executing the Pune International Airport project. The airport would replace the existing Pune Airport. The current area under consideration is the area between Chakan and Rajgurunagar, namely around the villages of Chandus and Shiroli both situated at a distance of 40 km from Pune along the Pune — Nashik National highway (NH-50). MIDC is conducting surveys and completing other formalities to get the required permissions to start executing the project.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• MIDC's website
• Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, at Alacrastore
• Govt Of Maharashtra

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