Context:
Recently, Adani Group 1st private sector facility for the manufacture of ammunition and missiles opened in Kanpur(UP)
Defence Corridors:
- A route or a path along which domestic productions of defence equipment by public sector, private sector and MSMEs are lined up to enhance the operational capability of the defence forces.
- Significance –
- Helps the country to be self-reliant in the field of defense production
- Promoting ‘Make in India’ reducing our imports
- Promote the export of these items to other countries
Industrial corridors:
- Infrastructure investments in a specific area to encourage industrial development
- Benefits –
- Helps with economic development by providing infrastructure and logistics facilities
- Attract investment, create jobs, and improve living standards
Defence Industrial Corridor:
- A dedicated region or area strategically planned to promote indigenous production of defence and aerospace-related items.
- India have 2 corridors –
- Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UP DIC)
- Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor (TNDIC)
Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor (UP DIC):
- Nodal agency – Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA)
- To execute this project in conjunction with various other state agencies
- Planned across 6 nodes – Lucknow, Kanpur, Jhansi, Agra, Aligarh, Chitrakoot
Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial Corridor (TNDIC):
- Only state to have all its districts covered under industrial corridor projects
- Nodal Agency – Tamilnadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO)
- Coordinates industrial and infrastructural development activities in these corridors with different agencies of Government
- Comprises of 5 pivotal nodes – Chennai, Coimbatore, Hosur, Salem, and Tiruchirappalli
- Strategic advantages –
- Airports – 4 international airports (Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Madurai) and 2 domestic airports (Tuticorin, Salem)
- Surplus power supply
- Chennai’s connectivity – Chennai is connected globally by three submarine cables
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
With reference to India’s projects on connectivity, consider the following statements :
1. East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project connects Dibrugarh and Surat.
2. Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Thailand via Myanmar.
3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh with Kunming in China.
How many of the above statements are correct?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2023 Prelims]
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
Statement 1 is not correct:
Golden Quadrilateral Project network connects Srinagar in the north to Kanyakumari in the south, and Silchar in the east to Porbandar in the west.
Statement 2 is not correct:
Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar.
Statement 3 is not correct:
Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Kolkata with Kunming in China.
