Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and Speaker of Lok Sabha Meera Kumar welcome Finance Minister P.Chidambaram’s announcement on opening Nationalized Women’s Bank in India.

New Delhi, 28 February 2013

Union Minister P.Chidambaram mentioned Gujarat’s Dholera in his speech in parliament while presenting union budget 2013-14 today.

Speaking about Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, Shri Chidambaram said that seven new cities will be developed in this corridor area. Dholera in Gujarat will be one of them.

Industrial Corridors(from Finance Minister’s speech)

The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project has made rapid progress. Plans for seven new cities have been finalised and work on two new smart industrial cities at Dholera, Gujarat and Shendra Bidkin, Maharashtra will start during 2013-14. We acknowledge the support of the Government of Japan.

In order to dispel any doubt about funding, I wish to make it clear that we shall provide, if required, additional funds during 2013-14 within the share of the Government of India in the overall outlay for the project.

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are currently preparing a comprehensive plan for the Chennai Bengaluru Industrial Corridor. The corridor will be developed in collaboration with the Governments of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

The next corridor will be the Bengaluru Mumbai Industrial Corridor on which preparatory work has started.

Gujarat was also mentioned in budget speech in connection with the announcement made by the Finance Minister on Road construction projects:

Road Construction(from Finance Minister’s speech)

A regulatory authority for road sector.

3000 kms of road projects in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh will be awarded in the first six months of 2013-14.

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