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The first-ever INNOPROM India 2026, the Russian industrial exhibition's inaugural Indian edition, is being held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 9-11 September 2026.
NICDC, under DPIIT, showcased the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme: 11 industrial corridors, 20 greenfield industrial smart cities across 13 states.
These projects span about 19,878 hectares with investment potential of around Rs 5.35 lakh crore and employment potential of nearly 1.4 million jobs.
India and Russia have set a bilateral trade target of about Rs 9.45 lakh crore (US$100 billion) by 2030.
The Ministry of Steel set up the India Steel Pavilion themed 'Forging Together - For Infinite Progress', with SAIL, NMDC, MOIL and MECON participating.
Build investment-ready, plug-and-play greenfield industrial smart cities along planned industrial corridors, with serviced land, power, water, ICT and multimodal connectivity.
Key: 11 corridors, 20 smart cities across 13 states; implemented by NICDC Limited under DPIIT. NICDC was originally incorporated on 7 January 2008 as the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) and renamed NICDC in February 2020 after the trust behind it was reconstituted as NICDIT in December 2016.
Develop an industrial belt along the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor between Delhi and Mumbai; India's first and flagship industrial corridor.
Key: Rooted in a December 2006 memorandum of agreement between India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, with JICA financing; spans six states/UTs including Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, in an influence band on either side of the freight corridor. Dholera SIR and AURIC are its nodes.
Integrate infrastructure planning across ministries on a single GIS platform so that industrial development is aligned with transport and logistics networks.
Key: Launched 13 October 2021; built on a BISAG-N-developed digital platform; driven by seven engines - railways, roads, ports, waterways, airports, mass transport and logistics infrastructure. The NICDP is aligned to it.
Develop 100 investment-ready, plug-and-play industrial parks across India, with NICDC as Project Management Agency.
Key: Outlay of about Rs 33,660 crore (US$3.56 billion), running from FY 2026-27 to FY 2031-32.
Create integrated textile manufacturing ecosystems with modern infrastructure and logistics connectivity; NICDC serves as Project Management Agency for seven parks under the Ministry of Textiles.
Key: Approved by the Union Cabinet in October 2021 with an outlay of Rs 4,445 crore over five years; inspired by the 5F vision (Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign); sites at Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), Warangal (Telangana), Navsari (Gujarat), Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Dhar (Madhya Pradesh), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Amravati (Maharashtra).
Make India a globally competitive steel producer and raise domestic steel demand.
Key: Targets 300 million tonnes of crude steel capacity and 255 MT of production by 2030-31, with per capita finished steel consumption rising to about 158 kg (from 61 kg at the time of the policy). Administered by the Ministry of Steel.
Promote domestic manufacture of value-added specialty steel and cut import dependence.
Key: Approved by the Union Cabinet in July 2021 with an outlay of Rs 6,322 crore; covers five categories including coated/plated steel, high-strength/wear-resistant steel, specialty rails, alloy steel products and steel wires, and electrical steel.
NICDC's digital-logistics arm, running the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP) and the Logistics Data Bank (LDB), which gives end-to-end visibility of EXIM container movement, plus Koyla Shakti (smart coal analytics), Track Your Transport, a Transport Management System and the Logistics e-Marketplace.
Maharatna CPSE under the Ministry of Steel; among India's largest steel producers, exhibiting at the India Steel Pavilion.
CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, founded in 1958; India's largest iron ore producer and exporter.
Miniratna CPSE under the Ministry of Steel; India's principal manganese ore miner.
Engineering, consultancy and project-management CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, established 1959; granted Miniratna Category-I status in 2026.
Industry association that supported the India-Russia Business Dialogue session on the steel value chain at the exhibition.
Earlier engagements identified NICDC's Krishnapatnam Industrial Area (Andhra Pradesh) and Tumakuru Industrial Area (Karnataka) as locations that could be explored, and talks with the Government of Moscow have covered a possible Russian industrial cluster inside an NICDC city.
The India-Russia steel session focused on coking coal, nickel, specialty steel, R&D and advanced steel technologies - India's key import dependence in coking coal is what makes this a strategic, not merely commercial, conversation.
GS Paper 3 > Infrastructure and Industrial Policy; GS Paper 2 > India and its bilateral relations
General Awareness > Indian Economy and Government Schemes
Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options: Assertion (A): India Industrial Land Bank provides GIS-based information. Reason (R): It is managed by the Ministry of Mines.
Answer: A is true, but R is false
A wholly new, master-planned industrial township with serviced land, utilities, ICT and multimodal connectivity built before industry arrives.
A digital platform linking logistics data across transport ministries so shippers can access it through a single interface.
Value-added steel that has undergone further processing - coating, plating or alloying - and is the target of the Rs 6,322 crore PLI scheme.