Dholera is 920 square kilometres of master-planned smart city under the Gujarat SIR Act, 2009 — the maiden node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. Plug-and-play utilities, a 5,000 MW solar park, a defence corridor and the ₹91,000 crore Tata–PSMC fab make the runway visibly different.
SIR Act · DSIRDA
Development permission, building permission, occupancy and Use permission under the Gujarat SIR Act, 2009.
GTPUDA · TPS
TP Scheme architecture, final plot allotment, betterment levy and development charges under GTPUDA, 1976.
ISM · 50% + 40%
India Semiconductor Mission grant design, technology-partner architecture and Gujarat ISP 2020 layering for fabs and downstream packaging.
NICDC · DMIC
Coordination with NICDC, State agencies and central ministries for trunk infrastructure — power, water, rail, road, ICT, solar.
EC · CTE/CTO · Forest
Environmental Clearance under EIA 2006, CTE/CTO under Water/Air Acts, coastal regulation (CRZ where applicable) and forest diversion.
Defence · Aerospace
Industrial licence under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, defence offset, MAKE-I/II/III and PMP design for defence anchor projects.
TPS final plot vs DSIRDA reserve plot vs direct anchor allotment. Output: a viable land package before the term sheet.
For large investors, MoU with Government of Gujarat / DSIRDA capturing land, utilities, employment and incentive package.
Layout, FAR, ground coverage, setbacks, common services and impact fees — sequenced for one-window approval.
EC under EIA 2006, CTE/CTO under Water/Air Acts, hazardous waste authorisation and — where applicable — CRZ.
ISM application (semiconductor), Mega Project under Gujarat ISP 2020, defence offset (where applicable) and SGST reimbursement architecture.
Building permission, occupancy, Use permission, Factories Act registration and the Day-1 labour and environmental compliance grid.
Dholera SIR (Special Investment Region) is a 920 sq km greenfield smart city set up under the Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009 and the Dholera SIR Development Plan notified thereunder. It is the maiden node of the Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) being developed in equity participation with the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC). Unlike a GIDC industrial estate (a serviced plot regime), Dholera is a master-planned city — with activated land assembled through Town Planning Schemes under the Gujarat Town Planning & Urban Development Act, 1976, full plug-and-play infrastructure (power, water, ICT, common effluent), a 5,000 MW solar park, a defence corridor and an international airport at Navagam. The architecture compresses construction-stage timelines dramatically.
The Dholera SIR Development Authority (DSIRDA) is the regional regulator constituted under the Gujarat SIR Act, 2009 and is responsible for (i) preparation and execution of the Development Plan and the Town Planning Schemes, (ii) issuance of development permission, building permission, occupancy certificate and Use permission, (iii) allotment of TP plots and lease/freehold transactions, (iv) levy of development charges and impact fees, and (v) coordination with the State and Central agencies for trunk infrastructure. Every project at Dholera is sequenced through DSIRDA. The Authority issues notifications, RFPs and TPS variations regularly.
The Tata Electronics semiconductor fab at Dholera is a ₹91,000 crore (~USD 11 billion) commercial fab approved by the Union Cabinet in February 2024. It is set up in partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC), Taiwan, for 28nm and mature-node technology. It is being developed under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) which provides 50% fiscal support of the eligible project cost, layered with an additional 40% from the Government of Gujarat for the maiden cluster. The fab is being built on land assembled by DSIRDA, with phased plug-and-play utility supply. It is the largest greenfield manufacturing investment in India’s post-liberalisation history.
Land allotment at Dholera proceeds through (i) the Town Planning Scheme (TPS) under which the State assembles raw land from owners and redistributes a portion (typically 50%) back as serviced “Final Plots” while retaining the balance for road, public purpose and reserve, and (ii) DSIRDA allotment of the reserve plots for industrial / commercial / residential / institutional use through RFP, e-auction or direct allotment for anchor investors. Tenure is typically long-term lease (60 to 99 years) or freehold for specified categories. Stamp duty under the Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 is leviable on the allotment instrument; RERA registration applies for real estate development on the allotted plot.
Dholera is the greenfield mega-scale node — large parcels (40+ hectares), plug-and-play utilities, defence corridor adjacency and the maiden fab cluster. Sanand is the activated supply chain node — brownfield GIDC estates, anchor OEMs at scale, ATMP packaging precedent (Micron). GIFT City is the financial node — IFSCA-regulated IFSC for banking, AIF, aircraft leasing and bullion. For an integrated investor (e.g., a global EV OEM with captive supply chain, semiconductor partner and financing arm), the three nodes together cover the operating, supply-chain and capital legs of the business in one State — a configuration unavailable anywhere else in India.
GIDC plot, Mega Project incentive, anchor OEMs and Micron ATMP precedent.
IBU, FME, aircraft leasing, IIBX and the Section 80LA tax holiday.
Title diligence, Section 63AA conversion, NA permission and RERA registration.
DSIRDA permissions, TPS allotment, ISM stack and operating compliance — sequenced cleanly.