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Land, plots and industrial parks

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These FAQs apply across all 36 sectoral policies (roughly 70% of investor questions fall in this cross-cutting section, per the source guide) rather than being specific to one policy. This is a starter structure from that guide's own content - not independently verified. Confirm every rate, cap, threshold and procedural detail against the notified GO before advising an investor.

Questions in This Section

Where can an investor get industrial land?

From UPSIDA, the development authorities (Noida, Greater Noida, YEIDA, GDA, LDA), UPEIDA (expressway-linked land banks), the sector-specific parks (textile, food, pharma, leather, plastic parks), or private industrial parks developed under the Private Industrial Park Scheme of IIEPP 2022.

What is the Promotion of Private Industrial Park Scheme?

Under IIEPP 2022, private developers aggregating land above a minimum area receive capital subsidy, stamp duty relief and infrastructure support to develop and sell/lease industrial plots. This is how much of the new industrial land supply in western UP is being created.

What is the Land Pooling Policy?

A mechanism under which landowners contribute land to a pooled scheme and receive developed plots in return, avoiding compulsory acquisition. Strengthened under IIEPP 2022 and used by IDAs to aggregate land.

What is the Plug & Play Industrial Shed Policy (DBFOT), 2026 โ€” and why does it matter for MSMEs?

It shifts the model from "lease land and build" to "rent and operate." A private concessionaire designs, finances, builds, operates and transfers ready-built sheds with integrated utilities on land that remains owned by the Industrial Development Authority throughout the concession. For an MSME, this removes the upfront land-and-construction cost and the long gestation before production. For the state, it converts idle industrial land into productive assets without fiscal outgo.

What is the Private Business Park Development Scheme, 2025?

The services-sector counterpart: DBFOT business parks on government land, aimed at GCCs, IT companies, BPO units and research facilities. The developer takes no capital subsidy or annuity โ€” instead it receives the contractual right to construct and commercially operate the park, on a shared-revenue basis. Tenant companies can separately claim incentives under the GCC, IT/ITeS or electronics policies.

Can agricultural land be used for industry?

Yes, subject to land use conversion under Section 80 of the UP Revenue Code, 2006. The State approved an ordinance amending Section 80 alongside the Nivesh Mitra 3.0 launch to ease this. The declaration route via Nivesh Mitra is now substantially faster than the earlier physical process.

Is there a ceiling on agricultural land holding for industry?

Yes, under the UP Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act โ€” exemptions are available for industrial purposes with approval. Route through the District Magistrate.

What is the position on land in GB Nagar specifically?

Allotment is through Noida Authority, Greater Noida Authority and YEIDA schemes, plus UPSIDA industrial areas. Supply is constrained and pricing is the highest in the state; investors should be pointed simultaneously to the plug-and-play route and to Bulandshahr/Bulandshahr-adjacent UPSIDA areas for cost-sensitive manufacturing.

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