DPIIT Releases Guidelines for Implementation of BHAVYA Scheme

📌 Summary:

• DPIIT, under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, released detailed operational guidelines for the BHAVYA Scheme — a Central Sector Scheme to develop investment-ready, world-class industrial parks across the country

• BHAVYA aims to strengthen India's manufacturing ecosystem through integrated industrial infrastructure, aligned with Make in India, PM Gati Shakti and the goal of making India a globally competitive manufacturing destination

• Scope: 100 industrial parks over six years (2026-27 to 2031-32) with a total outlay of about ₹33,660 crore; in the first phase, up to 50 parks will be taken up through challenge-based competitive selection

• Both greenfield and eligible brownfield parks qualify; minimum land is 100 acres for non-hilly states and 25 acres for hilly states, NE states, UTs and smaller states, with parks of up to 1,000 acres permitted

• Parks must offer plug-and-play infrastructure, multimodal logistics, reliable utilities, worker housing, digital governance, and sustainability features such as renewable energy and common effluent treatment

• Implementation is through Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013; financial assistance is given as equity linked to land value and achievement of project milestones

• The National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) is the Project Management Agency; a National Level Steering Committee chaired by the Secretary, DPIIT provides oversight, with GIS-based monitoring for transparency

🎯 UPSC Relevance: GS3 (Indian Economy) — industrial policy, infrastructure creation, manufacturing competitiveness and integration with global value chains.

📝 Prelims Facts:

• BHAVYA is a Central Sector Scheme of DPIIT; outlay about ₹33,660 crore for 100 industrial parks (2026-27 to 2031-32)

• NICDC is the Project Management Agency; projects are implemented through SPVs under the Companies Act, 2013

• Minimum land requirement: 100 acres for non-hilly states, 25 acres for hilly/NE states and UTs

🔑 Key Term: Central Sector Scheme — a scheme fully funded and implemented by the Union Government, as distinct from a Centrally Sponsored Scheme whose cost is shared with the states.