RAS question
Which of the following industrial corridor nodes is located in Gujarat under DMIC?
Correct answer: (B) Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR).
Dholera Special Investment Region is the Gujarat industrial corridor node under the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor.
Explanation
Dholera Special Investment Region is located in Gujarat because the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor is part of the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, and the DPIIT page names Dholera with the state marker GJ among the approved greenfield smart industrial cities. Dholera SIR lies near Ahmedabad in Gujarat and is planned as a greenfield industrial city with smart-city infrastructure and an international airport. Other DMIC nodes sit in different states, including Shendra-Bidkin in Maharashtra and Neemrana in Rajasthan, so the state location separates Dholera from other corridor nodes.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Krishnapatnam is not the Gujarat DMIC node; it is a CBIC node in Andhra Pradesh, and the DPIIT page lists Krishnapatnam separately from the completed greenfield smart industrial city at Dholera.
- (C) Tumakuru is not the Gujarat DMIC node because it is a CBIC node in Karnataka, while the DPIIT page separately marks Dholera as GJ.
- (D) Aurangabad, or Sambhajinagar, is not in Gujarat; it is a DMIC node in Maharashtra, whereas the Gujarat marker in the verified DPIIT list is attached to Dholera.
Concept
Industrial corridors and location mapping are recurring RAS themes because aspirants must match national infrastructure programmes with their state-level nodes. DMIC nodes are especially exam-relevant because Rajasthan and neighbouring western India sit on the corridor geography.