Greater Noida: Exports body keen to set up crafts hub, seeks 200 acres

GREATER NOIDA: Even as Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) plans a handicraft cluster with proposed allotment of land in Sector 29 for textile and handicraft industries, the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) has sought 200 acres in the Yamuna Expressway region to set up a manufacturing hub for 200 exporters.

The manufacturing hub is expected to generate nearly 50,000 jobs. For this, EPCH has submitted a detailed project report (DPR) to the UP government. A similar allotment of 200 acres has also been sought by the Noida Apparel Export Cluster (NAEC), a body of textile industry from Noida.



While EPCH’s B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to customer) exhibitions at India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida will be utilised as an exhibition outreach centre, the manufacturing hub will entail handicraft exporters’ units such as furniture, metal, textiles, copper, etc. “It will be a complete common facility centre operated by EPCH with common services for exporters such as a design centre, test labs, manufacturing units, etc,” said Rakesh Kumar, executive director of EPCH.

In its 64th board meeting held on November 27, 2018, YEIDA had approved a 30% rebate on land allotment for apparel and handicraft industry sector where the deficit of 30% is to be replenished by the state government. The said allotment is sought under this scheme. “We submitted a DPR to the state government about two months ago where we met the chief secretary and other senior officials. We have applied for the land rebate as stipulated. The matter is now to be presented to the state cabinet for clearance,” added the executive director.

Meanwhile, the YEIDA officials maintained that the land will be allotted according to the state textile policy. “We will allot land according to the textile policy rules of the state government. The concerned parties have submitted their DPR to the state government and land will be allotted subject to clearance from there,” said Shailendra Bhatia, additional CEO (ACEO) of YEIDA.

Arun Veer Singh, CEO of YEIDA said that once cleared, “Sector 29 will be developed into a handicraft and textile hub for the promotion of handicraft sector in the region.”