The adoption of cluster development models is thriving across India’s industrial landscape, thanks to the rise of infrastructure-linked land planning that aligns industrial activity with transportation, utilities, and logistics ecosystems. These models—designed to co-locate complementary industries, suppliers, service providers, and logistics operators—are gaining momentum within government-supported corridors such as the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC), and Eastern Freight Corridor, where access to multimodal infrastructure is redefining how industrial land is developed and monetized.
Regions like Sanand and Dholera (Gujarat), Oragadam (Tamil Nadu), Sri City (Andhra Pradesh), and Nagpur (Maharashtra) are seeing the successful implementation of clusters focused on automotive, electronics, textiles, food processing, EVs, and aerospace. These locations benefit from pre-planned zoning, plug-and-play infrastructure, and logistical proximity to ports, highways, and rail terminals—critical factors that reduce cost and increase operational efficiency for manufacturers. By fostering vertical integration and supply chain synergies within a confined geography, cluster models create self-sustaining industrial ecosystems that are attractive to both investors and global tenants.
Government policies such as PM Gati Shakti, Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes, and state-level industrial promotion programs further support these models through land pooling, common facilities, tax incentives, and regulatory streamlining. The result is not just better land utilization, but enhanced productivity, faster time-to-market, and greater economic impact per acre of industrial land. As infrastructure-linked planning becomes more integrated and data-driven, cluster development models are emerging as the preferred blueprint for scalable, resilient, and globally competitive industrial growth in India.
