Agra IMC
Agra IMC is a 1,058-acre node whose entire design is shaped by the Taj Trapezium Zone: only non-polluting (Green-category) industries are permitted, which is why its focus sectors are leather articles, food processing, light engineering, medical consumables and ESDM, and why a third of the master plan is green cover. The State Support and Shareholder Agreements were signed on 8 November 2024, and it shares a single SPV — Integrated Manufacturing Cluster Agra Prayagraj Limited — with the Prayagraj node, incorporated 30 January 2025.
Headline metrics are ₹1,812 cr development cost, ₹3,447 cr investment potential and 69,516 jobs (a high jobs-per-acre but the lowest investment-per-acre among AKIC nodes, reflecting the labour-intensive, lower-capital mix the TTZ permits). EDFC access is moderate at 25 km, but expressway and proposed-waterway links are strong.
No private allottees have been announced for the IMC, and the parallel UP Defence Industrial Corridor Agra node — a separate programme — was still pre-allotment in 2025 with ~₹407 cr of proposals and no operational units (those sit in Kanpur, Jhansi and Lucknow). Agra’s real asset is its footwear/leather and foundry labour base, which the non-polluting IMC is meant to redeploy.
Companies & commitments
| Company | Sector | Commitment |
|---|---|---|
| No allotted tenants | — | Pre-allotment — zero named private allottees or MoUs verified at the IMC as of June 2026 [V] |
| Agra footwear & leather cluster (AFMEC/ASMA) | Adjacent legacy base — leather & footwear | ~200 mechanised units plus 500 domestic-brand makers, ~5 lakh pairs/day, ~₹3,000 cr annual exports; the workforce pool for the leather focus sector, not IMC allottees [V1] |
| Foundry Nagar engineering units | Adjacent legacy base — casting & engineering | Legacy iron/brass foundries (TTZ-constrained); a skilled engineering workforce for non-polluting fabrication, not IMC allottees [V1] |
Industries coming up
Infrastructure & connectivity
- 1,058 acres — land-use 443.83 ac industrial (41.94%) and a notably high 362.05 ac green/parks (34.22%), a Taj Trapezium Zone compliance feature; the balance roads, utilities, amenities, commercial and residential.
- EDFC at 25 km (New Tundla station); adjacent to the Yamuna Expressway (2 km) and the Agra–Lucknow Expressway; NH-19 at 2 km; a proposed NW-110 (Yamuna) waterway terminal ~1 km.
- Agra airport 25 km; Jewar/Noida International Airport ~140 km (under construction).
- Sits on Agra’s legacy footwear/leather and (TTZ-constrained) foundry base — a skilled labour pool the IMC is designed to redeploy into non-polluting manufacturing.
Incentives & land: No node-specific framework; units qualify under the UP Industrial Investment and Employment Promotion Policy 2022 (capital subsidy, SGST reimbursement, stamp-duty exemption), conditional on meeting non-polluting (Green-category) criteria for TTZ compliance. Specific IMC power and water terms not found; the node will rely heavily on treated water given Agra’s scarcity.
The Taj Trapezium constraint
Agra falls inside the ~40 km Taj Trapezium Zone, where polluting industry is strictly regulated. The IMC was approved on the basis that its focus sectors are non-polluting, and its 34% green cover is effectively a compliance feature. This is the defining fact of the node: it can host leather finishing and assembly (but not wet-blue tanning), light ESDM, medical devices, food processing and EDFC-linked logistics — not heavy or emitting processes.
The legal backdrop shifted in March 2026, when the Supreme Court disposed of the original 1984 M.C. Mehta TTZ petition and registered four new suo-motu petitions, including one on “regulation of industries” — leaving some residual uncertainty over how light engineering is classified inside the zone.
Two corridors, one city
Agra is simultaneously an AKIC node (this IMC) and a node of the UP Defence Industrial Corridor. The two should not be conflated: as of September 2025 the UPDIC Agra node had ~₹407 cr of proposals with land allotment “about to start” and no operational units, while the corridor’s named, operational defence firms — PTC Industries, L&T Defence, MKU, Bharat Dynamics, BrahMos, Tata Advanced Systems, Adani Defence — are at the Kanpur, Jhansi and Lucknow nodes, not Agra.
Risks & open questions
There are no anchor tenants, and the share of the 1,058 acres physically acquired by UPSIDA is unconfirmed in sources. Water scarcity is acute in Agra, so the IMC will depend on treated/recycled supply. A mild project-cost conflict exists (₹1,812 cr NICDC versus a ₹1,046 cr figure that appears to cover the combined Agra+Prayagraj trunk works). And TTZ litigation remains a structural risk to the permitted-industry mix.
Timeline
- May 2022ToR granted (11 May)
- Nov 2024SSA & SHA signed with UPSIDA (8 November)
- Jan 2025Shared SPV — IMC Agra Prayagraj Ltd — incorporated (30 January)
- Mar 2026Supreme Court disposes the original TTZ petition; new suo-motu cases registered