Khurpia IMC (Prag-Khurpia)
Khurpia — also called Prag-Khurpia or IMC Khurpia Farm — is one of the earliest-cleared AKIC nodes: SSA/SHA executed 30 April 2022, SPV (NICDC Uttarakhand Industrial Township Limited) incorporated 21 October 2022, environmental clearance granted 9 March 2023, CCEA approval 28 August 2024, and an EPC contractor appointed by February 2026 with the tender issued in July 2025.
It is a focused 1,002-acre, ₹1,265 cr auto-and-auto-components cluster designed as an extension of the Pantnagar industrial ecosystem — one of India’s major automobile hubs. Projected investment is ₹6,180 cr and 75,057 jobs, giving it the highest jobs-per-acre ratio among the early nodes.
Its defining weakness is logistics: at ~216 km from the nearest EDFC station, it lacks the freight-corridor proximity that defines the AKIC thesis. Its defining strength is the ready ecosystem next door — Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto and a deep components and FMCG base at IIE Pantnagar — though none are IMC allottees.
Companies & commitments
| Company | Sector | Commitment |
|---|---|---|
| No allotted tenants | — | Pre-allotment — zero IMC allottees or MoUs verified; project in the trunk-infrastructure phase as of June 2026 [V] |
| Tata Motors | Adjacent legacy base — automobile manufacturing (IIE Pantnagar) | ~4.04 million sq m at IIE Pantnagar (allotted 2006); anchor of the adjacent auto hub, not a Khurpia allottee [V] |
| Ashok Leyland | Adjacent legacy base — automobile manufacturing (IIE Pantnagar) | ~7.68 lakh sq m at IIE Pantnagar (2006); feeder anchor, not a Khurpia allottee [V] |
| Bajaj Auto | Adjacent legacy base — automobile manufacturing (IIE Pantnagar) | ~2.51 lakh sq m at IIE Pantnagar (2006); feeder anchor, not a Khurpia allottee [V] |
| Nestlé India / Britannia / Parle / Dabur / Haldiram | Adjacent legacy base — food processing & FMCG (IIE Pantnagar) | Established IIE Pantnagar units; indicate latent food-processing demand near the node, not Khurpia allottees [V] |
Industries coming up
Infrastructure & connectivity
- 1,002 acres at Khurpia Farm, Kichha tehsil — land-use 618 ac industrial/anchor/ancillary (62%), 153 ac green (15%), 140 ac transportation (14%), the balance utilities, residential and commercial.
- EPC scope (July 2025 tender): roads, civil and wet utilities, CETP and STP, plus power infrastructure of three 33 kV substations and one 11 kV substation — a dedicated power substation is in the common-infrastructure plan.
- Critical logistics constraint: ~216 km to the nearest EDFC station (New Khurja) — far weaker DFC linkage than Rajpura–Patiala (12 km) or Prayagraj (7 km). Kichha station 3 km; Pantnagar airport 15 km; Mundra port ~1,350 km.
- Embedded in the established Pantnagar SIIDCUL automobile belt (Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto, Mahindra plus a deep auto-components and FMCG base) — the strongest ready ecosystem of any AKIC node.
Incentives & land: No node-specific framework; standard Uttarakhand MSME Policy 2023 incentives apply (Udham Singh Nagar is a C-category plain district — 30% capital subsidy up to ₹1 cr, with stamp-duty, interest and electricity-duty reimbursements). Specific IMC power tariff not found; internal substations are within the EPC scope.
An extension of the Pantnagar auto hub
Khurpia’s single declared focus sector is automobiles & auto components, and it is explicitly positioned as an extension of the adjacent SIIDCUL Integrated Industrial Estate at Pantnagar. That estate already hosts Tata Motors (~4.04 million sq m, 2006), Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto and Mahindra, plus a deep components tier (Endurance, Minda, Varroc, Spicer, Yazaki, Lucas TVS) and major food and FMCG units (Nestlé, Britannia, Parle, Dabur, Haldiram).
The plan reserves ~60% of the manufacturing zone for anchor units and ~40% for ancillaries — a structure built to capture the supplier overflow of the existing cluster. Realistic best-fit sectors extend into EV components, light engineering and, potentially, food processing and electronics, even though only auto is listed officially.
The EDFC distance problem
Unlike the corridor’s logistics-led nodes, Khurpia sits ~216 km from the New Khurja EDFC station. This materially weakens the freight-corridor rationale and is the likely reason its investment potential (₹6,180 cr) is well below similarly sized nodes. The advantage that offsets it is the lowest project cost among the major AKIC nodes (₹1,265 cr), reflecting existing SIIDCUL infrastructure and lower trunk-works requirements.
Risks & open questions
No anchor tenants are announced; land handover to the EPC contractor and the foundation-stone date are unconfirmed. A narrow single-sector focus and direct competition from vacant developed plots at IIE Pantnagar (which can court the same investors) are real market risks. Water is generally adequate in the region; specific IMC power and water allocations are not in sources.
Timeline
- 2016Node identified under AKIC (as Prag-Khurpia)
- Apr 2022SSA/SHA executed (30 April)
- Oct 2022SPV — NUITL — incorporated (21 October)
- Mar 2023Environmental clearance granted (9 March)
- Aug 2024CCEA approval (28 August)
- Jul 2025EPC tender issued for trunk infrastructure
- Feb 2026EPC contractor appointed; foundation stone not yet laid