What is the Amritsar–Kolkata Industrial Corridor?

The Gangetic-plain manufacturing belt on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. It spans 1,839 km and is part of India's National Industrial Corridor Development Programme.

Which states does the AKIC pass through?

Punjab, Haryana, UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal.

What is the current status of the AKIC?

In build-out · perspective plan complete; IMCs progressing.

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Amritsar–Kolkata Industrial Corridor

The Gangetic-plain manufacturing belt on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.

1,839 kmLength

7States

5Anchor nodes

OperationalStatus

Where it runs

On the map

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Map of the Amritsar–Kolkata Industrial Corridor — route, anchor nodes and states traversed

The basics

At a glance

Route & length
1,839 km · 7 states
States
Punjab, Haryana, UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Programme
On Eastern DFC
Status
In build-out · perspective plan complete; IMCs progressing

Industrial cities

Anchor nodes

Raghunathpur

West Bengal

Eastern terminus node

Prag-Khurpia Farms

Uttarakhand

IMC under development

Rajpura–Patiala

Punjab

IMC under development

Hisar

Haryana

IMC under development

Gaya

Bihar

IMC under development

The Techadyant view

Why it matters

Beyond the freight line, the AKIC is where several of the systems we track physically converge. Our corridor-level analysis — the sector clusters forming here, the opportunity surfaces for industry and MSMEs, and who actually captures the value — is being built out corridor by corridor.

Deep-dive analysis in progress. The related research below covers the themes that land along this corridor.

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