Corridor Readiness Score — methodology
Every corridor on this site carries a 0-100 readiness score built from four axes. This page explains exactly what the score measures, what the tiers mean, and how we label evidence — so the ranking can be audited, not just read.
Score = Maturity + Capital momentum + Connectivity + Opportunity
Each axis scores 0-25; the four sum to the 0-100 readiness score. Axes are scored from primary documents (DPIIT/NICDC status reports, CCEA/EPC records, PIB releases, state IDC portals, India Investment Grid), not from media coverage alone.
Maturity (0-25)
How much is actually built and operating today, not announced. Node activation, trunk infrastructure delivered, anchor tenants with ground truth, operating assets.
Capital momentum (0-25)
Scale and credibility of committed capital: CCEA-approved programme size, EPC awards, anchor-tenant commitments with signed agreements, funding structure (GoI, JICA/ADB, state SPVs).
Connectivity (0-25)
Freight corridors, ports, airports, expressways and grid capacity that make the corridor manufacturable: dedicated freight corridor linkage, ICDs, port distance, power availability.
Opportunity (0-25)
Openness of the corridor to new entrants: land availability for non-anchor suppliers, sector breadth, second-tier vendor surface, and how much value is capturable by domestic firms.
What the bands mean
- 65-100Build-now — Investable today: activation is real, anchors are committed and construction is underway. Entry is about speed and land.
- 40-64Position-early — Credible momentum with gaps: some anchors, partial infrastructure. Best for early positioning while land and vendor slots are still open.
- 0-39Watch — Mostly planned: funding or approvals still pending. Track for trigger events rather than committing.
How nodes are classified
- Operational: Node is live: plots allotted, anchors operating or under construction, trunk infrastructure delivered.
- Under construction: CCEA/EPC approved and works underway; not yet allotting at scale.
- Approved: Programme sanctioned; land assembly or pre-construction stage.
- Planned: Announced in the NICDP programme; no construction commitment yet.
Verification tags on every claim
- [V] — Verified from primary sources (official filings, signed agreements, confirmed on satellite or ground).
- [V1] — Single-source or announced: credible official announcement, not yet independently confirmed.
- [U] — Unverified or conflicting reports; treat as indicative.
Sources are listed per corridor and per node at the bottom of each page, linked to the original document wherever it is public. Where a figure is an official projection (investment potential, jobs), it is labelled as such rather than presented as fact.
Take the data with you
The full node dataset — 38 nodes across the eleven corridors, with stage, area, investment, jobs, sectors and anchor tenants — is available as an open CSV under CC BY 4.0 (attribution: Techadyant Labs):