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Table of Contents
Assam – Guwahati
Economic environment – overview and income distribution
Industrial growth trends
Industrial development – Development of SEZs, industrial corridors and smart cities
Sector concentration and flow of investment
Government initiatives to boost investment
Tourism trends
Guwahati – Presence of Luxury Brands, reflection of growing number of HNIs
Guwahati – Development trajectory as per city master plans
Guwahati Airport – Catchment area

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 Assam is the gateway of North Eastern India and along with other North Eastern states
shares 98% of land boundary with Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar.
The key industries of Assam – tea and energy – are clustered around Guwahati, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, and Tinsukia.

Assam is the third largest producer of onshore

crude oil and highest producer of natural gas in
the country. It is the single largest tea producing
Dibrugarh Airport
region globally and contributes over 50% of India’s
Tinsukia
total tea production. Several cement factories
Lilabari Airport have come up in Assam due to the availability of
Dibrugarh
high-quality limestone in the region.
District Center
Bongaigaon
Tezpur Airport
Jorhat Airport Sivasagar Major companies
Airport ■ Tea
Jorhat
Textile ● Assam company
Rupsi Airport
● Assam Tea Corp
Guwahati Airport Oil, Refinery & Natural Gas
● Apeejay Tea
Cement
● Deha Assam Tea
Kamrup Metropolitan Metal & Ailuminium ■ Energy
Barpeta
Tea ● Indian oil
● ONGC
Petroleum Products
● Oil India
Fertilizer ● Coal India
Karimganj Silchar Airport
Coal ■ Petrochemical
● BCPL
Pharmaceuticals

Food Products

Source: CAPA India research and analysis; Government of Assam, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Advantage Assam – Global Investor’s Summit
2018
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Major investments have been made in the Oil and Natural Gas industry, while
manufacturing, FMCG and petrochemical sectors also attracted significant investments,.

Major investment projects by private and public sector companies

Companies with investment in plant & machinery worth more Ongoing investment projects above INR 1 billion (INR billion) **
than INR 1 billion (INR billion)*
Sl. Sl.
Name Amount Name Investment sector Amount
No. No.
1 Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer 96.0 1 Gas Authority of India Ltd Oil and natural gas 33.0
2 Oil India Ltd 93.5 Assam Petrochemicals & Oil
2 Oil and natural gas 13.4
3 ONGC 20.0 India Ltd
4 Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemical 20.0 3 AAI Civil Aviation 12.3
5 Numaligarh Refinery Ltd 20.0 4 DJ Agro Industries Jute based Industry 4.5
6 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd 10.8 5 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Oil and natural gas 3.5
7 Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation 9.5 6 Sikaria Group Jute based Industry 3.0
8 Cachar Paper Mill 4.8 7 Essel Propack Manufacturing 2.0
9 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd  3.5 8 Britannia Industries Ltd FMCG 1.6
10 Nagaon Paper Mill 2.9 9 BR Group Logistic park 1.5
11 Cement Manufacturing Company Ltd  2.4 10 Murilidhar Ratanlal Export Jute based Industry 1.4
12 CALCOM Cement India Ltd 2.0 11 M/s Southern TSR LLP Rubber and plastic 1.1
13 Purbanchal Cement Pvt Ltd 1.3 12 Marico Ltd FMCG 1.0
14 TOPCEM  India Ltd 1.2
15 Barak Valley Cement Ltd 1.1
 Investment projects worth INR80.17 billion is currently under
implementation in Assam, while INR399.52 billion worth of
project are in the pipeline.
 62.2% of total ongoing investment is contributed by the Oil
Investments worth INR 1 trillion was committed to Assam
during Assam Global Investors’ Summit held in February 2018 and Natural Gas industry.

Note: * As per information provided in the Assam Ministry of Commerce and Industry website in January 2019.
**As of September 2018
Source: CAPA India research and analysis; Government of Assam, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Advantage Assam – Global Investor’s Summit
2018,  Assam Industrial Development Corporation Limited
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Assam has made investments to develop industrial parks and growth centres across
different districts of the state to facilitate industrial growth.

Industrial infrastructure facilities established by the government

 Export Processing Industrial Park (EPIP), Industrial Infrastructure Development Centre (IIDC), Growth Centers, Food Processing
Industrial Park, Industrial Estates, Industrial Areas, and Commercial Estates worth INR5 billion have been established in Assam to
support industrial growth.
District Status Major industries located Accessibility by Air
Growth Centers, Chariduar 10 km from Tezpur
Sonitpur First phase Patanjali Ayurved Ltd., Dabur India Ltd., Surya Taap Dachsan
(Balipara) airport
completed Biotech Pvt ltd., Innovative Tech pack Ltd

Growth Centers, Matia 111 km from

Goalpara First phase Everyday India(P) ltd., Cavin Kare Pvt. Ltd., VLCC Industries Guwahati airport
(Mornoi) completed ltd.

Growth Centers, Chaygaon- Completed with Automobile ancillary, Engineering goods, Plastics based 39 km from
Patgaon - Jambari (Kamrup) Kamrup
58 units products Guwahati airport
Export Promotion Industrial Kamrup
Park (EPIP) (Rural) Completed with Plastic moulded furniture, Cosmetic items, Mosquito
repellant, steel furnitures, food processing units, Ayurvedic 18 km from
44 units Guwahati airport
Medicines & Pharmaceuticals, etc
Integrated infrastructure Locations at Completed with MSME industries
development centres (IIDC) 11 districts --
62 units
Border Trade Centre Facilitate border trade with Bangladesh, Bhutan etc.
North East Mega Food Park Nalbari 60 km from
Completed Duke Industries, Ravi Food, Assam Agro Tech Industries etc. Guwahati airport
Food Processing Industrial Completed with Food processing 39 km from
Park Kamrup
10 units Guwahati airport
Plastic Park Tinsukia 25% work
completed Polymer based downstream industries
Kamrup Final stage of Bamboo based industries 18 km from
Bamboo Park (Rural) completion Guwahati airport

Source: CAPA India research and analysis; Government of Assam, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Advantage Assam – Global Investor’s Summit
2018,  Assam Industrial Development Corporation Limited
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Central government has been focusing heavily on improving the road, rail, energy and
communication in the North Eastern Region. Total project cost for highway development
for Assam is INR46,588 Crores.*
Infrastructure projects by the government in North Eastern Region
Highway infrastructure development projects in Assam (INR million) Major infrastructure developments initiated by government in
Infrastructure Project Amount North East Region (INR million)
Highway infrastructure projects completed in 2018/ Infrastructure Project Status Amount
89,760
under implementation Broad Gauging & Capital Connectivity Implementation in 470,000
Highway projects being progressed under Bharatmala Rail Projects Progress
194,440
Pariyojana Special Accelerated Road
Highways for which in-principle approval has been Development Programme (connecting Implementation in 335,000
181,680 Progress
granted remote locations in NER)
Bharatmala Pariyojana (5,301 km road Investment proposal
 Under Bharatmala Pariyojana, road stretches aggregating to 300,000
in NER) approved
about 5,301 km in NER have been approved for improvement. Strengthening of Transmission & Implementation in
Out of this, 3,246 km road length has been approved for 47,540
Distribution Systems (CSST&DS) Progress
development of Economic Corridor in North East. Comprehensive Telecom Development Agreement signed
 Under Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan (CTDP) for 53,370
Plan for NER with BSNL
NER, 2,817 mobile towers will be installed for providing North East Special Infrastructure Implementation in
Development Scheme (NESIDS) Progress 16,000
mobile coverage in 4,119 uncovered villages of Arunachal
Pradesh and two districts of Assam. AIIMS, Guwahati
Implementation in
11,000
 19 new waterways (11 in Assam, 5 in Meghalaya, 1 each in Progress
Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram & Nagaland) have been declared North East Road Sector Development Implementation in
Scheme Progress 10,000
as National Waterways (NWs) North East.
 Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge on Brahmaputra river was Multi Modal Logistics park in Project report in Not
Jogighopa progress Available
inaugurated in December 2018. The bridge has reduced the
distance for the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Establishment of an Industrial ADB undertaking Not
Corridor in NER feasibility study Available
 Assam has started project preparatory activities for the World
Development of Inland Water Not
Bank funded Inland Water Project at INR975 crore. Announced
Transport infrastructure in NER Available
 National Highways in Assam will be increased from present
3,900 km to 7,000 km
Note: Total project cost for highway development includes projects under implementation and in pipeline as of November 2018.
Source: CAPA India research and analysis; Assam Government, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Advantage Assam – Global Investor’s Summit
2018,  Assam Industrial Development Corporation Limited
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Government initiatives: ‘Advantage Assam’ organized by the state government,
in Feb-2018, saw MoUs being signed with an expected total investment of
INR981 billion

264 INR 782 billion INR 199 billion

Total MoUs  Value of 264 MoUs Investment
signed signed commitments

Major MoUs/ Investment plans announced at a glance (INR million)

Investor Amount Sector

• Global Investor Summit branded as “Advantage
Oil India Ltd  100,000
Assam” and organised in Feb-2018 was Assam
Essel Infraprojects 60,000
government’s largest ever investment promotion
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd   Oil, Refinery and Natural Gas
and facilitation initiative.
• Initiative to attract investors to Assam and Indo-UK Institute of Health 27,000
promote the state as "India's Expressway to Tata Trusts
ASEAN". Star Cement 21,000
• During the event, ONGC, Oil India Ltd., Indian Oil Century Ply  21,000
Corporation, Numaligarh Refinery Ltd and GAIL Spicejet 12,500
signed a JV to implement 1,500 km long gas Dalmia Bharat Cement  11,000
pipeline grid project worth INR60,000 million in Infinity Group 10,000
the North Eastern Region. Medanta Group 5,000
• Reliance committed to create around 80,000 jobs ONGC  --
in Assam over three year period’ Indian Oil Corporation
(IOC) --
Reliance Industries Limited --
Oil, Refinery and Natural Gas
Road Infra, Power and Water Resource.
Healthcare infrastructure
Cancer care programme at 17 centres
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Aviation, Seaplanes
Manufacturing
IT Park and real estate project in Guwahati
Healthcare sector
Oil, Refinery and Natural Gas
Oil, Refinery and Natural Gas
Retail, petroleum, telecom, tourism and sports

Note: Data as of FY2017

Source: CAPA India research and analysis; Assam Government, Government press releases.
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 Assam government has made comprehensive efforts to promote industry investment by –
implementing ‘Ease of Doing Business Act’ aimed at speedy processing of application for setting up
industry and issuing clearances; creation of land banks, tax waivers for industry .

Government initiatives: ‘Advantage Assam’

• According to the ranking released by the Department Of Industrial Policy And Promotion (DIPP) in July
2018, Assam has improved its ranking in "ease of doing business" from 24th to 17th. Barring Assam, the
northeastern states continue to remain at the bottom of the index.
Ease of doing • To make doing business in the state easier, the government is implementing the Assam Ease of Doing
business Business Act, 2016.
• Single-Window Agency, established at the Commissionerate of Industries & Commerce in Guwahati.
• Receipt of offline applications for different services has been stopped since Oct., 2017. A total of 360
services of 35 departments are available online.

Government proposed to set up a dedicated agency, "Invest Assam", under the Industries & Commerce
Invest Assam Department. This agency will work in tandem with "Invest India" and undertake Investment Promotion &
Investment Follow-up activities on a regular basis.

Tax waiver for In a bid to woo the investors, the Assam government has formulated a new industrial policy that proposes 100
industry per cent tax reimbursement every year irrespective of any capacity utilisation for 15 years

Assam has created a land bank of more than 6,000 acres and an industrial corridor stretching 80 km from
Creation of land Guwahati to Tihu to cater to the needs of investors. Government declared area within 1 km beyond 500
bank metres on either side of NH-37 in this stretch, excluding tribal belts, wetlands, notified forest land, and VGR
land, classified as 'Industrial Zone’.

Assam Start-up Government is also implementing the Assam Start-up Policy, 2017, under which Start-ups will be provided
Policy, 2017 both fiscal and non-fiscal incentives.

Source: CAPA India research and analysis; Assam Government

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