New Delhi: In a key initiative to promote ‘Make in India’ campaign and give boost to the Centre’s Atma Nirbhar Bharat, NTPC Ltd, India’s largest power generation company, has invited Expression of Interest (EoI) from energy intensive industries for setting up manufacturing units within its plant premises.

NTPC has invited the EoI from MSMEs and Indian companies for setting up energy intensive manufacturing plants such as bulk chemicals -- ammonia, urea, chloralkali, gypsum and gypsum products, geo-polymer, cooling and heating solutions, aluminum, mineral processing, metallurgical and metal industries in the industrial parks to be developed on a pilot basis in the NTPC thermal power plants at Solapur, Maharashtra, Kudgi in Karnataka) and Gadarwara in Madhya Pradesh.

These industrial parks will be subjected to requisite approvals from respective State and Central governments. The NTPC will process these approvals based on responses received in the EoI.

The government has announced a slew of economic packages aimed to build self-reliant India by creating a conducive investment environment and developing manufacturing hubs.

NTPC’s power plants across the country have evolved into economic centres with a robust infrastructure system in place. Capitalizing on the economic ecosystem developed over a period of time, NTPC is exploring ideas to improve utilisation of land within its plant locations for enhancing economic activity.

The initiative will create industrial parks within the power plants which, besides offering unique advantage of reliable electricity supply at competitive prices, will provide slew of other benefits of readily available infrastructural services like adequate water supply, accessibility through road and rail network, robust connectivity with internet lease lines, accessibility to township, medical facilities and local market along with various testing facilities which will be co-opted on need basis.

As part of the plan, NTPC will enter into separate agreement with prospective entities for allotment of spaces. With a total installed capacity of 62.9 GW, NTPC has 70 power stations. /BI/