Hisar Industrial Smart City (Hisar IMC) Master Plan: Area, Phases and Land Use

Planning horizon and how the area is defined

Hisar Industrial Smart City is being planned as an Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) under the Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC). An Industrial Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) has been proposed to be developed in Hisar, Haryana, adjacent to the Hisar Airport under Amritsar Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC). The total land area identified is 2,988 Acres for the IMC, which has independent and direct access from NH 9 and NH 52, located adjacent to the proposed International Airport Hub (IAH) at Hisar along the intersection of NH 9 and NH 52.

The IMC site sits within a larger government land parcel earmarked for aviation and industrial use: of the 7,200 acres at Hisar, 4,212 acres is for the airport and the remaining 2,988 acres is for the IMC (Industrial Manufacturing Cluster). Under the AKIC programme, six multi-modal logistics IMCs are being set up across six states, of which Hisar is the largest in area and will be developed in phases.

The build-out horizon is staged rather than tied to a single target year. The IMC will benefit from multi-modal connectivity with air, road and rail initially through the Hisar city Junction in the first phase of its development (2027), with the rail terminal for freight at the airport by 2032, and the final phase by 2037.

Total planned area vs. area developed by target year

It is important to distinguish the total identified/notified land from the area being developed in the first, funded phase:

• Total planned area: 2,988 acres identified for the IMC, roughly 1,210 hectares.
• Area targeted for the first phase (2027): approximately 2,988 acres in total, including 1,605 acres in Phase I. Phase I is where land acquisition, statutory clearances and early infrastructure works are currently concentrated.
• Balance land: the remaining roughly 1,383 acres are earmarked for later phases (rail-terminal integration by 2032 and final build-out by 2037), though NICDC's public project page has not published a separate hectare figure for these later stages.

An earlier (2021) pre-feasibility exercise had described the cluster differently — a pre-feasibility study for IMC Phase-1 (1,605 acres, ₹1,800 crore) and Hisar IMC Phase-2 (1,543 acres) was completed in July 2021. That combined figure (3,148 acres) is higher than the current officially cited total of 2,988 acres, so readers should treat the 2021 study as a superseded planning input rather than the current notified extent.

Land-use split

NICDC and NICDC's own project pages do not publish a granular, tabulated land-use breakdown (residential/commercial/industrial percentages) for Hisar IMC as of mid-2026. The most specific figure available from official review-meeting reporting is a broad industrial-versus-non-industrial split:

Officials said the master plan provides for a balanced industrial ecosystem, with around 61% of the land earmarked for industrial and logistics activities, while the rest will be used for green spaces, utilities and supporting infrastructure.

Planned industrial sectors mentioned in official and industry reporting include aerospace and defence, engineering and fabrication, food processing, garments and logistics, alongside metal fabrication, textiles, agro-processing and light manufacturing described in sector-planning commentary.

Phases and target years

The phasing set out on NICDC's official project page is time-based rather than purely area-based for the later stages:

• Phase 1 — by 2027: 1,605 acres, with road access via NH-9/NH-52 and rail connectivity initially routed through the Hisar city junction.
• 2032 milestone: a rail terminal for freight at the airport, connecting to the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor.
• Final phase — by 2037: full multi-modal (air, road, rail) integration of the cluster as envisaged in the master plan.

As of early-to-mid 2026, on-ground progress on Phase 1 was reported as: the project has already achieved 100% land possession and secured key approvals, including clearance from the National Planning Group, with environmental clearance obtained for a part of Phase I while approval for the remaining portion is under process (as of late March 2026). However, a later report noted the process had been slower on other fronts: despite the land advantage, procedural progress has remained slow, with the appointment of consultants still under process and the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) tender yet to be floated (as of early June 2026). Investors should treat "Phase 1 by 2027" as the current target rather than a confirmed completion date.

Population and employment targets

No official residential-population target for Hisar IMC has been published as of mid-2026; the master plan is industrial/logistics-led rather than a mixed residential township at this stage (a separate 67-acre Hisar Aerocity commercial/residential zone is planned adjacent to the airport, not inside the IMC boundary itself). The headline economic targets that are published are investment and employment figures rather than population figures:

• With an investment potential of ₹32,417 crore and a project cost of ₹4,680 crore, it is expected to generate 1.25 lakh jobs.

Some earlier reporting citing a 2025 MoU has referenced a lower, two-phase employment figure — jointly developed by the Haryana government and NICDC in two phases by 2030, generating total ₹30,000 crore investment from private players and 10,000 jobs — but NICDC's current project pages consistently cite the higher 1.25 lakh jobs figure, which should be treated as the primary official target.

Planner / consultant

NICDC's official project page states only that a consultant has been engaged, without naming the firm: a consultant has been appointed for the preparation of a detailed master plan and preliminary engineering activities for the proposed IMC site. Secondary reporting places this appointment in the 2024-25 period, but no consultant name has been published on NICDC's own pages as of mid-2026, so none is stated here to avoid speculation.

Where to find official plan documents

The primary official sources for Hisar IMC are:

• NICDC's project page for Hisar IMC (nicdc.in) — location, land area, phasing and connectivity details.
• Press Information Bureau (PIB) release on the NICDC-Haryana agreement for Hisar IMC — investment, cost and jobs figures.
• HSIIDC (Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, hsiidc.org.in) — the agency handling plot allotment once the master plan and EPC works progress.
• Haryana Town & Country Planning Department / Hisar district portal — for the separate, older statutory "Hisar Development Plan" documents that cover the city (not the IMC specifically).

As of mid-2026, NICDC has not published a standalone, downloadable master-plan PDF with a full land-use table for Hisar IMC; the figures available are drawn from its project webpage and from government review-meeting statements reported in the press.