MPSIDC Board Directs Study of Vikram Udyogpuri as Mega Investment Zone (April 2025)

What was decided

Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav said that possibilities of developing Vikram Udyogpuri as a Mega Investment Zone should be explored, and that the second phase of the IT Park in Ujjain should be immediately started in PPP mode with a fixed deadline. This was not a final notification creating a new zone; it was a policy instruction to the state industrial-development apparatus to study and act on the mega-zone concept and to accelerate a named infrastructure project.

Which body decided, and where

Dr Yadav gave these instructions during a meeting of the Board of Directors of Madhya Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation Limited (MPSIDC). The meeting was held at Samatwa Bhavan, the Chief Minister's residence, and was attended by the Additional Chief Secretary along with senior industry department and MPSIDC officials. The same Board sitting also covered routine corporate business: Dr Yadav inquired about the financial assistance provided to industrial companies in the form of long-term, short-term loans, capital subsidies, etc., and sought information regarding the recovery status of these loans.

Operative details on the ground

Vikram Udyogpuri is administered by the Special Purpose Vehicle DMIC Vikram Udyogpuri Limited (DMICVUL). This SPV was incorporated for enhancing employment, industrial output and exports from the region, with sectoral objectives of providing quality industrial investments and world-class infrastructure facilities. The site is located at village Narwar, about 8 km from Ujjain and 12 km from Dewas, with a total area of 442.3 hectares (1,096 acres) as listed by the project's own site, while MPIDC-sourced reporting around the same period described the first phase of Vikram Udyogpuri as spanning 458 hectares and almost at full capacity.

Ahead of and around the April 2025 board meeting, MPIDC was already moving on Phase 2 land: MPIDC had acquired over 400 hectares of private land to launch the second phase of the Vikram Udyogpuri industrial area in Ujjain, aimed at attracting more investments. With the first phase nearly at full capacity, MPIDC had started the process of acquiring land, with a detailed project report to be prepared soon. A later local report (undated in the source) noted that a land-acquisition award of Rs 568 crore had been passed for the second phase of Vikram Udyogpuri, indicating the compensation process had advanced beyond the acquisition-initiation stage described in early 2025 reporting.

Existing occupancy and investment base at the time of the decision

Reporting from around the same period recorded that around 58 industries had secured land in Vikram Udyogpuri, with over 15 of them already in the trial and production phase, and these industries had proposed investments totaling over INR 5,000 crore. MPIDC had also received nearly 200 investment proposals from industries looking to acquire approximately 121 hectares of land in the area. Notable companies that had secured space in Vikram Udyogpuri included PepsiCo India, Amul, Ashirvad Pipes, Symbiotic Life, Karnataka Antibiotics, Yashoda Linen, and Srinivas Pharma. On infrastructure, a 5.2 MLD common effluent treatment plant (CETP) was installed at a cost of over INR 24 crore, designed to handle an estimated effluent generation of 3-4 MLD from zone industries.

Practical effect and follow-through

The April 2025 directive functioned as a policy trigger rather than a land-use notification: it asked officials to study the mega-zone concept for Vikram Udyogpuri and to put a firm timeline behind the already-planned second phase of the Ujjain IT Park. Follow-up reporting later in 2025 indicates movement on the IT Park track: the second phase of the Ujjain IT Park was officially sanctioned by MPIDC, and a developer had already been appointed to carry out the work. This followed strong interest in Phase I, which was under construction and had attracted 20 IT firms from Indore, Ujjain, and Bhopal, with Phase I expected to be completed by end-2026 and projected to create 500 direct and 1,000-plus indirect jobs.

On the industrial-township side, the flagship outcome cited by the state government has been continued investor sign-ups rather than a formal "mega zone" notification as of the sources reviewed. A subsequent example is PepsiCo's flavour-concentrate plant: the facility, located in village Narwar, was developed with an investment of approximately Rs 1,266 crore and is expected to generate more than 800 direct jobs. No source reviewed shows a separate gazette notification formally re-designating Vikram Udyogpuri as a "Mega Investment Zone" under a specific state industrial policy category; the April 2025 record is a Board-level policy directive to explore that path, not the notification itself.

Wider budgetary and infrastructure context

Vikram Udyogpuri sits within a broader state capital-works push tied to Ujjain's development, including religious-tourism and connectivity projects. Contemporary reporting on state allocations noted Rs 3,000 crore sanctioned for the 48.1-km Indore-Ujjain Greenfield four-lane corridor, along with Metro connectivity, six-lane highways, IT parks and an industrial township at Vikram Udyogpuri. This places the April 2025 MPSIDC directive within a larger pattern of state investment in Ujjain's industrial and physical infrastructure.