Dholera SIR versus AURIC
Two DMIC greenfield industrial cities
This page covers the peer comparison, and the lesson. Every figure below carries the source it came from and the date it was recorded.
AURIC (the Aurangabad Industrial City at Shendra-Bidkin) is the closest true peer to Dholera SIR: both are greenfield industrial cities under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, which makes the comparison more like-for-like than city comparisons.
| Both | Greenfield DMIC industrial nodes |
|---|---|
| AURIC location | Shendra-Bidkin, Maharashtra |
| AURIC body | AITL |
| AURIC note | operational plots and tenants earlier |
| Dholera scale | larger planned envelope |
- SIR
- Special Investment Region. A large area the Gujarat government has set aside for industry under its own 2009 law, with its own planning authority instead of the usual local one.
- DMIC
- The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, the national industrial corridor programme Dholera is a node of.
- allotment
- The authority handing a plot straight to a buyer, rather than the plot changing hands between two private parties.
- fab
- A semiconductor fabrication plant. The factory where chips are made.
- TP scheme
- Town planning scheme. The authority pools all the land in one area, lays out the roads and services, then hands each owner back a smaller but serviced plot.
- DSIRDA
- The statutory authority that plans and regulates Dholera SIR, in place of a municipal corporation.
- DICDL
- The company that actually builds Dholera. Gujarat holds 51% of it and the central government holds 49% through the NICDC Trust.
The peer comparison
AURIC, developed by the Aurangabad Industrial Township Ltd, reached operational plots, road grids and allotted industrial units earlier and at a smaller, more contained scale, and is often described as India's first greenfield industrial smart city to reach that stage. Dholera is larger in planned envelope and carries a bigger anchor in the semiconductor fab, but its full build-out timeline is longer. Comparing the two is the fairest way to judge Dholera, because it sets it against another DMIC node rather than a mature metro. Reported
The lesson
AURIC suggests the model can work when a node stays focused, services its plots and lands real manufacturers. For Dholera the watch-items are the same: serviced plots, actual allotments and tenants operating, not announcements. Reported
This article follows Dholerapedia's sourcing standard: every figure is tagged Confirmed (government or official), Reported (press or trade) or Unverified (broker), and dated. Anything framed as a future event is labelled a target until a government source confirms it. Where a fact is not reliably available, we say so rather than estimate. See the methodology.
Key facts
These are the core facts for dholera sir versus auric, written out in full. Each one comes from a source listed at the foot of this page and is current as at the review month.
- Both: Greenfield DMIC industrial nodes.
- AURIC location: Shendra-Bidkin, Maharashtra.
- AURIC body: AITL.
- AURIC note: operational plots and tenants earlier.
- Dholera scale: larger planned envelope.
Dholera SIR in one paragraph
Dholera SIR is a planned industrial city covering about 920 sq km, of which roughly 422 sq km is marked for urban development. That land is being delivered as six town planning schemes, spread over roughly three decades. DSIRDA is the authority that plans and regulates the region, and DICDL is the company that builds it, owned 51% by Gujarat and 49% by the central government through the NICDC Trust. Dholera is the flagship node of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. That is the frame every entry here sits in. The fuller version is in What Dholera SIR is and the master plan.
References
- Respective development-authority public pages (CIDCO, APCRDA, NRDA, AITL, GIDC).
- NICDC / DMIC programme pages.
This is a reference, so it is written to be checked rather than believed. Each figure is marked Confirmed when a government or official record says it, Reported when the press or trade said it, and Unverified when only a seller says it. Each one carries a date, because Dholera keeps moving and a number that was right last year may not be right now. Anything still in the future is written as a target until a government source confirms it happened, and where a fact is not reliably available we say so instead of guessing.
None of this is legal, tax or investment advice, and no government source promises that land here will rise in value. If you are looking at one specific plot, treat everything on this page as background and confirm that parcel's own GUJRERA registration, title and price yourself before you pay. If a figure here has gone out of date, tell us on the contact page and we will correct it. All the figures gathered in one place are in Dholera in numbers, and the full method is on the methodology page.