NAGPUR, INDIA

THE BEST INVESTMENT DESTINATION IN THE WORLD

Maharashtra is the most progressive state of India and is called the economic powerhouse. The state govt. of Maharashtra is making all out efforts to accelerate the pace of development and invite investments in the state both from the country as well as Foreign Direct Investments.

Nagpur is the second capital of Maharashtra and has strategic central location in India as well as the international aviation routes. It has a great agricultural and mineral rich hinterland with huge forests.

Nagpur is also the educational and business center of central India and it has about 27 engineering colleges and 13 Medical colleges in and around the city. Every year about 8500 engineers and about 3000 doctors are graduating from these colleges.

• Growth of Origin-Destination of domestic and international traffic for Nagpur region for a radius of 500 Km due to regional development and growth, increased tourism potential and diversion from other modes.

• Domestic hub-and-spoke traffic and international hub-and-spoke traffic.

• Diverted traffic from other congested Indian airports and neighboring international airports.

The proposed international Airport will help Nagpur to emerge as a leading international tourist gateway for India, providing a number of new tourism route options, especially for Adventure, Wild life and Buddhist tour circuits.

Currently total international tourist traffic (according to Department of Tourism GoI) to India is estimated at 2.5 million passengers per year.

The average growth over the last 15 years is around 4% p.a. According to reliable world forecasts (World Development indicators) the future foreign tourism projections to India are worked out at 3.95 Million tourists by 2010.

Most leading tourist spots in the country attract anywhere between 5 to 14% of the total foreign tourists visiting India destinations (Report of the national committee on tourism- Planning Commission). Nagpur is also expected to generate this kind of traffic within next 30 years.

The potential for creating an international hub airport at Nagpur can be gauged from the fact that there is hardly any Hub Airport in a 5-hour fly-zone from India (i.e. between Dubai and Bangkok). All over the world there are clusters of hub airports within 1 to 2 hours of fly zone.

Much smaller countries around India over the years have successfully set up major hubs and are drawing huge transit traffic. India has all the ingredients- location, economy, population etc. for having not one but at least 2 major hub Airports. The current World situation clearly indicates potential new opportunities opening up for India in near future in terms of likely shift of transit traffic at Middle East to other safer destinations like India.

Easy Access to almost 10% of the potential International hubbing traffic in the form of currently 400 over-flying flights over the City (accounted by almost 55 different Airlines) has created the possibility for development of the best multi-modal infrastructure in the country within MIHAN. Top

Passengers Traffic Forecast-Nagpur (figures in millions)

With the advent of multi-tier economic growth plans being implemented by the government in the “Vidarbha” region of India, the expanse and importance of various projects has grown manifolds during last few years. The same is very much visible and is being augmented by exponential escalation in:

• Living standards
• Land costs
• Business Diversifications
• Future plans being slated by globe’s major blue chip giants
• Investments by all major M. N. C’s during last couple of years
• Projections by major financial institutions for forthcoming financial year
• Interest of Governments and Administrative bodies.

This has resulted in a need to create a centralized location for well conceived, organized and executed projects that would be having an incubation duration spread over 15 years to be sequenced by an execution duration spread over next 15 years. The selection; hence, of the city based on the fact that there should be an existing infrastructure in-place; has naturally hovered over Nagpur.

Due to all these factors, in the last few years Nagpur was made home to a number of mega projects with global importance. Namely:

MIHAN -Multi-Modal International Passenger cum Cargo Hub Airport at Nagpur with various Special Economic Zones (SEZ) adjacent to it, offers the following advantages to international investors and businesses:

The magnitude and scope of such a commercial zone is estimated to grow at extra-ordinary rates for next 25 years. It is predicted that the rate of growth would slow down and would start to stabilize beyond this duration of 25 years.

Business communities in and around the “Vidarbha” region having analyzed and visualized the future; are already investing heavily in all forms of real estate around the project area.

According to the project study carried out by L&T-Rambol for Maharashtra Airports Development Co., all areas in proximity of the 500 kilometers radius from Nagpur would be directly reaping the benefits of business generation by said mega-projects.

Land prices in Nagpur have already started to show the upward trend and the curve in the graphical representation is approaching right angle.

A number of local and non-local organizations / establishments have started to operate in the region with whatever investments they have. A few of them have, indeed, grown to fairly good size in terms of turnovers. The factors, behind the profits being earned by these establishments, include:

• Resettlement of Project Affected Population in adjacent areas.

• Bulk procurement of land by global business giants like ITC, Satyam, Boeing, Airbus, Ascendas, Hexaware, Dell, IBM, TCS, L&T, Shapoorji Pallonji & Company, Sahara group, Max aerospace, Raheja Builders, HCL Computers.

• Abundance and ready availability of vast areas of land around the project / development areas.

• Availability of good bargains on bulk procurement of land.

• Growing awareness among local and non – local communities about the scope and future of Nagpur.

• Active participation and willingness to stick to timelines by various government bodies.

• Disclosure of future plans for big investments by major global giants.

The scope of participation of private operators is, in fact, very much assured and can be judged from the Executive Summary Document. At present times, the future scope and opportunities in Nagpur have not been publicized anywhere outside the region.

Government of India, Government of Maharashtra, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Nagpur Improvement Trust and Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited have initiated the process of approval of a global advertising campaign projecting the opportunities and scope of developments going on in Nagpur.

It is very much understandable that once the awareness about Nagpur goes high globally, the rush of investors would further escalate the initial magnitude of investments. At present, the initial investment levels are at moderate level and the rates of returns are being projected at the best ever.

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MIHAN is a project one of its kind in the heart of India. Spread over an area of 4025 Hectares. The Multi-modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur, would not only play a major role in the development of Vidarbha region but will benefit the state and the country as a whole.

MIHAN is an Ideal business hub, centrally located and easily accessible to all the metro cities of India. A final destination for all business related needs, supported by excellent infrastructure, easy and fast procedural systems and continuous support and service through one window operation.

Techno – Economic feasibility report for the MIHAN project was prepared by a consortium of internationally experienced consultants of repute led by L & T RAMBOLL Consulting Engineers Limited. The project would consist of:

The project would also be facilitated with a Rail and Road Terminal with warehousing facilities & other ancillary to meet the logistic needs of the region and the state.

It would also consist of an International school with Spanish and French speaking teaching centre, which would suffice the educational needs. A full fledge recreation center for people to be entertained and spend their leisure time and adjoining the SEZ will be a top grade residential and commercial complex with entertainment facilities.

While the development of mega – projects is being looked after by various government bodies and on the other hand, the development of Nagpur is being looked after by another body called Nagpur Improvement Trust (N. I. T.)

An investment of RS.5600 crores will be done for basic amenities like road, water and sewage systems under JNURM scheme to develop this city as a METRO city.

Even before selection of Nagpur for all the mentioned mega – projects, the city already had a very sturdy infrastructure in-place since long. Known as the second capital of Maharashtra State, the city has good laid out roads and a well spread development going on.

Even before selection of Nagpur for all the mentioned mega – projects, the city already had a very sturdy infrastructure in-place since long. Known as the second capital of Maharashtra State, the city has good laid out roads and a well spread development going on.

Industrial giants like Mahindra & Mahindra, Indo-Rama, Electrolux and many others are operating in the region since long. Organizations like N. E. E. R. I., Reserve Bank of India (Accounts), and Indian Air Force have also made the city their prime base.

From the connectivity perspective, Nagpur is already well connected with almost all major cities of India by air routes, rail routes and road routes. There is no short supply of water and there is abundance of available land for any given usage – from agricultural to industrial.
Well established as “Orange City”, Nagpur is also hub for food grain market in “Vidarbha” region. The city boasts of Asia’s biggest food grain market complex. This region also produces the biggest yield of cotton.

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Mihan will provide direct employment to 150,000 people and indirectly provide employment to 300,000 people.

Additionally, the combined employment potential of the various upcoming SEZ’s in the area around BUTIBORI industrial estate will provide employment to another 500,000 people.

This means, around 4million additional people will migrate and inhabit the surroundings of MIHAN within the next 5-10years.

This has created a huge demand for real estate, homes, malls, multiplexes etc. Hence this is the right time to go for projects to satisfy this huge demand for housing and infrastructure.

No wonder then, that the big groups like DLF, MANTRI, SATYAM, SAHARA, RAHEJA, SHAPOORJI PALLONJI have acquired huge lands ranging from 100acres to 600acres each for building townships of their own.

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Spread in 2500acres of land, this Special economic zone will be a multi product zone which includes the Gems and Jewellery processing cum exports.

These are just a few of the upcoming projects in and around MIHAN, Nagpur. So far close to INR 50,000crores have been committed and more heavy investments are expected to follow suit.

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INVEST IN LAND IN NAGPUR -THE INTERNATIONAL MEGA CITY OF FUTURE

Multiple themes are playing simultaneously in Nagpur meaning there is bound to be huge migration of population from neighboring places to this emergent Metro city resulting in an estimated population of close to or more than 7.5million from the current level of 3.5million in less than a decade.

Will kick start the growth through arrival of 14million passengers and handling of 1million ton air cargo. Additionally, the logistics companies who will be making Nagpur their home will distribute more than 20million tones  of inland cargo through rail and road.

A 2500bedded hospital with 11 different specialties will boost medical tourism and will provide employment to more than 25000people directly and 100,000 people indirectly.

Already a famous cotton producing belt, Nagpur will experience a huge growth in production and export of textile and allied products. The employment opportunity provided by this sector will be in 100’s of thousands.

The IT SEZ’s of companies like HCL computers, MANTRI, Raheja, Dell, IBM, Hexaware will provide huge employment opportunities for the hundreds of thousands of engineers in the area.
The IT sctor will provide direct employment to more than 150,000 highly educated, highly paid employees.

Butibori, Asia’s second largest Industrial estate which already has large export oriented units like Indo Rama synthetics and Morarji Brembana will be boosted further with the opening of MIHAN.

A huge processing zone 2500Acres by Gitanjali gems will bring unprecedented economic prosperity o the region.

Famous for its oranges, Nagpur will experience a huge growth in food processing and agro based industries due to the proximity of the consumer because of MIHAN project.

This particular sector will provide direct and indirect employment to millions of people in the region

Nagpur is home to the famous Indian tiger and is surrounded by mega tiger reserve forests, which will attract foreign tourists. Already 11 5/7star hotels are under construction to satisfy the demand for the upper crust of international tourists about to arrive in the area.

Immediate demand for 500,000 new homes has prompted many big construction houses to launch their mega projects in the vicinity of MIHAN.
The construction boom will provide employment to hundreds of thousands of skilled and semi skilled people.

Result? The land prices have started jumping up and have already appreciated by 300% near MIHAN project within the last one year alone. But it’s nearly 1/50th of Metro realty price levels which leaves scope for tremendous future appreciation, thus fetching best return on investments ever, anywhere in the world.

The land prices in the vicinity of MIHAN, Nagpur are expected to keep rising on an average of 100% over the next 4-5years due to emergence of Nagpur as South East Asia’s Hub airport cum Logistics hub from where goods can be transported to anywhere in the world within 12hours.

This is the right time to capitalize on the ground situation and take a position in Nagpur Real estate. There is huge potential for all kinds of projects in this part of the world where a whole new international metro city is being built from scratch.