Recently, India's first 'National Investment and Manufacturing Zone' was proposed to be set up in

The first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) was proposed and notified in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh under the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) to boost the manufacturing sector's contribution to GDP. Gujarat is a tempting wrong option due to its high industrial profile and the Dholera Special Investment Region, but it was not the site of the first officially proposed NIMZ. The core concept being tested is the implementation of the National Manufacturing Policy and the establishment of large-scale integrated industrial townships to drive economic growth.