Highlighting the importance of infrastructure to India’s economic development, this brief explains how an ADB-backed tool designed to rate the standard of the country‘s industrial parks can underpin transformative change and support its net-zero transition.
The brief breaks down the Industrial Park Rating System 2.0 (IPRS) and explains how it measures factors including internal and external infrastructure, environment and safety, and business support services. It details how the results of IPRS 2.0 informed the Government of India’s decision to develop 100 investment-ready industrial parks and why IPRS 3.0 will be key to supporting innovation, boosting trade, and enhancing sustainability.