Dholera news, April 2026
This page collects every entry on this wire that carries a date in April 2026.
The month the fab's special economic zone became law. The gazette notification, its customs status, the government's own employment projection and the press coverage of the notification all sit here.
A Press Information Bureau release of 16 April 2026 states that the Dholera special economic zone is spread over 66.166 hectares and is poised to provide employment to 21,000 persons.
Centre notifies a 66-hectare Tata Semiconductor SEZ at DholeraThe Centre notified a Special Economic Zone of about 66 hectares for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing at Dholera, reported on 14 April 2026, with around 21,000 jobs projected across coverage.
What the gazette actually says about the fab's land: 66.166 hectares, plot 255, survey number 151Notification S.O. 1853(E) of 9 April 2026, published in the Gazette of India on 10 April 2026, notifies 66.166 hectares at plot numbers 255 and 238 part-2, part of survey number 151 in Dholera village, in the industrial zone of town planning scheme 2A, as a special economic zone for M/s Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Private Limited.
The fab's zone was also made a deemed inland container depot, which is what makes the imports workThe same notification appoints the Dholera special economic zone a deemed inland container depot under section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, with effect from 9 April 2026.
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