About Telecom Manufacturing Zone (TMZ), Gwalior

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) hosted its third Investors’ Roundtable in Bengaluru for India’s first integrated Telecom Manufacturing Zone (TMZ) in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Chaired by the Union Minister of Communications and the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the initiative is a collaborative effort featuring 100% central funding support of ₹493 crore for Phase-I and state incentives including approximately 170 acres of land provided free of cost. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) with 51% equity from the Madhya Pradesh government and 49% from the DoT has been formed. The TMZ functions as a plug-and-play industrial cluster aimed at boosting domestic value addition, research and development, intellectual property creation, and manufacturing in telecom and electronics sectors.