{"id":29020,"date":"2024-09-05T18:45:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=29020"},"modified":"2025-07-11T17:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:58:29","slug":"andaman-and-nicobar-islands-integrated-development-corporation-aniidco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/05-09-2024\/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-integrated-development-corporation-aniidco","title":{"rendered":"Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation (ANIIDCO)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Syllabus: GS3\/ Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • The qualifications of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation (ANIIDCO) has come into question after it got permission to do a mega infrastructure project in Great Nicobar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation (ANIIDCO) is the project proponent for the NITI Aayog-promoted \u20b972,000 crore mega infrastructure project<\/strong> in Great Nicobar,\n
        \n
      • It is the southernmost island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The 910 sq km island is not just a biodiversity hotspot <\/strong>but also home to indigenous communities <\/strong>with special rights and is also located in one of the most tectonically active zones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) <\/strong>under the Union environment ministry found that ANIIDCO lacked internal environmental governance systems.<\/strong>\n
          \n
        • Despite this, the EAC granted environmental clearance to ANIIDCO in 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Also it did not even have the human resources <\/strong>needed to oversee the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          The Great Nicobar project<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • The Project involves developing an International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT)<\/strong>, an international airport, township development, and a 450 MVA gas and solar-based power plant <\/strong>on the island.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The ICTT is expected to allow Great Nicobar to participate in the regional and global maritime economy<\/strong> by becoming a major player in cargo transshipment. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • A proposed \u201cgreenfield city<\/strong>\u201d will tap into both the maritime and tourism potential of the island.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The site for the proposed ICTT and power plant is Galathea Bay<\/strong> on the southeastern corner of Great Nicobar Island, where there is no human habitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            What is ANIIDCO?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • ANIIDCO is a quasi-government agency,<\/strong> incorporated in 1988<\/strong> under the Companies Act. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Its objective<\/strong> is to develop and commercially exploit natural resources for the balanced and environment friendly development of the territory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Its main activities<\/strong> include trading of petroleum products, Indian made foreign liquor and milk, managing tourism resorts and infrastructure development for tourism and fisheries. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/strong>
              – Location:<\/strong> The islands are located 1,300 km southeast of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.
              1. It extends from 6\u00b0 45\u2032 N to 13\u00b0 41\u2032 N and from 92\u00b0 12\u2032 E to 93\u00b0 57\u2032 E.
              – This archipelago is composed of more than 500 big and small islands, which are divided into two distinct groups of islands \u2013 The Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands.\u2018<\/strong>
              1. Ten Degree Channel\u2019<\/strong> separates the Andaman Islands in the north from the Nicobar Islands in the south.
              The Andaman Islands<\/strong>
              1. These islands are divided into three major sub-groups \u2013 North Andaman, Middle Andaman, and South Andaman.<\/strong>
              2. The capital city of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Port Blair<\/strong> is located in South Andaman.<\/strong>
              The Nicobar Islands<\/strong>
              – These islands are divided into three major sub-groups \u2013 Northern Group, Central Group, and Southern Group.<\/strong>The Great Nicobar is the largest and the southernmost island in the group located in the Southern Group.
              – India\u2019s southernmost point \u2018Indira Point\u2019<\/strong> is located at the southern tip of the Great Nicobar.
              Other Features<\/strong>
              – Most of these islands have a volcanic base and are made of tertiary sandstone, limestone, and shale.
              1. The Barren and Narcondam islands<\/strong>, north of Port Blair, are volcanic islands.
              2. Some of the islands are fringed with coral reefs.
              Saddle Peak (737 m)<\/strong> in North Andaman is the highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
              – The names of the following three islands were changed in 2018:
              1. Ross Island \u2013 renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Dweep
              2. Neil Island \u2013 renamed as Shaheed Dweep
              3.Havelock Island \u2013 renamed as Swaraj Dweep

              \"Andaman<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

              Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              The qualifications of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation (ANIIDCO) has come into question after it got permission to do a mega infrastructure project in Great Nicobar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29022,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29020\/revisions\/29022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}