🏗️ Yamuna Expressway: The Next Big Growth Corridor for Investment, Jobs & Population Boom
Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) is today among the fastest-growing industrial and urban corridors in North India. Strategically connecting Delhi-NCR to Agra and housing India’s biggest upcoming airport — Noida International Airport (Jewar Airport) — this corridor is witnessing unprecedented investment from domestic and global companies.
In this blog, we will cover:
Which major companies have invested in YEIDA land so far
How much land and money they have committed
How many jobs they are likely to create in the next 5 years
And what this means for the future population and urbanisation of the reYEIDAgion.
Let’s dive in!
📌 Why Investors & Companies Prefer Yamuna Expressway
The Yamuna Expressway region has emerged as an attractive hotspot due to:
Proximity to Delhi-NCR & upcoming Jewar Airport (Asia’s biggest airport on completion)
World-class road connectivity (165 km six-lane expressway from Greater Noida to Agra)
Planned industrial sectors for electronics, semiconductor, medical device parks, logistics, film city and more
Favourable policies by the Uttar Pradesh government & YEIDA for industrial land allotment, single window clearances, and infrastructure support.
Over the last 3 years, this region has attracted huge investments in manufacturing, electronics, automobile parts, semiconductor units, film & entertainment city, and even smart cities for Japanese and Korean industries.
🏢 Major Companies Investing in YEIDA: Sector-Wise Overview
Below is a detailed list of some prominent companies, the sectors where they have invested, their land area and the investment amounts.
1️⃣ Electronics & Semiconductor
✅ Havells India Ltd
Sector: Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (Sector 10)
Land: 50 acres (anchor unit)
Investment: ₹800 crore
Jobs: 1,000+ direct jobs by 2026
✅ Amber Enterprises India Ltd
Sector: Electronics
Land: 100 acres
Investment: Part of ₹4,000 crore consortium with other tech majors
Jobs: Significant jobs in AC and appliance components manufacturing
✅ Ascent-K Circuit & Aurionpro Toshi
Sector: Printed Circuit Boards, Automation Systems
Land: 21 acres combined
Investment: Part of same ₹4,000 crore cluster
Jobs: Electronics engineers & skilled technicians
✅ HCL-Foxconn JV
Sector: Semiconductor Manufacturing (Sector 28)
Land: 48 acres
Investment: ₹3,706 crore
Jobs: ~2,000 jobs directly; boosts India’s self-reliance in chip production.
2️⃣ Automobile Parts & Engineering
✅ Minda Corporation Ltd (with Daesung & Loconav)
Sector: Ignition, steering, wire harness systems
Land: 22 acres + 10 acres (two units)
Investment: ₹524 crore + ₹508 crore
Jobs: ~2,275 skilled jobs for auto engineers and workers.
✅ Escorts-Kubota JV
Sector: Tractor parts & engines
Land: 200 acres
Investment: ₹4,500 crore
Jobs: Massive local employment for welders, fitters, mechanical engineers.
3️⃣ Medical Devices & Health Tech
✅ TI Medical Pvt Ltd
Sector: Medical Devices (Sector 28)
Land: 11 acres
Investment: ₹211 crore
Jobs: 500+ direct healthcare manufacturing jobs
✅ Poly Medicure Ltd
Sector: Medical Devices (Sector 28)
Land: 7 acres
Investment: ₹150 crore
Jobs: 300+ direct jobs
✅ Medical Device Park (Sector 28)
Overall: 59 companies allotted plots on 350 acres
Investment: ₹415 crore for first phase
Jobs: ~5,000 jobs
Additionally, YEIDA is constructing a Flatted Factory Complex worth ₹125 crore to support 252 MSME units, start-ups and ancillary medical device suppliers.
4️⃣ Construction Materials
✅ Fuji Silvertech Concrete Pvt Ltd
Sector: Precast concrete technology (Sector 32)
Land: 20 acres
Investment: ₹345 crore
Jobs: ~5,844 direct & indirect jobs.
5️⃣ Food & FMCG
✅ Bikanerwala Foods Pvt Ltd
Sector: Food Processing (Sector 24)
Land: Approx 10 acres
Investment: ₹160 crore
Jobs: Hundreds of direct factory & logistics jobs.
6️⃣ Film City & Entertainment
✅ Bayview Bhutani Film City Pvt Ltd (Boney Kapoor + Bhutani Group)
Sector: Film & Entertainment City (Sector 21)
Land: 230 acres (155 industrial + 75 commercial)
Investment: ₹10,000 crore
Jobs: Approx. 500,000 jobs in the long term including direct & indirect (film studios, post production, hospitality, tourism).
🚀 New Smart Cities: Japanese & Korean Industrial Clusters
YEIDA has planned dedicated Japanese & Korean Industrial Cities near the Expressway:
Land: 5,000 acres to be acquired
Japanese City: 395 hectares (~975 acres)
Korean City: 365 hectares (~900 acres)
Fintech City: 250 acres
These clusters will attract hi-tech industries, R&D, automotive, electronics, robotics & finance companies.
📈 Total Expected Investment & Job Creation
Confirmed investments so far: ~₹3.3 lakh crore (including mega projects like Film City, semiconductor, electronics clusters)
Total jobs in next 5 years: Estimated 450,000 – 500,000 direct & indirect jobs
Electronics: 50,000+
Semiconductor: 2,000+
Film City: up to 5 lakh jobs over multiple phases
Medical Device Park & MSME units: 5,000+
Auto parts & engineering: 10,000+
This scale of employment will dramatically boost migration, housing demand, local commerce, and support services.
🏘️ Projected Population Growth
Current YEIDA residential areas (sectors 18, 20, 22D, 17) already seeing fast occupancy.
With the airport and massive job creation, YEIDA’s urban population could grow to 8–10 lakh people in the next 5–7 years.
New townships, group housing, commercial hubs, malls, schools, hospitals are coming up at a record pace.
✅ Conclusion: Future Ready, Investment Ready
From a quiet industrial corridor, Yamuna Expressway is fast transforming into India’s most promising economic powerhouse — driven by world-class infrastructure, big ticket FDI, domestic manufacturing revival and the upcoming international airport.
👉 What it means for investors:
Higher returns on residential plots & commercial spaces
Massive rental demand from workers & professionals
Good appreciation in land value as industries start full operations
Opportunities to partner with MSMEs, logistic hubs, hotels & retail
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