Gujarat SIR Act 2009 Explained: Special Investment Regions & DSIRDA

Home / Government / SIR Act 2009 The Gujarat SIR Act 2009, explained The Gujarat Special Investment Region Act, 2009 is the state law that makes a project like Dholera possible. It lets Gujarat declare, plan, develop and regulate very large investment regions as global economic hubs, and it sets up the authorities that run them. Here is what it does, in plain language, with links to official sources.

Last updated 16 July 2026 Gujarat SIR Act, 2009 The legal foundation behind Dholera Special Investment Region What the Act is for The purpose of the Act is to give Gujarat a clear legal framework for building large, planned economic regions. Rather than letting industry grow piecemeal, the Act lets the state government formally declare a defined area as a Special Investment Region, put a single authority in charge of it, and develop it with world-class infrastructure so it can attract large-scale investment and function as a global economic hub. [1] In short, it turns a stretch of land into a governed, master-planned investment region with statutory backing, which is exactly what was needed to create Dholera. The two region types, and their sizes The Act recognises more than one kind o