Economic Incentives: -The rush in real estate developments is primarily the result of tax and economic incentives announced by the central and state governments to prompt industrial growth. The latest scramble has been triggered by the declaration of Rudrapur as a non-tariff area for central excise, custom and sales tax duties for a period of 10 years. This span may also be extended by the central government. This has prompted industry players to set up big plants here. And, numerous corporate houses have already gained a foothold here. Companies that begin production before a cut off date and are in the notified industrial areas were offered 100% excise exemption for 10 years, 100 % income tax exemption for the first 5 years and 30% for the following 5 years. They have been offered concessional central sales tax of 1% for 5 years and a capital investment subsidy of 15% with a cap of Rs. 30 lakh. The total expected employment generation would be around 44000 in SIDCUL alone.