India, Aug. 1 -- As India accelerates its manufacturing ambitions, the fusion of intelligent infrastructure and spatial planning is forging a new era of globally competitive industrial corridors. Industrial clusters, defined by co-located firms, specialised suppliers, knowledge networks, and supporting institutions, have long been recognised as powerful drivers of economic transformation. From the Pearl River Delta to Germany's Baden-Wurttemberg, the evidence is consistent: geographic concentration of related industries produces productivity gains that dispersed industrial development simply cannot replicate.

For India, this logic is not new. What is unprecedented is the scale of ambition. Manufacturing currently contributes approximatel...