Which industrial clusters are eligible for the ADEETIE scheme?
ADEETIE covers Udyam-registered MSMEs in 60 named clusters across 14 energy-intensive sectors, from Morbi ceramics and Firozabad glass to Ludhiana forging and Tirupur textiles. If your unit sits outside these clusters, it does not qualify in the first phase.
Clusters by sector
- Brass: Jagadhari, Jamnagar, Moradabad, Salem.
- Bricks: Bengaluru, Begusarai, Indore, Nagpur, Tripura.
- Ceramics: Morbi region, Thangadh, Khurja.
- Chemicals: Ankleshwar and Panoli, Jamshedpur, Karnal, Thane, Vapi.
- Fisheries: Kochi, Bhubaneswar, West Godavari.
- Food processing: Ganjam and Nayagarh, Kaithal, Ludhiana, Pune.
- Forging: Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Ludhiana.
More clusters by sector
- Foundry: Batala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Howrah, Rajkot, Belgaum, Coimbatore.
- Glass and refractory: Ambala, Chirkunda, East and West Godavari, Firozabad.
- Leather: Kanpur, Kolkata, Pallavaram and Vaniyambadi, Jalandhar.
- Paper: Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur, Kashipur, Vapi, Coimbatore and Erode.
- Pharma: Baddi, Medak, Madgaon, Ahmedabad, Bidar.
- Steel re-rolling: Mandi Gobindgarh and Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jalna, Raipur.
- Textile: Ludhiana, Surat, Tirupur, Solapur, Panipat.
Other conditions
- Udyam registration and manufacturing operations inside the cluster.
- A loan from a bank or financial institution for the project.
- At least 10 percent energy savings from the chosen technology.
Outside the list?
BEE's booklet says a second phase is planned for about 100 more clusters, based on learnings from the first 60. Until then, look at your state's efficiency schemes and SIDBI's energy saving loans.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads twelve months of electricity bills and fuel invoices into a baseline of energy per tonne or per piece, the starting point an auditor needs to size a 10 percent saving.
Sources: BEE, ADEETIE scheme booklet (clusters, technologies, process, FAQs), BEE, ADEETIE scheme page
Last reviewed 2026-10-23.