Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) is a Greenfield Industrial City planned and located approximately 100 km South West of Ahmedabad. The Government of Gujarat has created a legislative framework for the formation of a Special Investment region Act 2009. Under the act, a regional development authority for DSIR has been established. The Dholera Special Investment Region Development Authority (DSIRDA) has the responsibility of planning and development of DSIR and will encompass the function of administering government land within DSIR. An SPV named Dholera Industrial City Development Limited (DICDL) has been created between the Central Government (DMICDC Trust) and the state Government (DSIRDA) of Gujarat to implement the project. Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Limited (DMICDC), a special purpose company, was incorporated to establish, promote and facilitate development of the DMIC project.

Spanning approximately 920 sq km, encompassing 22 villages of the Dholera Taluka in the District of Ahmedabad, s envisaged to be bigger than city of Ahmedabad. It is strategically located between the industrial cities of Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.

Dholera Industrial City will have its own self-sustaining eco-system consisting of economic drivers through industrialization, utility & logistic infrastructure, Social Infrastructure including education, healthcare and other public amenities.