{
  "$schema_note": "YEIDA / Yamuna Expressway INDUSTRIAL fact dataset — the single source of truth behind /industrial/this-week-yeida-industrial.html (the weekly industrial digest) and the /industrial/ cluster. Same discipline as corridor.json: every row carries source + tier + lastVerified; nothing here is invented; a fact the desk cannot source stays OUT. Tiers: verified (checked against a primary/official source or two independent publications) | reported (single credible publication or developer/authority statement not independently re-verified) | founder-stated (Vidit's desk). Weekly ritual: research updates rows + appends weekly_log entries; the digest edition is drafted FROM the delta (scripts/draft-weekly-industrial-digest.py).",
  "updated": "2026-07-13",
  "facts": [
    {
      "id": "loi-8-companies-jul26",
      "fact": "YEIDA handed Letters of Intent to eight companies for industrial projects totalling about ₹3,181.2 crore, expected to create roughly 18,126 direct jobs — sectors include automotive components, smart electricals, steel furniture, medical gloves, food processing, cosmetics and PCB/electronics.",
      "category": "allotment",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "Hamara Metro / Rashtriya Khabar / Raftar Today, 1 Jul 2026",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "motherson-sector-8d",
      "fact": "The largest of the eight new LoIs went to Samvardhana Motherson International: 50 acres in Sector 8D for an automotive-components unit — proposed investment ₹1,156 crore, around 8,000 direct jobs.",
      "category": "allotment",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "Rashtriya Khabar (corroborated Hamara Metro, Raftar Today), 1 Jul 2026",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "sael-solar-fab",
      "fact": "SAEL Industries broke ground on an integrated 5 GW solar cell + 5 GW module manufacturing facility on a 200-acre YEIDA plot in Sector 8 near Jewar — ₹8,200 crore, TOPCon technology, ~5,000 direct and 15,000 indirect jobs projected; the UP CM laid the foundation stone.",
      "category": "market",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "pv magazine India, 29 Jun 2026 (also Saur Energy, Energetica India)",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "airport-flight-scaleup",
      "fact": "Noida International Airport scaled from ~12 daily flights across 5 cities to roughly 40–45 daily flights serving 16–17 domestic destinations from 1 July 2026, led by IndiGo; international routes are expected around Q3-end 2026.",
      "category": "infrastructure",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "Trav Talk India (corroborated AviationA2Z), 1 Jul 2026",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "first-cargo-flight",
      "fact": "The airport handled its first cargo flight on 17 June 2026 — an Afcom Holdings 737-800 freighter from Chennai (~20 tonnes) — processed at the AISATS Multi Modal Cargo Hub: initial capacity 200,000 tonnes/year, scalable to 1.5 million tonnes.",
      "category": "airport-cargo",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "Business Standard, 17 Jun 2026 (also STAT Times, ITLN)",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "datacentre-pipeline",
      "fact": "A local outlet frames Greater Noida / Gautam Buddh Nagar as India's largest data-centre hub with a cumulative investment pipeline of about ₹21,000 crore (Adani ~₹7,500 cr, Microsoft ~₹1,800 cr Sector 145, plus Yotta/STT/Nextra) — an aggregate that largely bundles previously announced commitments.",
      "category": "market",
      "tier": "reported",
      "source": "Raftar Today, 9 Jul 2026 (single-source aggregate framing)",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "aerocity-plan",
      "fact": "YEIDA announced plans for an Aerocity near the airport — premium hotels, malls, multiplexes and retail — the commercial support layer for the industrial corridor.",
      "category": "infrastructure",
      "tier": "reported",
      "source": "LatestLY, 26 Jun 2026",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "48-month-clock",
      "fact": "A YEIDA industrial allottee has 48 months from lease-deed execution to make the unit functional (Functional Certificate), per the scheme brochure.",
      "category": "policy",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "YEIDA scheme brochure YEA/IND8000(2025-26)-14",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "extension-pricing",
      "fact": "Extensions past the 48-month industrial construction deadline are chargeable; a second and final one-year extension runs at 1% per month of the CURRENT allotment rate, granted only in convincing special circumstances — and since rates rise, the extension base rises with them.",
      "category": "policy",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "YEIDA scheme brochure YEA/IND8000(2025-26)-14 (extension clauses)",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "dec-2026-window-residential-only",
      "fact": "The no-charge construction window extended to 31 December 2026 by the YEIDA board (7 November 2025 meeting) applies to allottees who executed lease deeds for RESIDENTIAL plots — it is not industrial relief.",
      "category": "policy",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "Times of India, 8 Nov 2025 (YEIDA board meeting)",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "industrial-rate-slabs",
      "fact": "YEIDA industrial allotment pricing is slabbed by plot size, with marginal rates on additional area stepping down to ₹9,550/sq.m above 80,000 sq.m — larger plots pay a blended rate.",
      "category": "yeida-scheme",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "YEIDA industrial scheme brochure, Jan-2026 edition",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    },
    {
      "id": "airport-operational",
      "fact": "Noida International Airport (Jewar) has been operational for commercial domestic flights since 15 June 2026 — the corridor's anchor demand driver for industrial land, logistics and warehousing.",
      "category": "airport-cargo",
      "tier": "verified",
      "source": "multiple publications; operational status verified 15 Jun 2026",
      "lastVerified": "2026-07-13"
    }
  ],
  "weekly_log": [
    {
      "week": "2026-07-07/13",
      "published": "2026-07-13",
      "headline_items": [
        "loi-8-companies-jul26",
        "motherson-sector-8d",
        "sael-solar-fab",
        "airport-flight-scaleup",
        "first-cargo-flight",
        "datacentre-pipeline",
        "aerocity-plan"
      ],
      "note": "Strict 5–13 Jul window quiet in mainstream English media; the substantive verified cluster is late-Jun–1-Jul (LoI handover, SAEL groundbreaking, flight scale-up) + one 9-Jul local data-centre aggregate. No new industrial scheme/e-auction result, no FC/building-norm change in-window (Unified Building Regs 2026 still draft). ToI uncrawlable (UA-blocked)."
    }
  ]
}