The Lok Sabha passed the Special Economic Zones Bill, 2005 after adopting an official amendment to drop the Bill's provision in granting flexibility in labour laws by the States in the proposed Central Act. The original Act in any case had no direct Central role in laying down labour policy in the SEZs. The Left parties had been demanding scrapping of the Clause 50 of the Bill. The Central legislation proposed that the States may take suitable steps to grant exemption from labour laws applicable in the special economic zones. Hence, the Government moved an amendment to the SEZ Act, 2005 by dropping this clause.