Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat today said that the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) which were not notified and scrapped will die a natural death in wake of the State withdrawing the SEZ Policy. Replying to cut motions tabled by the Opposition in the House, Kamat said that the State had asked …
The Bombay High Court at Goa will hear the final argument over petitions and public interest litigations (PIL) related to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on July 27 and 28. The Division Bench comprising of Justice A S Oka and Justice F M Reis today adjourned the final argument on a …
Pune Activists from Pune and Mumbai opposed to the proposed SEZ Act, which they allege gives a free rein to developers, are planning a mass rally in various parts of the country. Around 205 SEZs in the state and 1064 in the country are in various stages of approval. The …
The Maharashtra government has finally cleared the rehabilitation package for the people to be displaced by the controversial MIHAN SEZ Near Nagpur city. The decision has made some concessions to the project affected persons who were demanding 12.5 per cent developed land in lieu of land acquired from them for …
NAVI MUMBAI: Every morning, residents of Vashi are being greeted by the delighful sight of flamingoes swooping over the creek, skimming through the water and breaking into a flight. While the residents are overjoyed that the pink-feathered visitors have chosen the Vashi creek for their stop-over in the city, bird …
Mumbai Self-Governance : Bill in Assembly soon The draft of the Maharashtra Special Economic Zones and Designated Areas Act, 2010, proposes that SEZs be made independent entities outside the scope of local bodies like the municipal corporation or council, or the gram panchayat. Once the legislation goes through, SEZ developers …
The draft of the Maharashtra Special Economic Zones and Designated Areas Act, 2010, proposes that SEZs be made independent entities outside the scope of local bodies like the municipal corporation or council, or the gram panchayat. Once the legislation goes through, SEZ developers will enjoy all the powers of local …
To generate employment in the State and to encourage investments in financial and social infrastructure, the Government announced the launch of a new Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy while presenting the budget 2009-2010. The broad outlook of the new policy not only focuses on industrial investments but has also aimed …
Arun S. The growing green consciousness among major buyers in developed markets such as the US and Europe has put textile units in special economic zones (SEZ) under pressure. Big buyers
The State considers industrial growth as a means to mitigate poverty and unemployment. Industrial development promotes higher capital formation; raises wage incomes to higher levels; and absorbs surplus workforce, bottled up in rural areas, to industry. To realize these benefits and hasten up the socio-economic changes, industrial development is accorded …
Pune Nearly 558 hectares of irrigated land will be excluded from the land acquisition for the second phase of Bharat Forge multi-product Special Economic Zone. The district administration, which is awaiting government directives, will now discuss the compensation package with the villagers. The second phase of the project has so …
AFTER the world's first green legislative assembly, Tamil Nadu may soon witness a Green Special Economic Zone, say experts who have worked out a layout for setting up a green SEZ. "We have designed a layout of how a green SEZ can be made possible. We have forwarded it to …
LAND IS life. It is the basis of livelihoods for peasants and indigenous people across the Third World and is also becoming the most vital asset in the global economy. As the resource demands of globalisation increase, land has emerged as a key site of conflict. In India, 65 per …
BERHAMPUR: The State government should press Tata Steel to return the land it acquired near Gopalpur port for its shelved mega steel project if it is not going to be used for the purpose it was acquired, demanded the Orissa unit of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). This …
This recent briefing paper details comments by "EQUATIONS" on the pre draft CRZ Notification 2010. Calls for MoEF to abandon the 'notification route' that has permitted the dilution of the CRZ Notification 1991 through amendments and bring in a CRZ bill.While continue to identify various instances of CRZ violations by …
D.C. WADHWA The proposed Land Titling Bill, 2010 will, for the first time, make the government guarantee conclusive title over land, without having to go through the courts (
Rajesh Behera | Kendrapada The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a manifestation of excessive greed of the business houses and multinational companies after appropriating the fruits of reckless liberalisation and senseless privatisation, said local economist Gangadhar Sahu. The rapid expansion of SEZ will lead to environment degradation since it violates …
Is the time ripe for taking a fresh look at the SEZ policy? A K Bhattacharya / New Delhi May 19, 2010, 0:00 IST Special economic zones (SEZs) in India have always been controversial. The controversy got more intense after the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of Manmohan Singh enacted …
