Special Economic Zones (SEZ)

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

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 …

Wood SEZ in Kutch desert

101 Hectares Identified Near Bhachau Harit Mehta TNN Ahmedabad: The arid region of Kutch may not have much to do with trees. But, the border district may soon have a Wood Special Economic Zone, the first of its kind in the country. After a lukewarm response to the proposed handicrafts …

Bharat Forge SEZ set for phase II land acquisition

Pune The Bharat Forge multi-product SEZ at Chakan is all set to embark on its second phase of land acquisition that will see 1,900 hectares being acquired from seven villages. The first phase of rehabilitation and settlement package was completed last year and is at present being showcased by officers …

Farmers SEZ not before Chakan airport

Pune It might not be before 2011 that the farmers of Avsari Khurd village, some 40 kms from Pune city, will have their own Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The 1,800 farmers have now decided to form the SEZ after the Chakan airport comes up. The farmers had announced their initiative …

HC adjourns hearing on SEZs

The High Court of Bombay at Goa Monday adjourned the hearing on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) matters till October 12. However the court made it clear that no further adjournment would be granted. Petitions filed by six SEZ promoters - Meditab Specialties Pvt Ltd, Peninsular Pharma Research Centre Pvt Ltd, …

Videocon SEZ on, but at new location, says Dhoot

Project site to be finalised in two-three months. Alka Kshirsagar Pune, Aug. 28 A day after the Maharashtra Government ordered that a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) promoted by electronics and white goods maker Videocon at Wagholi be scrapped, Group Chairman, Mr Venugopal Dhoot, said the SEZ would come up at …

Farmers win: Videocon SEZ scrapped

Pune Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Wednesday announced that the proposed Videocon SEZ at Wagholi would be scrapped, ending a two-year standoff between the villagers and the state government. And farmers of Wagholi, Kesnand, Bakori and Lonikhand villages, along the Pune-Ahmednagar highway, are planning a huge procession some time next …

Operational guidelines for Karnataka State policy for Special Economic Zones 2009

The Government of Karnataka has announced a State Policy for Special Economic Zones-2009 vide Govt.Order No. CI/114/SPI/2007 dtd: 28.2.2009 to support and encourage development of SEZs in the State. As per Rule 5(5) of Central SEZ Rules 2006 certain fiscal benefits have been extended to SEZ Developers/ Co-developers/Units in the …

HC seeks info on row over Satyavedu SEZ

Aug. 25: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday directed the principal secretary of the revenue department to file an affidavit in a week as to why authorities cancelled pattas to one set of people while issuing it to another set of people in more than 500 acres even after …

Exponential Growth in Andhra

Sixty-eight of the notified 320 special economic zones (SEZs) in India are located in Andhra Pradesh, making that the highest number of notified SEZs in any state. In terms of the total formal approvals for SEZs, Andhra Pradesh has 102 approvals, coming second to the 109 in Maharashtra. The Andhra …

Punjab scraps RILs agri projects deal

Chandigarh: Within weeks of Punjab becoming the sixth state in the country to adopt the SEZ Act, the biggest private investment proposed for the farm sector came to nought this weekend, when the state cabinet decided to terminate the agreement with Mukesh Ambani-led RIL for setting up mega agricultural projects. …

New norms to give states leeway on land acquisition for special zones

Rituparna Bhuyan New Delhi: The commerce ministry has released a series of guidelines, which seek to partially relax land acquisition norms for special economic zones (SEZs) by state governments. In addition, the norms for building SEZs, which are bifurcated by roads or railway lines, have also been released by the …

Use of green technology to become mandatory in SEZs

New Delhi: Use of green-technology will become mandatory in Special Economic Zones (SEZs)

Madurai will suffer if SEZ is not established: Collector

People have to sacrifice a little so that the posterity is benefited The decision to acquire those lands was just and equitable Article 300 empowers State to take over any land for public purpose MADURAI: The residents of Madurai will be the

Cabinet divided on SEZ

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The move of the CPM official faction to give a new lease of life to the Special Economic Zone applications, which had been pending with the Government, was aborted by the intervention of CPI, RSP and Kerala Congress Ministers in the Cabinet. As a result, the Cabinet could not …

Centre questions Delhi SEZ policy

The Union urban development ministry has questioned the legality of SEZ as notified by the Delhi government in the absence of any provision for the same in the Master Plan Delhi 2021. In a letter to the Delhi government, the ministry has asked the city authorities on what criteria SEZs …

Early polls in the air, PMO to push Haryana projects

WITH the Congress party working on early polls in Haryana, as first reported by The Indian Express, the Prime Minister

Japanese economic zone to be set up near Karachi

A special Japanese economic zone would be established near Karachi on 2,000 acres of land, a high level meeting at Chief Minister House decided this on Thursday night. Chairing the meeting Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah underlined the need to provide all facilities at Japan Special Economic Zone …

Special economic zones in India: new challenges for governance and public policy

India's Special Economic Zones (SEZ) have been shrouded by controversies. In this recent paper the Institute of South Asian Studies examines some of the challenges to public policy and governance produced by the SEZ. India

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