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 …

Singur highlights rise of civil society movements in India

Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi September 04, 2008, 1:33 IST Tata Motors decision to suspend work indefinitely in Singur underlines the rise of civil society movements in the last decade in the context of land acquisition by industry aided by government, and more recently in the context of the SEZ …

GMB gives clean chit to Adanis MPSEZ

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has given a clean chit to Adani Group owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) as the Kutch collectorate and Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) have stated before Gujarat High Court that no filling work on three disputed creeks in the southern coast of Kutch is being …

2,800 acres acquired peacefully in TN

If the Buddhadeb govt in West Bengal has got itself into a political and economic mess over acquiring land for the Nano project, it may have done well to have taken a leaf out of the Karunanidhi govt

City cluster development: toward an urban-led development strategy for Asia

Planning for development in rapidly urbanizing Asia requires a fresh look. This book analyzes emerging urbanization patterns and explores the potential of city cluster development in Asia. City cluster development takes into account the provision of infrastructure and services in connection with spark potentials of economic growth and dispenses with …

Land policy for SEZ

Land is finite while its needs are infinite. Following China's example of industrial clusters, strategically paced along the coastal regions, state governments in India have planned to set up a large number of Special Economic Zones popularly referred to as SEZ. A special legislation, Special Economic Zones Act, was passed. …

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Repeated protests and an indefinite hunger strike by a senior Peasants and Workers

Goa firm on scrapping SEZs

PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Tuesday said in the Legislative Assembly that the government stood firm on the decision to scrap special economic zones (SEZs). Replying to a debate on demand for grants for industries, trade and commerce, he assured the members that the government would engage top …

Govt to set up special economic zone

The government is likely to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to speed up local and foreign investments in the country, sources at Board of Investment (BoI) told The New Nation yesterday. A senior official of Board of Investment said that the Council of Advisers of the caretaker government …

Order of Ministry of Commerce and Industry dated 27/08/2008 on M/s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd

Order of Ministry of Commerce and Industry dated 27/08/2008 on M/s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd.

Mumbai SEZ hopes to complete land acquisition by next year

Press Trust Of India / New Delhi August 26, 2008, 0:12 IST The Mumbai SEZ, promoted by Jai Corp, expects to complete the land acquisition by next year. "Currently, the land acquisition for the SEZ is in the process and is expected to be completed by next year,' Jai Corp …

Mamata spurns Buddhadeb's offer for talks

Bs Reporter / Kolkata August 26, 2008, 0:37 IST Trinamul Congress leader Mamata Banerjee today rejected a fresh invitation from West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee for talks to break the deadlock at the upcoming Tata Motors' Nano plant at Singur near here. Banerjee started an indefinite dharna at Singur …

Risking Bengal's future

Business Standard / New Delhi August 25, 2008, 0:57 IST Ratan Tata's threat to pull out of Singur, where Tata Motors is setting up a plant to manufacture the Nano, plunges West Bengal's industrial future into needless uncertainty. If the most visible symbol of the industrial revival of the state …

Punjab to invite Tatas for Nano plant

Bs Reporter / Jalandhar August 25, 2008, 5:56 IST The Punjab government has decided to invite Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata to set up a plant in the state to manufacture Nano. The invitation comes on the back of Tata's threat to pull out of West Bengal if the political …

Give land opposite Nano factory instead: Mamata

Bs Reporter / Singur August 25, 2008, 0:12 IST Allegedly owned by CPI(M) promoters, it is not cultivated, says Trinamool leader. Rally turnout lower than expected. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee suggested earmarking 500 acres of land opposite the controversial Tata Motors factory site to make the "people's car', the …

State not in the race for Nano project

Kozhikode: Industries Minister Elamaram Karim has said that the State government is not in the race for Tata Motors' Nano project. "The government is not in favour of snatching a project of another State. Our party [the Communist Party of India-Marxist] is trying to amicably settle the issue,' Mr. Karim …

Kerala state should emulate West Bengal model for SEZs

KOLLAM: Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai has called upon the State Government to follow the West Bengal model in allotting Special Economic Zones in the state. Speaking at a news conference here on Friday, he said the LDF Government could follow the criteria adopted by their West Bengal …

Trinamool moots alternative proposal

Marcus Dam KOLKATA: Amid elaborate security arrangements, the Trinamool Congress and its allies on Sunday launched an indefinite agitation outside the Tata Motors' car project site at Singur in West Bengal's Hooghly district. "The

Nano will roll out in Oct.

BY PARWEZ HAFEEZ KOLKATA West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday said that the first Nano car will roll out in October. Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday reiterated that unless 400 acres of 1,000 acres, was returned to the unwilling farmers, she would not lift the siege …

CPM may offer land at another site

BY SUBRATA CHATTOPADHYAY KOLKATA Apparently rattled by the huge success of Trinamul Congress-led siege of the Tata Motor's site at Singur, the ruling CPI(M) has come up with a plan B formula to offer the belligerent Mamata Banerjee. In its desperate bid to placate Ms Banerjee, the CPI(M) satraps are …

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