A ban has been proposed on the setting up of special economic zones (SEZ) on land in tribal areas and agricultural land. A meeting today between rural development minister Jairam Ramesh and unofficial members of the National Council of Land Reforms (NCLR) also suggested that homeless rural people should be given homestead land. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120627/jsp/nation/story_15662405.jsp#.T-roxhce764
Mangalore Special Economic Zone Limited (MSEZL), a notified sector-specific petrochemical SEZ in Karnataka, is setting up a 10-km direct pipeline-cum-road corridor connecting MSEZL units to the New Mangalore Port, said a press release issued on Monday by Rajiv Banga, MD and CEO, MSEZL. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article3519024.ece
The ministry of commerce and industry would soon announce relaxed land-related norms for special economic zones to arrest the slackening pace of growth in these tax-free zones by making certain changes in the SEZ policy. In a major amendment to the policy, enacted in 2006, for the first time the government will change the minimum … Continue reading
Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma is planning not to confine himself to announcing merely sops for labour-intensive sectors such as textiles and gems & jewellery in the Foreign Trade Policy but use the annual event to revive special economic zones and boost investment at a time when companies are holding back on capacity … Continue reading
Special Economic Zone issue: Chief minister says he wants to clean up Goa Industrial development Corporation The Goa Industrial development Corporation (GIDC)’s first board meeting after constitution of the new panel will discuss the issue of filing a police complaint against former CM and speaker Pratapsingh Rane, former industries minister Luizinho Faleiro and former GIDC … Continue reading
Mumbai-SEZ has sought yet another extension for its multi-product special economic zone on 5,000 hectares land in Khopta, Raigad district in Maharashtra. ”The state government has recommended the proposal. Now, the final decision will be taken by the board of approval in a meeting on May 22,” a senior industries department official told Times of India … Continue reading
Residents of Melkoppala and Athrebailu residents on Friday carried out demonstration in front of the local office of the Coastal Regulatory Authority demanding action for the alleged violation of Coastal Regulatory Zone regulations by the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ). http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/article3386800.ece
1. State should change its policies on SEZ: Somnath - Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee said the state should change its policies regarding special economic zones (SEZs) and reconsider certain cases in the interest of the state. Link: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/state-should-change-its-policies-on-sez-somnath/943037/ 2. PM aide Nair rubbishes allegations of being involved in Bangalore land scam - http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-13081.html 3. Now, cops blame industry for … Continue reading
