Daily Archive for October 5th, 2007

Now, women make it to the core of SEZs

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Anandita Singh Mankotia

New Delhi, October 04, 2007: Going by the East Asian experience and other developing economies, special economic zones could significantly improve women employment in India. For instance, in 1990 women constituted 70% of the workforce in export processing zones (EPZs) in South Korea, while according to a department of commerce study, currently women constitute 40% of the working population in SEZs in India. Continue reading ‘Now, women make it to the core of SEZs’

We cannot stop industrialisation, says Buddhadeb

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Kolkata, October 04, 2007: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said his government was trying to formulate a just and clear policy on land acquisition and rehabilitation. As against the national figure of 17 per cent, just one per cent was fallow land in West Bengal, while 62 per cent was agricultural land and 13 per cent forest land. Continue reading ‘We cannot stop industrialisation, says Buddhadeb’