Ishita Ayan Dutt
Kolkata, November 11, 2007: Nandigram may have turned into a war zone once more but the industry feels that the issue is national. Despite the current crisis being a turf war between the political parties, the genesis of the issue is land acquisition for a chemical hub project. Harsh K Jha, president, Indian Chamber of Commerce and MD of Tata Metaliks, said Nandigram per se may be a state issue but it has affected the investment climate and land acquisition across the country. Continue reading ‘Nandigram a national issue: India Inc’
Santosh Patnaik
Rachapalli, November 11, 2007: Farmers, who are seething with anger against bauxite mining in the agency area, have taken a pledge not to allow survey teams for acquisition of lands for Ras Al-Khaimah’s aluminium refinery under the pretext of developing a Special Economic Zone. Continue reading ‘Farmers vow not to allow teams for land survey’
Sudipto Mondal
Mangalore, November 11, 2007: “The Board of Approval for Special Economic Zones has made it mandatory that no proposal for SEZs on prime agricultural land should be cleared.” This was announced by Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on September 24 this year. Continue reading ‘Fertile farmland being acquired for SEZ?’
Sanjay Jog
Mumbai, November 11, 2007: Even as the Left Front government in West Bengal grapples to tackle the violence in Nandigram over land acquisition, the Congress-led government in Maharashtra has preferred to take the consensus route for upcoming special economic zones (SEZs). The government has reiterated that land acqusition for over 120 SEZs approved by the Board of Approval (BoA) would not be done under coercion but by arriving at a consensus with landowners/farmers. Continue reading ‘M’rashtra ‘no’ to land acquisition sans consensus’
Panaji, November 10, 2007: Goa’s Movement Against SEZ (GMAS) will launch an agitation if the government fails to announce the cancellation of all Special Economic Zones in Goa by the earlier-set deadline of November 20, 2007. Announcing this at a press conference today, the GMAS convenor Mr Mathany Saldanha said that the GMAS will meet the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat on November 12 and present him a memorandum demanding the cancellation and withdrawal of all SEZs in Goa. Continue reading ‘GMAS sets deadline to reverse decision on SEZs’
Chandigarh, November 11, 2007 (PTI): Haryana Chief Minister today said that the state government has forwarded 87 proposals to the Central government for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the state, which would bring in an investment to the tune of Rs two lakh crore in the state. Continue reading ‘Haryana sends proposals to set up 87 SEZs in state’
Panaji, November 10, 2007 (UNI): The Peoples’ Movement Against SEZs, a coalition of political parties, NGOs and prominent citizens, today warned the Congress-led Digambar Kamat government in Goa of a state-wide agitation, if it fails to scrap all the special economic zones (SEZs) sanctioned forthwith by November 20. Continue reading ‘Agitation if Goa Govt fails to revoke all SEZs: activists’
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