New Delhi, January 8, 2008: When Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat came to Delhi last week, he was in a “dangerous” mood. The Congress had to struggle to form a government after the Assembly elections in November last year(the party got 16 seats and the BJP got 14. Continue reading ‘How Goa CM persuaded Centre to halt SEZ plans’
Daily Archive for January 9th, 2008
Chennai, January 8, 2008: A special economic zone for small and medium engineering industries like foundry and pumps, technology upgradation fund (TUF) scheme for foundry and pump manufacturing units, as for the textile industry, government intervention to control prices of pig iron and coking coal, the essential raw materials of these industries, streamlining of engineering education to meet the manpower needs of the industries, and quality power supply are among the major requisites of the small and medium enterprises in the Coimbatore region for their survival, modernisation and expansion. Continue reading ‘Kovai SMEs seek SEZ, TUF scheme’
Shimla, January 9, 2008: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Tuesday said his Government would go ahead with the proposals on SEZs, but added that no fertile land would be acquired for the purpose. He said the state would follow the Gujarat model on SEZs and farmers who were willing to sell off their non-agricultural lands would be allowed to do so. Continue reading ‘No fertile land for SEZs: Himachal CM’
Vikas Dhoot
New Delhi, January 8, 2008: In yet another sign that the Goa Government’s U-turn over Special Economic Zones is more about political expediency than socio-economic rationale, the state on Tuesday wrote to the Centre saying that all the approved and notified SEZs in Goa be scrapped, citing its inability to provide water and electricity to the industrial units. The state has also expressed concerns over the influx of labourers from other states to work in SEZs. Continue reading ‘Scrap all SEZs, says Goa Govt in letter to Centre’
New Delhi, January 9, 2008: The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it would examine the validity of acquisition of agricultural lands from farmers for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country. Continue reading ‘SEZs: Apex court to examine validity of land acquisition’
Vijay C Roy
New Delhi/ Chandigarh,January 9, 2008: Chandigarh IT-SEZ gets formal approval, Ludhiana engineering SEZ gets in-principle nod. Formal approval has been given to Chandigarh-based Sukhm Infrastructure (P) Ltd’s IT SEZ, spread over 16.86 hectares with a proposed investment of Rs 745 crore. Continue reading ‘Centre approves two Punjab SEZs’
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