Daily Archive for January 23rd, 2008

Reliance SEZ: SC issues notices to Haryana govt

21 January 2008: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the state of Haryana on a petition filed by Reliance SEZ Limited seeking transfer of the petition pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the apex court. Continue reading ‘Reliance SEZ: SC issues notices to Haryana govt’

FinMin moots export obligation for SEZs

Rituparna Bhuyan

New Delhi, January 23, 2008: The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Special Economic Zones (SEZs), which is scheduled to meet on February 4 after a gap of nearly nine months, will discuss a finance ministry proposal to impose export obligation in excess of 50 per cent on such zones. Continue reading ‘FinMin moots export obligation for SEZs’

Essar’s Hazira SEZ under eGoM lens

Amiti Sen

New Delhi, January 23, 2008: The alleged flouting of special economic zone (SEZ) rules by Essar’s Hazira SEZ will come under the lens of the empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM) on SEZs at a meeting next week. Continue reading ‘Essar’s Hazira SEZ under eGoM lens’

Why Goa does not need SEZs

Matahny Saldanha, January 23, 2008

Laws are made to benefit and serve the largest number of people. These laws are sometimes good, but if they are bad, inimical to the interests of the people, we need to change them. Laws are made not to serve some but the majority. To say that a notified Special Economic Zones (SEZs) cannot be de-notified is absurd because it is anti-society. Continue reading ‘Why Goa does not need SEZs’