G Ganapathy Subramaniam

New Delhi, January 28, 2008: The finance ministry has urged customs officials to check duplication of drawback claims on supplies made to special economic zones (SEZs). (more…)

Mangalore, January 27, 2008: Former Defence Minister George Fernandes said here on Sunday that whenever the land was acquired for establishing special economic zones (SEZs) in and around Mangalore, the land owners should be enrolled as stakeholders or partners in the SEZs. (more…)

Arun S

New Delhi, January 27, 2008: The 5,000-hectare restriction on building multi-product special economic zones may soon go. The government will discuss the matter at a much-awaited empowered group of ministers (eGoM) meeting, now scheduled for February 4. (more…)

By Steve Herman

23 January, 2008: The tiny coastal state of Goa has become the first state in India to rescind the creation of special economic zones - putting it into conflict with the central government and powerful developers across the country. Environmentalists and other opponents argue the zones only enrich land speculators and are of dubious economic value to the public. VOA’s Steve Herman has more from Goa. (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)

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. (more…)