Mukesh Ambani’s SEZ, 27 others get government approval
http://www.newkeral a.com/news. php?action= fullnews&id=46069
New Delhi, July 12 : The Board of Approvals (BoA) today cleared 28 proposals of Special Economic Zones (SEZ), including Mukesh Ambani’s Navi Mumbai project.
The board gave formal approval to 21 SEZs proposals and seven ‘in-principle’ cases.
Ramsey Clark’s Statement to the Convention
All India Citizens’ Convention Against Atrocities in Nandigram and
Special Economic Zones
The following is the statement to the Convention from Ramsey Clark, the
former US Attorney-General, whose outspoken indictment of the lawless
US bombing of Iraq during Gulf War I in 1991, embodied in his report to
the than UN Secretary-General, has now become a legend.
Continue reading ‘Ex-US Attorney General Clark on the anti-SEZ struggle’
This is an important article to read to understand why it is essential to ask for the repeal of the Act.
http://www.geocities.com/frontierweekly/recent-issues/vol-39-45/missing-39-45.pdf
The South Korean / American steel transnational POSCO has been lobbying heavily for an SEZ for their 12 mtpa steel plant near Paradip. They want rights to the big Khandadhar iron ore mines. But guess who else is bidding! One more case of power shifting from the realm of public accountability to the opaque world of private control.
Continue reading ‘IAS officers want to acquire big iron ore mines in Orissa!’
This is alarming news, but only to be expected from the wrong-headed policies of the Indian state. We should cross-check the projected figures. If true, they can tear apart the social fabric of the country in a few years.
Continue reading ‘India might have 400 million agricultural refugees by 2020′
SEZs: Stirring up a storm along the Indian coast
By Manshi Asher
The SEZ issue is being highlighted as a farmers’ issue, with a rehabilitation policy being worked out for those who will lose their land. But with 80% of approved SEZs in coastal states, what about the thousands of fisherfolk who will lose livelihoods based on the sea, estuaries and coastal systems?
Continue reading ‘SEZs will affect not just farmers but fish-workers too’
The moderately sized Sonegaon airport is set to metamorphose into one of the biggest in the country as a part of the ambitious MIHAN project. While 644 hectares of land in Shivangaon is under acquisition for the airport expansion, over 2,000 hectares have been acquired for the SEZ.
The proposed Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) depot of aviation giant Boeing is a part of the MIHAN-SEZ project, which its executive head R.C. Sinha claims to be the biggest ongoing project in the country.
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