Chennai, June 24, 2007: Though the Union Commerce Ministry gives top priority for employment generation through Special Economic Zones, it has made it clear to all the States that land acquisition should be done by consent, and not by compulsion, Commerce Secretary G.K. Pillai said on Monday. Continue reading ‘States told to acquire land for SEZs by consent and not compulsion’
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Panaji, July 23, 2007: The leader of the opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar today warned of a looming crisis in the state power department and said that Goa may not be able to supply the estimated 350 MW of power required for the proposed special economic zones in the state. Continue reading ‘Parrikar warns of power shortage for proposed SEZs’
Mukesh Ambani’s SEZ, 27 others get government approval
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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’
11-13 August, 2007 in New Delhi
Dear friends/comrades,
Even as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the First War of Indian Independence and 60 years of attaining freedom from colonial Raj, assaults on Indian people’s right to life and dignity have intensified under the aegis of corporate led neo-liberal globalisation. Continue reading ‘Invitation for the National Convention on Development Planning & Displacement’
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!’
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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