Commerce and Industry minister Anand Sharma on Tuesday said that special economic zones (SEZ) have lost their attractiveness after the imposition of the minimum alternate tax and that new guideline

Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has ruled out any significant changes in the land acquisition bill. “There will be no significant changes to the bill.

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Five senior ministers— Kamal Nath, Veerappa Moily, CP Joshi, Anand Sharma and Ajit Singh—opposed the bill

The contentious Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Bill, 2011, which was taken up by the Cabinet on Tuesday, had to be referred to a group of ministers (GoM), as several mi

Even as initial data for the first quarter of this fiscal shows a pick-up of sorts in exports from India’s SEZs (special economic zones), coming in the wake of lacklustre performances in the previo

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet will determine if consent of landowners and higher compensation will apply to acquisition of land for special economic zones (SEZs).

The Maharashtra government on Monday cancelled four major Special Economic Zones (SEZs) proposed by large business houses — Mahindra, Videocon and India Bulls — after having failed to acquire land

Buckling under intense pressure from farmers and local villagers, the state-run Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has withdrawn its proposals for four joint venture SEZs (specia

State yet to decide on Kalinganagar or Bolangir to locate the complex

The Union ministry of commerce and industry has urged the Odisha government to identify suitable land with appropriate power, road and transport linkages for establishment of a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ). Though the state government has identified the Kalinga Nagar industrial cluster in Jajpur district and Bolangir in the economically backward KBK (Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput) region as probable locations for development of NIMZ, it is yet to zero in on any location for the zone.