Question : Special Economic Zones

(a) whether the Government has received proposals for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country during the last three years and the current year;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the proposals approved by the Government during the said period;

(c) whether the Government has also approved any proposals for setting up of IT/ITES SEZs and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether a number of SEZs sanctioned by the Government have not started functioning and if so, the details of such SEZs, State/UT and location-wise along with the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken by the Government to make these SEZs functional along with the time schedule fixed in this regard?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a) to (c): Yes, the proposals for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are approved by the Board of Approval (BoA) on recommendations of the concerned State Government. Approval of SEZs is an on-going process as they are created under the provisions of the SEZs Act, 2005. During the last three years and current financial year, 29 proposals have been received. Out of these, 23 proposals have been approved for setting up of SEZs. Details of the proposals approved including IT/ITES SEZs are at Annexure-I.

(d) and (e): In addition to Seven Central Government Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and 11 State/Private Sector SEZs set-up prior to the enactment of the SEZ Act, 2005, approval has been accorded to 412 proposals. Out of which 204 SEZs are functional and remaining 226 SEZs are non-functional as on date. States/UTs-wise details of functional/non-functional SEZs is at Annexure-II

Review of functioning of SEZs is an on-going process and on the basis of inputs/suggestions received from stakeholders on the policy and operational framework of the SEZ Scheme, Government from time to time takes necessary measures so as to facilitate speedy and effective implementation of SEZ Scheme. In order to boost SEZs, review meetings with the Development Commissioners of SEZs are held regularly. Besides, open house meeting with SEZ stakeholders and Road Shows have been organised in various parts of the State to give wide publicity of SEZs.

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Annexure-I to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 78 for 18th July, 2016


Proposals for setting up of SEZs approved by Board of Approval (BoA) during the last three years and current financial year (as on 22.06.2016)
Sl. No. Year-wise Sl. No. Name of the developer Location State Type of SEZ Area Hectares Status Date of BOA
2013-14
1 1 OPGS Power Gujarat Pvt. Village Bhadreshwar, Taluka
Mundra, District Kutch, Gujarat GJ Engineering 55.7537 Notified BOA dated 30th August 2013
2 2 iGate Global Solutions Ltd., Plot No. IT-3, IT-4, Airoli Knowledge Park, TTC Industrial Area, MIDC, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra MH Electronic Hardware & Software including ITES 14.17 Notified BOA dated 30th August 2013
3 3 Kerala State IT Infrastructure Ltd. (KSITIL) Muringur and Thekkumuri Villages, Mukundapuram Talu, Koratty Panchayath, Thrissur District, Kerala KL IT/ITES 7.4909 Notified BOA dated 8th November 2013
2014-15
4 1 Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd. (APSEZL) Mundra Taluka, District Kutch, Gujarat GJ Multi Product 1856.534 Notified BOA dated 20th February, 2015
5 2 Infosys Limited Sector -85, Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh UP IT/ITES 11.161 Notified BOA dated 20th February, 2015
2015-16
6 1 Infosys Limited Gokul Village, within the limits of Hobli, Hubli Taluk, District Dharward, Near Airport Hubli, Karnataka KN IT/ITES 17.422 Notified BOA dated 19th May, 2015
7 2 HCL IT City Lucknow Private Limited Sultanpur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh UP IT/ITES 40.469 Notified BoA dated 27th August, 2015
8 3 North Mumbai International Commodity Township Pvt. Ltd Thane District, Maharashtra MH Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) 60.7 In-principle approval BoA dated 27th August, 2015
9 4 Loma IT Park, Developers Pvt. Ltd. Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra MH IT/ITES 6.5 Notified BoA dated 27th August, 2015
10 5 Mantri Developers Private Limited Ranga Reddy District, Telangana TG Electronic Hardware and Software including IT/ITES 1.0504 Notified BoA dated 27th August, 2015
11 6 Aqua Space Developers Pvt. Ltd. Ranga Reddy District, Telangana TG IT/ITES 1.85 Notified BoA dated 27th August, 2015
12 7 Wardha Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. District Wardha, Maharashtra MH Biotechnology including Bio-Plastics or other Bio based or Bio-degradable Environment Friendly Products, Pharmaceuticals and Chemical 86.15 in-principle approval BoA dated 27th August, 2015
13 8 Cheyyar SEZ Developers Pvt. Ltd. SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre, Bargur, Uthangarai and Pochampalli Taluk, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu TN Footwear 59.3.98 Notified BoA dated 9th October, 2015

14 9 ValueLabs Infra LLP Kokapet Village, Rajender Nagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana TG IT/ITES 3.12 Formal Approval BoA dated 30th December, 2015
15 10 GAR Corporation Private Limited Sy. No. 107, Kokapet Village, Rajendranagar Mandal, Telangana TG IT/ITES 2.22 Formal Approval 30th December, 2015
16 11 Cognizant Technologies Services Private Limited Nanakramguda village, Serilingampally Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana TG IT/ITES 2.5161 Formal Approval 23nd February, 2016
17 12 UP State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh UP Textile and broad banded product 50.763 Formal Approval 23nd February, 2016
18 13 UP State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC) Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh UP IT/ITES/Electronic Components & Hardware manufacturing 10.084 Formal Approval 23nd February, 2016
19 14 Saltire Developers Private Limited Outer Ring Road, Rachanahalli Village, Nagavara, Bangalore, Karnataka KN IT/ITES 4.05 Formal Approval 23nd February, 2016
20 15 Amin Properties LLP Pujanahalli Village, Devanahalli Taluk, Bangalore, Karnataka KN IT/ITES 2.76 Formal Approval 23nd February, 2016
21 16 Infosys Limited Plot No. I-3, IT City, Sector – 83, Alpha, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab PB IT/ITES 20.234 Formal Approval 23nd February, 2016
22 17 Infosys Limited Electronic City, Doddathogur Village, Begur Hobli, Bangalore, Karnataka KN IT/ITES 4.063 Formal Approval 28th April, 2016
2016-17
23 1 Bagmane Developers Pvt. Ltd. Outer Ring Road, Doddanekundi Circle, Marathalli Post, Bengaluru, Karnataka KN IT/ITES 1.34 Formal Approval 22nd June, 2016
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Annexure-II to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 78 for 18th July, 2016

States/UTs-wise details of functional/non-functional SEZs
States/UTs Functional SEZs (Central Govt. + State Govt./Pvt. SEZs + notified SEZs under the SEZ Act, 2005) Non-functional SEZs
Andhra Pradesh 19 11
Chandigarh 2 0
Chhattisgarh 1 1
Delhi 0 2
Goa 0 7
Gujarat 18 16
Haryana 7 16
Jharkhand 0 1
Karnataka 25 36
Kerala 16 14
Madhya Pradesh 2 8
Maharashtra 25 35
Manipur 0 1
Nagaland 0 2
Odisha 3 4
Puducherry 0 1
Punjab 2 3
Rajasthan 4 6
Tamil Nadu 36 17
Telangana 26 27
Uttar Pradesh 11 15
West Bengal 7 3
GRAND TOTAL 204 226
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