Question : NORMS FOR SEZS

(a) the details of norms regarding requirement of land for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in various sector;

(b) whether the Government has received requests from various States regarding reviewing these norms to make them more conducive to the availability of land in States and viability of SEZs;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government proposes to make these norms more State specific and viability oriented;and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)

(a): Procedure for setting up of SEZs have been laid down in the SEZ Rules, 2006. The Rules, inter-alia, provide for minimum area requirements for various categories of SEZs as indicated below:

Type	Area	Area for Special States /UTs

Multi- product	1000 hectares	200 hectares

Multi services	100 hectares	100 hectares

Sector specific	100 hectares	50 hectares

Handicraft	10 hectares	10 hectares

IT	10 hectares & min.	10 hectares & min.	built up area as	built up area as	per SEZ rules.	per SEZ rules.

Gems and Jewellery	10 hectares & min.	10 hectares & min.	built up area as	built up area as	per SEZ rules.	per SEZ rules.

Bio-tech and Non-	10 hectares & min.	10 hectares & min.
conventional energy	built up area as	built up area as
(including solar	per SEZ rules.	per SEZ rules.
energy equipments/
cell but excluding
SEZs for non-
conventional
energy
production
and manufacturing)

FTWZ	10 hectares & min.	10 hectares & min.	built up area as	built up area as	per SEZ rules.	per SEZ rules.

The Special States/UTs are Union Territories including the erstwhile Union Territory of Goa and the
Special category States of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura,
Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir.