THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)
(a): At present, there are 424 formally approved Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country. As on date, 375 SEZs are notified and 268 SEZs are operational. States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country is at Annexure-I.
(b): In respect of 375 notified SEZs (including 7 Central Government SEZs and 12 State/Private Sector SEZs), the details of the utilized land area States/Union Territories-wise is at Annexure-II.
(c): SEZ Developers and Units are eligible for fiscal benefits as provided under the SEZ laws. Due to disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, some measures were initiated to enhance ease of doing business for SEZ Developers/Units including greater adoption of online digital technology for easing compliance as detailed in Annexure-III.
(d): Bringing in a new legislation to replace the extant SEZ law would involve consultations with Central Government Ministries / Departments, State Governments as well as relevant stakeholders.
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Annexure-I
States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country (As on 10.03.2022)
States/UTs Central Government SEZs set up prior to the enactment of SEZs Act, 2005 State Government/ Private Sector SEZs set up prior to the enactment of SEZs Act, 2005 Formal Approvals granted under the SEZs Act, 2005 Total Notified SEZs (Including prior to SEZs Act + under the SEZs Act, 2005) Total Operational SEZs (Including prior to SEZs Act + under the SEZs Act, 2005)
Andhra Pradesh 1 0 33 28 24
Chandigarh 0 0 2 2 2
Chhattisgarh 0 0 2 1 1
Delhi 0 0 2 0 0
Goa 0 0 7 3 0
Gujarat 1 2 26 25 21
Haryana 0 0 24 21 7
Jharkhand 0 0 2 2 0
Karnataka 0 0 61 50 34
Kerala 1 0 28 25 20
Madhya Pradesh 0 1 12 8 5
Maharashtra 1 0 51 46 37
Manipur 0 0 1 1 0
Nagaland 0 0 2 2 0
Odisha 0 0 7 5 5
Puducherry 0 0 1 0 0
Punjab 0 0 5 3 3
Rajasthan 0 2 5 6 3
Sikkim 0 0 1 0 0
Tamil Nadu 1 4 56 58 50
Telangana 0 0 64 57 35
Tripura 0 0 1 1 0
Uttar Pradesh 1 1 24 23 14
West Bengal 1 2 7 8 7
GRAND TOTAL 7 12 424 375 268
Annexure-II
State/UT-wise Notified Land Area Details (As on 31.12.2021)
Land Area In (Hectares)
States/UTs No. of Notified SEZs Notified Area Total Utilized Area
Andhra Pradesh 28 7989.31 3631.16
Chandigarh 2 39.18 14.16
Chhattisgarh 1 101.28 22.04
Goa 3 249.48 0
Gujarat 25 14050.96 7450.22
Haryana 21 327.76 87.56
Jharkhand 2 259.09 222.67
Karnataka 50 1950.2 1246.33
Kerala 25 922.17 622.45
Madhya Pradesh 8 698.43 397.45
Maharashtra 46 4944.37 2212.28
Manipur 1 10.85 0
Nagaland 2 340.70 0
Odisha 5 1001.33 417.14
Punjab 3 57.71 13.4
Rajasthan 6 807.08 434.68
Tamil Nadu 58 4742.49 2181.91
Telangana 57 1966.22 673.1
Tripura 1 16.35 0
Uttar Pradesh 23 715.01 274.41
West Bengal 8 237.06 189.54
GRAND TOTAL 375 41427.03 20090.50
Annexure-III
The following measures were initiated to enhance ease of doing business for SEZ Developers/Units during Covid-19 pandemic:-
i. The last date of filing of various compliances was extended from 31.03.2020 to 30.06.2020 e.g. Quarterly Progress Report (QPR), SOFTEX form and Annual Performance Reports (APR).
ii. Development Commissioners (DCs) were directed to facilitate extension of Letter of Approvals (LoAs) and other compliances scheduled to expire during COVID pandemic, through electronic mode, in a time-bound manner. Further, DCs were directed in cases where it was not possible to grant extension through electronic mode to ensure that the Developer / Co-developer / Units did not face any hardship due to such expiry of validity during this period of disruption, and ad-hoc interim extension / deferment of the expiry date was granted without prejudice till 30.06.2020.
iii. Along with IT/ITES Units, Non IT/ITES Units in SEZs have also been allowed to take desktop/laptop outside SEZs to work from home. This has enabled exports especially in IT/ITES sector to register a positive growth despite lockdown.
iv. Power has been delegated to Development Commissioners for broad-banding
in case of manufacturing of essential items like masks, sanitizer, gowns and other protective/preventive products/instruments subject to post-facto ratification by the Approval Committee.
v. Directions were issued that there should be no increase in lease rent for the units in Central Government SEZs for the Financial Year 2020-21. Payment of lease rent of first quarter was deferred upto 31st July 2020 for all the units in Central Government SEZs. Further, Development Commissioners were also requested to allow the units to clear the first two quarterly instalments of lease rent in six equal instalments starting from October 1st, 2020.
vi. Development Commissioners were also requested to advise developers of State Government/Private SEZs to consider similar relief measures in their zones.
vii. All Development Commissioners have been sensitized to adopt electronic work culture and to extend necessary support to the units, including those involved in manufacturing of drugs, essential items etc, and to follow COVID guidelines.
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