(a) whether a number of Industrial Units set up at Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone(SEEPZ) Industrial Zone in Mumbai have been closed down;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(c) the details regarding industrial Units operating in SEEPZ Industrial Zone and the policy regarding setting up a factory in the SEEPZ Industrial Zone?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA)
(a) & (b): As per information made available by the SEEPZ, Development Commissioner,
during the year 2009-10, the following four units have debonded as on 30th November, 2009.
(i) M/s. KMG Jewellery
(ii) M/s. Kothari Creations
(iii) M/s. M B Shah
(iv) M/s. Powertel India Pvt. Ltd.
While seeking de-bonding, units did not indicate the reasons.
(c): At present there are 168 units in Gems & Jewellery units, 66 Software units, 28
Hardware units and 28 Trading units in SEEPZ SEZ. The Unit Approval Committee of the Zone
concerned grants Letter of Permission to a unit subject to its meeting norms/conditions as
laid down in the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and Rules made thereunder.