SEZs to create 80,000 jobs: Govt

PTI[ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006 10:30:17 PM]

NEW DELHI: The Government on Friday said the Special Economic Zones
(SEZ) are expected to create 80,000 jobs in just nine months.

"Policy initiatives taken by the government in laying out the new policy
on SEZs would lead to creation of over 80,000 jobs," Commerce Secretary
G K Pillai said at a conference organised by PHDCCI here.

He said so far SEZs that have been cleared in 16 states would come up
over an area of 35,510 hectares.

Pillai said 35 per cent of the land area of a SEZ would be for setting
up processing facilities, while the rest would be utilised for
infrastructure and other facilities.

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