Madhya Pradesh Minister backs SEZ

Tuesday April 10 2007 08:24 IST
MADURAI: Madhya Pradesh Minister for Commercial Tax Babulal Gaur has
said that Special Economic Zones (SEZs) will be beneficial for the state
as it will create employment opportunities for villagers.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Babulal, who had come to
study the functioning of industries in Tamil Nadu, said that the four
Special Economic Zones that were established in Madhya Pradesh had been
beneficial to the local villagers.

The facilities had generated as many as 6,000 jobs in the last two years
while 40,000 jobs were expected to be created this year, he added.

More NRIs are expected to invest, he said and added that the expected Rs
2 lakh crore investment would generate three lakh jobs by 2008.

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