Government clears 36 SEZ proposals

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Posted online: Friday, June 22, 2007 at 1323 hours IST
Updated: Friday, June 22, 2007 at 1328 hours IST




NEW DELHI, JUNE 22: The government panel on Special Economic Zones on
Friday cleared 36 proposals, including three zones jointly promoted by
RIL chief Mukesh Ambani and Anand Jain, while granting in-principle
approval to nine others.
The Board of Approval, which met here on Friday, also cleared Anil
Ambani group firm Reliance Infocomm's IT SEZ in Dhirubhai Ambani
Knowledge City in Maharashtra.

Among those that received in-principle approval was a multi-product zone
in Midnapore, which will be the first such in West Bengal.

The Mukesh Ambani-Anand Jain promoted projects that were cleared are
product specific zones -- biotechnology, light engineering and
pharmaceuticals -- and would cover an area of 346 hectare in Navi Mumbai.

Also to receive clearance was a hardware manufacturing SEZ promoted by
Foxconn, which plans to eventually scale up the zone's size to 100 hectare.
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