Lok Sabha Question No. 4 (STARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Special Economic Zones
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 4 (H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd  FEBRUARY, 2022

## SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

## *4 (H). SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मं त्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the, State-wise, names of areas selected under Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country along with the present status of the said areas;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to develop some areas after identifying the same under SEZ in Bihar in view of the backwardness of the State;
- (c) if so, the names of the said areas;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the, year-wise, amount of revenue being earned by the Government from the areas developed under the SEZ rules during the last five years?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=h ( Jh ih;w'k xks;y )

## THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a) to (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO. 4(H)   FOR  ANSWER  ON  02 nd  FEBRUARY, 2022 REGARDING   ' SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES'.

- (a): States/Union Territories-wise details of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are at Annexure . Details of locations of these SEZs are available at www.sezindia.nic.in.
- (b) to (d): Post enactment of SEZ Act, 2005 the Central Government has not set up any SEZ in the country. SEZs are primarily private investment driven initiatives. Department of Commerce has not received any proposal for setting up a SEZ in Bihar as on date.
- (e): The revenue received by the Government from SEZs during the last five years, year-wise is as below:

| Year-wise revenue from duty for the Domestic Tariff Area Sale Transactions   | Year-wise revenue from duty for the Domestic Tariff Area Sale Transactions   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                                         | Duty Amount Paid (Rs. Crores)                                                |
| 2016-17                                                                      | 5,529                                                                        |
| 2017-18                                                                      | 18,097                                                                       |
| 2018-19                                                                      | 26,853                                                                       |
| 2019-20                                                                      | 20,848                                                                       |
| 2020-21                                                                      | 26,911                                                                       |

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## Annexure to the Lok Sabha Starred Question No.4 for 2 nd February, 2022

| States/Union Territories-wise distribution of approved SEZs (as on 27.01.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise distribution of approved SEZs (as on 27.01.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise distribution of approved SEZs (as on 27.01.2022)        | States/Union Territories-wise distribution of approved SEZs (as on 27.01.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise distribution of approved SEZs (as on 27.01.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise distribution of approved SEZs (as on 27.01.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise distribution of approved SEZs (as on 27.01.2022)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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                                | Notified SEZs under the SEZ 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)  |
| States/UTs                                                                       | -1-                                                                              | -2-                                                                                   | -3-                                                                              | -4-                                                                              | (1+2+4)                                                                          | -6-                                                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                   | 1                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 33                                                                               | 27                                                                               | 28                                                                               | 24                                                                               |
| Chandigarh                                                                       | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                | 2                                                                                | 2                                                                                | 2                                                                                |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                     | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                                |
| Delhi                                                                            | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Goa                                                                              | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 7                                                                                | 3                                                                                | 3                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Gujarat                                                                          | 1                                                                                | 2                                                                                     | 26                                                                               | 22                                                                               | 25                                                                               | 21                                                                               |
| Haryana                                                                          | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 25                                                                               | 22                                                                               | 22                                                                               | 7                                                                                |
| Jharkhand                                                                        | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                | 2                                                                                | 2                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Karnataka                                                                        | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 61                                                                               | 50                                                                               | 50                                                                               | 34                                                                               |
| Kerala                                                                           | 1                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 28                                                                               | 24                                                                               | 25                                                                               | 20                                                                               |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                   | 0                                                                                | 1                                                                                     | 12                                                                               | 7                                                                                | 8                                                                                | 5                                                                                |
| Maharashtra                                                                      | 1                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 51                                                                               | 45                                                                               | 46                                                                               | 37                                                                               |
| Manipur                                                                          | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Nagaland                                                                         | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                | 2                                                                                | 2                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Odisha                                                                           | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 7                                                                                | 5                                                                                | 5                                                                                | 5                                                                                |
| Puducherry                                                                       | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Punjab                                                                           | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 5                                                                                | 3                                                                                | 3                                                                                | 3                                                                                |
| Rajasthan                                                                        | 0                                                                                | 2                                                                                     | 5                                                                                | 4                                                                                | 6                                                                                | 3                                                                                |
| Sikkim                                                                           | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                       | 1                                                                                | 4                                                                                     | 56                                                                               | 53                                                                               | 58                                                                               | 50                                                                               |
| Telangana                                                                        | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 64                                                                               | 57                                                                               | 57                                                                               | 35                                                                               |
| Tripura                                                                          | 0                                                                                | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                                | 0                                                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                    | 1                                                                                | 1                                                                                     | 24                                                                               | 21                                                                               | 23                                                                               | 14                                                                               |
| West Bengal                                                                      | 1                                                                                | 2                                                                                     | 7                                                                                | 5                                                                                | 8                                                                                | 7                                                                                |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                                      | 7                                                                                | 12                                                                                    | 425                                                                              | 357                                                                              | 376                                                                              | 268                                                                              |

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