Lok Sabha Question No. 2318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: SEZs
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Prathap Simha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2318 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  MARCH, 2022

## SEZs

## 2318. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

## SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

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

- (a) the total number of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the amount of land lying unutilised in the SEZs in the country, State-wise;
- (c) whether  any  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  to  further  incentivise corporations to set up business in SEZs post Covid-19 induced digital advancements and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether steps have been taken by the Government to propose a new legislation to regulate SEZs in the country and if so, the detailed timeline of the same?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a): At present, there are 424 formally approved Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country. As on date, 375 SEZs are notified and 268 SEZs are operational. States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country is at Annexure-I.
- (b): In respect of 375 notified SEZs (including 7 Central Government SEZs and 12 State/Private Sector SEZs), the details of the utilized  land area States/Union Territories-wise is at AnnexureII .
- (c): SEZ Developers and Units are eligible for fiscal benefits as provided under the SEZ laws. Due to disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, some measures were initiated to enhance ease of  doing  business  for  SEZ  Developers/Units  including  greater  adoption  of  online  digital technology for easing compliance as detailed in Annexure-III.
- (d): Bringing in a new legislation to replace the extant SEZ law would involve consultations with  Central  Government  Ministries  /  Departments,  State  Governments  as  well  as  relevant stakeholders.

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| States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country (As on 10.03.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country (As on 10.03.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country (As on 10.03.2022)       | States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country (As on 10.03.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country (As on 10.03.2022)   | States/Union Territories-wise details of SEZs in the country (As on 10.03.2022)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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                                 | 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)   |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                    | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 33                                                                                | 28                                                                                | 24                                                                                |
| Chandigarh                                                                        | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                      | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 |
| Delhi                                                                             | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Goa                                                                               | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 7                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Gujarat                                                                           | 1                                                                                 | 2                                                                                     | 26                                                                                | 25                                                                                | 21                                                                                |
| Haryana                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 24                                                                                | 21                                                                                | 7                                                                                 |
| Jharkhand                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Karnataka                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 61                                                                                | 50                                                                                | 34                                                                                |
| Kerala                                                                            | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 28                                                                                | 25                                                                                | 20                                                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                    | 0                                                                                 | 1                                                                                     | 12                                                                                | 8                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 |
| Maharashtra                                                                       | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 51                                                                                | 46                                                                                | 37                                                                                |
| Manipur                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Nagaland                                                                          | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 2                                                                                 | 2                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Odisha                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 7                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 | 5                                                                                 |
| Puducherry                                                                        | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Punjab                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 5                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 |
| Rajasthan                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 2                                                                                     | 5                                                                                 | 6                                                                                 | 3                                                                                 |
| Sikkim                                                                            | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                        | 1                                                                                 | 4                                                                                     | 56                                                                                | 58                                                                                | 50                                                                                |
| Telangana                                                                         | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 64                                                                                | 57                                                                                | 35                                                                                |
| Tripura                                                                           | 0                                                                                 | 0                                                                                     | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                 | 0                                                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                     | 1                                                                                 | 1                                                                                     | 24                                                                                | 23                                                                                | 14                                                                                |
| West Bengal                                                                       | 1                                                                                 | 2                                                                                     | 7                                                                                 | 8                                                                                 | 7                                                                                 |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                                       | 7                                                                                 | 12                                                                                    | 424                                                                               | 375                                                                               | 268                                                                               |

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| State/UT-wise Notified Land Area Details (As on 31.12.2021)   | State/UT-wise Notified Land Area Details (As on 31.12.2021)   | State/UT-wise Notified Land Area Details (As on 31.12.2021)   | State/UT-wise Notified Land Area Details (As on 31.12.2021)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| States/UTs                                                    | No. of Notified SEZs                                          | Land Notified Area                                            | Area In (Hectares) Total Utilized Area                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                | 28                                                            | 7989.31                                                       | 3631.16                                                       |
| Chandigarh                                                    | 2                                                             | 39.18                                                         | 14.16                                                         |
| Chhattisgarh                                                  | 1                                                             | 101.28                                                        | 22.04                                                         |
| Goa                                                           | 3                                                             | 249.48                                                        | 0                                                             |
| Gujarat                                                       | 25                                                            | 14050.96                                                      | 7450.22                                                       |
| Haryana                                                       | 21                                                            | 327.76                                                        | 87.56                                                         |
| Jharkhand                                                     | 2                                                             | 259.09                                                        | 222.67                                                        |
| Karnataka                                                     | 50                                                            | 1950.2                                                        | 1246.33                                                       |
| Kerala                                                        | 25                                                            | 922.17                                                        | 622.45                                                        |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                | 8                                                             | 698.43                                                        | 397.45                                                        |
| Maharashtra                                                   | 46                                                            | 4944.37                                                       | 2212.28                                                       |
| Manipur                                                       | 1                                                             | 10.85                                                         | 0                                                             |
| Nagaland                                                      | 2                                                             | 340.70                                                        | 0                                                             |
| Odisha                                                        | 5                                                             | 1001.33                                                       | 417.14                                                        |
| Punjab                                                        | 3                                                             | 57.71                                                         | 13.4                                                          |
| Rajasthan                                                     | 6                                                             | 807.08                                                        | 434.68                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                                                    | 58                                                            | 4742.49                                                       | 2181.91                                                       |
| Telangana                                                     | 57                                                            | 1966.22                                                       | 673.1                                                         |
| Tripura                                                       | 1                                                             | 16.35                                                         | 0                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                 | 23                                                            | 715.01                                                        | 274.41                                                        |
| West Bengal                                                   | 8                                                             | 237.06                                                        | 189.54                                                        |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                   | 375                                                           | 41427.03                                                      | 20090.50                                                      |

## The  following  measures  were  initiated  to  enhance  ease  of  doing  business  for  SEZ Developers/Units during Covid-19 pandemic:-

- i. The last date of filing of various compliances was extended from 31.03.2020 to 30.06.2020 e.g. Quarterly Progress Report (QPR), SOFTEX form and Annual Performance Reports (APR).
- ii. Development  Commissioners  (DCs)  were  directed  to  facilitate  extension  of  Letter  of Approvals (LoAs) and other compliances scheduled to expire during COVID pandemic, through electronic mode, in a time-bound manner. Further, DCs were directed in cases where it was not possible to grant extension through electronic mode to ensure that the Developer / Co-developer / Units did not face any hardship due to such expiry of validity during this period of disruption, and ad-hoc interim extension / deferment of the expiry date was granted without prejudice till 30.06.2020.
- iii. Along with IT/ITES Units, Non IT/ITES Units in SEZs have also been allowed to take desktop/laptop outside SEZs to work from home. This has enabled exports especially in IT/ITES sector to register a positive growth despite lockdown.
- iv. Power has been delegated to Development Commissioners for broad-banding in  case  of  manufacturing  of  essential  items  like  masks,  sanitizer,  gowns  and  other protective/preventive products/instruments subject to post-facto ratification by the Approval Committee.
- v. Directions were issued that there should be no increase in lease rent for the units in Central Government SEZs for the Financial Year 2020-21. Payment of lease rent of first quarter was deferred upto 31st July 2020 for all the units in Central Government SEZs. Further, Development Commissioners were also requested to allow the units to clear the first two quarterly instalments of lease rent in six equal instalments starting from October 1st, 2020.
- vi. Development Commissioners were also requested to advise developers of State Government/Private SEZs to consider similar relief measures in their zones.
- vii. All Development Commissioners have been sensitized to adopt electronic work culture and to  extend  necessary  support  to  the  units,  including  those  involved  in  manufacturing  of drugs, essential items etc, and to follow COVID guidelines.

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