Lok Sabha Question No. 2528 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Special Economic Zones
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA, SAKUNTALA LAGURI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2528 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

2528(H).  SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

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

- a) the  details  of  contribution  of  SEZs  to  India's  exports,  State/  UT-wise  in  terms  of  value during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  and  the  tax  concessions  given  to  SEZs during the said period;
- b) the  total  number  of  Special  Economic  Zones  (SEZs)  allotted  to  IT  sector  in  the  country including those which are operational at present and the impact of non-operational SEZs on Import Export Policy of the Government;
- c) whether the Government has recently approved a number of proposals particularly for IT and ITeS sector for setting up of SEZs and if so, the details and the present status thereof, zone-wise along with the investments made therein so far; and
- d) whether benefits are being extended to farmers and labourers working in SEZs and if so, the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग राज् य मंत्री )णीमीी स मलमा नीीारमि((स्वींत्र प्रभार ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): The  contribution  of  Special  Economic  Zone(SEZ)  exports  to  overall  country's exports during the last three years and current year are as under :-

| Financial Year(s)   |   Total Exports of the Country (Rs. Crore ) |   Total SEZ Exports (Rs. Crore) |   %share of SEZ exports in the total exports of the country |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2012-2013           |                                     2429015 |                          476159 |                                                       19.6  |
| 2013-2014           |                                     2818695 |                          494077 |                                                       17.53 |
| 2014-2015           |                                     2846533 |                          463770 |                                                       16.29 |
| 2015-2016*          |                                      934223 |                          221417 |                                                       23.7  |

*As on 30.09.2015

The  fiscal  concessions  and  duty  benefits  allowed  to  SEZs  are  in  the  nature  of incentives to achieve  the  SEZ  objectives.  The  revenue  foregone  on  account  of concessions availed by the SEZ Developers and Units under the provisions of sections

10AA and 80-LA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 as well as customs duty and excise duty availed during the last three years are as under:-

|   Sl. No. | Financial Year(s)     |   Revenue Foregone (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
|         1 | 2012-2013             |                           23305.4 |
|         2 | 2013-2014             |                           27855.1 |
|         3 | 2014-2015 (estimated) |                           26533.9 |

- (b): Presently,  out  of  203  Information  Technology/  Information  Technology  Enabled Services  (IT/ITES)/Electronic  Hardware  sector  SEZs  notified  under  the  provisions  of SEZs Act, 2005, 116 SEZs are operational.
- (c): Recently, the Board of Approval (BoA) for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in its meetings held on 27.08.2015 and 09.10.2015 has approved eight proposals for setting up of  SEZs.  Out  of  eight  proposals,  five  relate  to  Information  Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES) sectors with proposed investment of Rs. 3412.42 Crores. Details of such IT/ITES SEZs is at Annexure-I .
- (d): Since the SEZs Act, 2005 and the SEZs Rules framed thereunder came in to force from  10 th February,  2006,  employment  to  15,44,526  persons  have  been  provided  in SEZs.  This  is  apart  from  millions  of  man  days  of  employment  generated  by  the developers for infrastructure activities.

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| Proposals for setting up of SEZs approved by Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs in its meetings held on 27.08.2015 and 09.10.2015   | Proposals for setting up of SEZs approved by Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs in its meetings held on 27.08.2015 and 09.10.2015   | Proposals for setting up of SEZs approved by Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs in its meetings held on 27.08.2015 and 09.10.2015   | Proposals for setting up of SEZs approved by Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs in its meetings held on 27.08.2015 and 09.10.2015   | Proposals for setting up of SEZs approved by Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs in its meetings held on 27.08.2015 and 09.10.2015   | Proposals for setting up of SEZs approved by Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs in its meetings held on 27.08.2015 and 09.10.2015   |
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| Sl. No.                                                                                                                           | Name of SEZ                                                                                                                       | Location                                                                                                                          | Sector                                                                                                                            | Area (Hectares)                                                                                                                   | Proposed Investment (Rs. in Crores)                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                 | M/s HCL IT City Lucknow Private Limited                                                                                           | Sultanpur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                                                                            | Information Technology/ Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES)                                                         | 40.469                                                                                                                            | 1500                                                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                                                                 | M/s Reliable Exports (India) Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                            | Thane Belapur Road Thane, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra                                                                                | Information Technology/ Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES)                                                         | 2.48                                                                                                                              | 508.42                                                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                                                                 | M/s Loma IT Park, Developers Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                            | Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra                                                                                                | Information Technology/ Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES)                                                         | 0.5                                                                                                                               | 700                                                                                                                               |
| 4                                                                                                                                 | M/s Mantri Developers Private Limited                                                                                             | Ranga Reddy District, Telangana                                                                                                   | Electronic Hardware and Software including IT/ITES                                                                                | 1.0504                                                                                                                            | 280                                                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                                                 | M/s Aqua Space Developers Pvt. Ltd.                                                                                               | Ranga Reddy District, Telangana                                                                                                   | Information Technology/ Information Technology Enabled Services (IT/ITES)                                                         | 1.85                                                                                                                              | 424                                                                                                                               |
| Total                                                                                                                             | Total                                                                                                                             | Total                                                                                                                             | Total                                                                                                                             | Total                                                                                                                             | 3412.42                                                                                                                           |

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