Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Special Economic Zones
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, SUSHMITA DEV, KANWAR SINGH TANWAR, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.210

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  APRIL, 2016

## SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES

## 210.  SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR: SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

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

- (a) the total number of operational and non -operational Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country at present, State/ UT -wise;
- (b) whether the Government has recently identified some areas including the revival of SEZs to boost exports;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the status of non -operational SEZs, State/ UT -wise and the steps taken by the Government to revive these nonoperational SEZs and attract investors towards them;
- (d) whether the Government has also decided to provide all the support to exporters to boost outbound shipments; and
- (e) if so, the details of the support extended to exporters by the Government during the last three years?

## ANSWER

वािणÏ य एवं उɮयोग राÏ य मंत्री ) Įीमती िनमर्ला सीतारमण ( ( èवतंत्र प्रभार )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a): A statement showing  State/UT-wise  details of operational/non-operational SEZs  is at Annexure-I.

(b) to (e) :  The Government, on the basis of inputs/suggestions received from stakeholders on the policy and operational framework of the SEZ Scheme, periodically reviews the policy and operational framework  of  SEZs  and  takes  necessary  measures  so  as  to  facilitate  speedy  and  effective implementation  of  SEZ  policy.    The  Government  has  notified  SEZ  Rules  (Amendment),  2015  vide G.S.R. 5(E) dated 02.01.2015 allowing dual utilization of facilities in Non-Processing Area (NPA) of SEZs by both SEZ and non-SEZ entities.  In order to operationlise the non-functional SEZs, review meetings  with  the  Development  Commissioners  of  SEZs  are  held  regularly.  Steps  for  time  bound delivery of services, digitization and online processing of various activities involving Developers and Units have been taken.   Road Shows have also been organised in various cities of the country to give wide  publicity  to  SEZs.      Besides,  under  the  new  Foreign  Trade  Policy  2015-20,  the  benefits  of

Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) and Service Exports from India Scheme (SEIS) have been extended to SEZs.

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## Annexure-I to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 210 for 25 th April, 2016

| States/UTs     |   Operational SEZs |   Non-operational SEZs |
|----------------|--------------------|------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |                 19 |                     16 |
| Chandigarh     |                  2 |                      0 |
| Chhattisgarh   |                  1 |                      2 |
| Delhi          |                  0 |                      2 |
| Goa            |                  0 |                      7 |
| Gujarat        |                 18 |                     20 |
| Haryana        |                  7 |                     19 |
| Jharkhand      |                  0 |                      1 |
| Karnataka      |                 26 |                     32 |
| Kerala         |                 16 |                     14 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                  2 |                     11 |
| Maharashtra    |                 25 |                     44 |
| Manipur        |                  0 |                      1 |
| Nagaland       |                  0 |                      2 |
| Odisha         |                  3 |                      6 |
| Puducherry     |                  0 |                      2 |
| Punjab         |                  2 |                      2 |
| Rajasthan      |                  4 |                      7 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                 36 |                     21 |
| Telangana      |                 26 |                     26 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                 11 |                     14 |
| West Bengal    |                  7 |                     10 |
| GRAND TOTAL    |                205 |                    259 |

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