{"id":166366,"date":"2022-02-03T22:48:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=166366"},"modified":"2022-02-03T22:48:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:18:38","slug":"answered-reforming-the-16-year-old-sez-act-will-boost-exports-enhance-competitiveness-and-remove-anomalies-in-special-economic-zones-comment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-reforming-the-16-year-old-sez-act-will-boost-exports-enhance-competitiveness-and-remove-anomalies-in-special-economic-zones-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] \u201cReforming the 16-year old SEZ Act will boost exports, enhance competitiveness and remove anomalies in Special Economic Zones\u201d. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Comment directive requires writing about all of the aspects given in the statement.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Introduction:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Write a brief note about Special Economic Zones.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Body:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Provide brief description of SEZ act, 2005. Highlight issues in SEZ act in few points. Provide a brief note on the new proposed act and provide a few recommendations to boost economic growth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Conclusion:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Write down a brief way forward<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are enclaves within the territory of a country, in which <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">business, trade and tax laws are different<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from the rest of the country.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In India the SEZs are governed as per the provisions of the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SEZ act of 2005<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which aimed to achieve the following objectives<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">boost exports<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of goods and services.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To create <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">additional economic capacity<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">generate employment<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To attract domestic and foreign <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">investments.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To create a conducive <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">administrative and business environment<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To develop <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">infrastructure facilities.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To achieve the above aims, various <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">incentives\/facilities<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are provided to the units in SEZ<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simplified procedures<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for development, operation, and maintenance of the SEZ.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Duty free imports<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> or domestic procurement of goods and services.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tax incentive<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for units in the SEZ, both central and state taxes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Single window clearance<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for state and central approvals.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, the SEZ act is now more than 16 years old and several issues have emerged in the functioning SEZs in India. In India the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SEZs have not been as successful<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> as the SEZs in countries like Singapore and China.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New generation firms in SEZs, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">used incentives to avoid taxes<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> rather than creating exporting capacity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manufacturing SEZs have underperformed because of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">poor linkages with the rest of the economy<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many states did not sync state level laws with central SEZ act, which created <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">barriers in the single window clearance regime<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">multiple models for economic zones <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">apart from SEZ like NIMZ, Coastal economic zone etc, which creates problems in integration of various models.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Number of SEZs in India is over 375<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, while China has about 20. This large number makes administration complicated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Asian countries, like Thailand, have tweaked their SEZ laws<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to attract investment at the cost of Indian SEZs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To address the underlying issues in the functioning of SEZs, the <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Union government <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has announced that it will bring a <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">new legislation to govern the SEZs <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to create ease of doing business and enhance competitiveness. The new legislation will ensure\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">States become partners<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in development of SEZs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Custom administration is hassle free<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and fully IT driven.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The new proposed law needs to be in line with the recommendation of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Baba Kalyani Committee<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, to effectively address the present challenges of SEZs, which include<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shift in approach from export growth to broad-based Employment and Economic Growth. (<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Employment and Economic Enclaves- 3Es<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Separate rules and procedures for <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">manufacturing and service SEZs<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shift from <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">supply driven to demand driven<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> approach for 3Es development.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Creation of <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">enabling ecosystem development<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> by funding high speed multi modal connectivity, business services and utility infrastructure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If governed effectively SEZs can function as growth engines for development of Indian economy and address the challenges faced by the Indian economy specially in the COVID years. The new SEZ legislation will be a good step in the right direction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment directive requires writing about all of the aspects given in the statement.\u00a0 Introduction: Write a brief note about Special Economic Zones.\u00a0 Body: Provide brief description of SEZ act, 2005. Highlight issues in SEZ act in few points. Provide a brief note on the new proposed act and provide a few recommendations to boost economic&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-reforming-the-16-year-old-sez-act-will-boost-exports-enhance-competitiveness-and-remove-anomalies-in-special-economic-zones-comment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Answered] \u201cReforming the 16-year old SEZ Act will boost exports, enhance competitiveness and remove anomalies in Special Economic Zones\u201d. 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