BOA OF SEZ GRANTS 10 FORMAL AND 3 IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVALS

23-10-2007

Contents

The Board of Approval of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has recommended grant of 10 formal and 3 in-principle approvals here today. The Chairman of the Board, while informing the members stated that so far, formal approvals have been granted for setting up of 395 SEZs. He further informed that out of these, 156 SEZs have been notified and investment of Rs.50,906 crore has taken place in these notified SEZs providing direct employment to over 72168 persons.

Prominent among those recommended are:

Formal approvals for an IT/ITES SEZ by Tata Consultancy Services Limited in West Bengal; Bio-technology Park SEZ by Saloni Business Park Pvt. Ltd at Maharashtra; IT/ITES SEZ by Rakindo Kovai Township Pvt. Ltd at Tamil Nadu; IT/ITES SEZ by Malwa IT Park Ltd at Madhya Pradesh; and Free Trade Warehousing Zone SEZ by Jafza Chennai Business Parks Pvt. Ltd at Tamil Nadu.

In-principle approvals for setting up of multi-product SEZ by Privilege Power and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. at Maharashtra; Electronics & Electrical products SEZ by Sriperumbudur Ventures Pvt. Ltd at Tamil Nadu; and Multi-product SEZ by Sengadu Projects Pvt. Ltd. at Tamil Nadu.

The list of proposals which the Board has approved for grant of formal and in-principal approvals are as follows:-

Formal Approvals:

	Developer	Location	Product	Area (in hectares
1	Malwa IT Park Ltd	Khajarana, A.B. Road, Bypass, Indore, Madhya Pradesh	IT/ITES	10.343
2	Gopalan Enterprises (India) Pvt Ltd.	Hoodi Village, K.R.Puram, Whitefield, Banglore, Karnataka	IT/ITES,Software Development	10.53
3	Jafza Chennai Business Parks Private Limited	Vallur Village, Ponneri Taluka, Tirvallur District, Tamil Nadu	FTWZ	136.38
4	BengalShristi Infrastructurre Development Limited	Asansol, West Bengal	IT	10.207
5	Tata consultancy Services Ltd.	I.T. Plot IIF/3, Action Area II, New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal	IT/ITES	16.19
6	Saloni Business Park Private Limited	Village Kharivli, Taluka Wada, District Thane, Maharashtra	Biotechnology Park	27.24
7	Modern India Property Developers Ltd.	Village Khalapur, Taluka Khopoli District Raigad, Maharashtra	Electronic Hardware and Software Incl. IT/ITES	14.77
8	Perfect IT SEZ Private Limited	Plot No. 6, Sector 144, Noida, Uttar Pradesh	IT/ITES	10
9	Calica Construction Impex Pvt. Ltd.	Village Khoraj, Tehsil & Distt-Gandhinagar, Gujrat	IT/ITES	16
10	Rakindo Kovai Township Pvt Ltd..	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu	IT/ITES	10.12

In-principle Approvals:

	Developer	Location	Product	Area (in hectares
1	Privilege Power and Infrastructure Pvt. Limited	Villages Shirgaon, Koshimbe, Gaskopari, Dahisar, Chandansar, Khardi, Kopari, Bhatpada, Doliv, Kasarali, District Thane, Maharashtra	Multi product	2245
2	Sriperumbudur Ventures Private limited	Thiruvalllur and Kancheepuram Districts, Tamiil Nadu	Electronics and Electrical products	100
3	Sengadu Projects private ltd	Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu	Multi Product	1000