The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance from India has decided to approach External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, chairman of the empowered group of ministers, to seek clarity about the cap on the size of SEZs with respect to its project in Raigad district.
"We have sought time for a meeting with Mukherjee," an official of Reliance's Mumbai SEZ said.
"We will apprise Mukherjee of our problems and draw his attention to the fact that a cap on the size of the SEZ will have an adverse impact on the project," he said.
"For a project of this scale, size is very important. Nowhere in the world is there a cap on the size of SEZs, with some in China being over 300 sq km in area."
Noting that even the Union commerce ministry had written to the EGoM seeking clarity on the cap on the size of SEZs, the official said, "We plan to make a presentation before Mukherjee, explaining our stand."
The EGoM had recommended to the Centre that there should be a cap of 5,000 hectares on the size of SEZs and that governments should not intervene in any manner in land acquisition proceedings.
Reliance has proposed a SEZ over 9,000 hectares in 45 villages of Raigad district.
Asked about Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's directives to stay land acquisition for the project, the official said: "As far as we are concerned, the land acquisition is still going on." - DDNews India
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