Strong momentum against SEZ policy in India

With 150 SEZs so far cleared, which together have grabbed 26,800 hectares of land and another 225 SEZs waiting approval are all set to grab an additional 75,000 hectares of land, in and around prime locations of cities, metros, ports and highways illegally displacing lakhs of small agriculturalists and peasants. peasants.

This time the momentum against SEZ is from coalition partners of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the left parties.

Mr. G K Pillai, Special Secretary Commerce Ministry, affirmatively said that,
"I challenge, let them show a single case of any misuse of real estate policy in any SEZ".

Sir, May I ask you where is the necessary for misuse when the policy has been constructed with so many flaws that one can exploit them without any "misuse". Until today their was no regulation as to who could file for an SEZ, even a Panwallah could. But the biased board of approvals of SEZ finally came with guidelines of noteworthiness as to who can actually file for one.

Commerce Minister, Mr. KamalNath has invited a meeting of state government representatives on Thursday to discuss land acquisition policies while the left parties have announced that they will begin a nationwide agitation against the SEZ policy on the same day starting in Mumbai.

CPIM leader, Sitaram Yechury, (Left) in a statement said that,
"... reducing agricultural land for the sake of SEZ is not a correct policy. Agricultural land loss of revenue and the fear of this whole exercise turning into a Shangri-La for real estate sharks. There needs to be 75 per cent of the land kept aside for processing"

WOW! I like that phrase "Shangri-La for Real Estate Sharks" :-)

Rural Development Minister, Raghunvash Prasad is up against SEZ policy makers saying, "The acquisition of agricultural land is a huge issue I am going to speak to the Prime Minister about this. The SEZ policy needs to be re-looked at"

Final Thoughts: Sure lets build the nation, but at whose cost ? Cost of our own citizens, no this isn't acceptable under the idealism of Gandhiji. Lets innovate, build world class products instead of squeezing and making the lives of our own countrymen miserable.