Saturday, October 28, 2006

Sitaram for Chinese Model of SEZs in India

We were the first in the world to compare and contrast the difference in SEZ act between China and India late last month. Sitaram Yechury, Leader of CPI visited China last week to study why SEZs were successful in China and has said the same words we did.

Sitaram calls for separate tracts of lands to be owned by government and infrastructure be developed in those areas then inviting Foreign and Indian industrialists to setup their manufacturing base. Instead what has now happened is the corrupt governments of Mahrashtra and Andhra Pradesh have acted on behalf of corporate India killing the poor Indian farmer. Without citing the name of Mukesh Ambani, Sitaram said, "If a private company gets to own 10,000 hectares of land, we are re-inviting Zamindari system 60 years after independence".

Mukesh spoke of big plans at World Economic Forum in Davos, and why has he become a Land Shark rather than being an industrialist ? The days of getting rich by corrupt means by bribing hands of Netas and Babus are behind us. Wake up Land Sharks, go manufacture :-)

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