Export Processing Zones
Trade Unions and Special Economic Zones in India
The term SEZ covers a broad range of zones, such as export processing zones, industrial parks, free ports, enterprise zones, and others. Industrial free zones, industrial export zones, free trade zones (often presented as bonded platforms within countries heavily involved in transit trade), special economic zones (principally in China), bonded warehouses, technological and scientific parks, financial services zones, free ports, duty-free zones (destined for the retailing of duty-free consumer goods to tourists) are also among the variants. EPZs have been a feature of Indian policy since 1960.
The present study seeks to give an overview of SEZs in India with focus on those in Noida, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, and Maharashtra. Firstly, it looks at the trajectory of development of SEZs inclusive of legal provisions. Secondly, it evaluates the investment pattern of some sectors including textiles, electronics, and main multinationals. Thirdly, it focuses on the overall cost-benefit analysis of the selected EPZs. Fourthly, it examines labour response to the employment relations that characterise SEZs.
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- ACTRAV