As much as 23,779 hectares of land, around 52 per cent of the area marked for the development of special economic zones, is lying vacant, Parliament was informed today.
Minister of State for Commerce and Industry C R Chaudhary said that 52 per cent of the notified SEZs land is presently vacant.
Out of the total notified area of 45,629 hectares in respect of 375 notified zones, 21872.71 hectares have been utilised and 23,779.19 hectares are lying vacant in these SEZs, he said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
“In respect of 375 notified zones, 93.47 per cent of land is waste/barren/dry/industrial, 5.28 per cent of land is single crop and 1.25 per cent is double crop,” he added.
He said setting up of SEZ is a long term process and delay in commencement of commercial operations of the zone may be due to various reasons, he added.
As on September last, exports from these zones stood at RS 2.66 lakh crore.
