Executive Summary:
This notification announces amendments to the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. The amendments pertain to land area requirements for establishing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and related conditions. It was issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce on December 17, 2019.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendments to the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006:**
* Clauses (za), (zb), and (zc) are omitted from rule 2, sub-rule 1.
* **Land Area Requirements:**
* For SEZs or Free Trade Warehousing Zones (excluding IT, IT-enabled Services, Biotech, or Health SEZs other than hospital services), a minimum contiguous land area of fifty hectares is required.
* For SEZs in Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Goa, or in a Union territory, the minimum area is twenty-five hectares.
* For IT, IT-enabled Services, Biotech, or Health SEZs (other than hospital services), there is no minimum land area requirement, but a minimum built-up processing area is required based on city category:
* Category A: 50,000 sq. mts.
* Category B: 25,000 sq. mts.
* Category C: 15,000 sq. mts.
* The minimum processing area in any SEZ must be at least fifty percent of the total area.
* All existing notified SEZs are deemed to be multisector SEZs.
* **Extension of Time Period:**
* The Board of Approval may grant extensions beyond the initial ten-year period for up to one year at a time, with a maximum of ten such extensions, upon written request from the Developer.
* **Approval Committee Authority:**
* The Approval Committee shall issue letters of approval for Information Technology or Information Technology enabled Services for services that can be broadbanded with Information Technology or Information Technology enabled Services such as financial services, consultancy services, design services, architect services, commercial training or coaching services.
* **Annexure Changes:**
* Annexure IV is omitted.
* In Annexure IVA, the brackets and letters "(ba)" are substituted with "(b)".
Impact Analysis:
* **SEZ Developers:**
* Impact: Changes in land area requirements may affect the feasibility of new SEZ projects. The ability to request extensions offers more flexibility.
* Action Required: Developers should review their existing and planned projects to ensure compliance with the new land area rules and built-up processing area requirements. Developers seeking extensions should submit a written request to the Board of Approval.
* **Units within SEZs:**
* Impact: The change to multisector SEZs may allow for greater diversification of activities within existing zones.
* Action Required: Units should assess the implications of the multisector designation for their operations.
* **Government (Board of Approval, Approval Committee):**
* Impact: The Board of Approval will handle requests for extensions. The Approval Committee will be responsible for issuing letters of approval for Information Technology or Information Technology enabled Services.
* Action Required: Implement the revised rules when evaluating new SEZ proposals and processing extension requests. Ensure that the Approval Committee issues letters of approval in accordance with the new rule.
Key Entities Referenced
Special Economic Zones Act, 2005: An act of the Indian Parliament concerning Special Economic Zones.
Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006: Rules framed under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry: The Indian government ministry responsible for international trade and industry.
Department of Commerce: A department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
New Delhi: The capital of India, where the notification was issued.
B. B. Swain: Additional Secretary who signed the notification.
Assam: A state in India where special provisions regarding land area for Special Economic Zones apply.
Information Technology: A sector for Special Economic Zone
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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th December, 2019
G.S.R. 940(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 55 of the Special Economic Zones Act,
2005 (28 of 2005), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Special Economic
Zones Rules, 2006, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Special Economic Zones (3rdAmendment)
Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, (herein after referred to as the principal rules), in rule 2, in sub-
rule (1), clauses (za), (zb) and (zc) shall be omitted.
3. In rule 5, -
(i) for sub-rule (2), the following shall be substituted, namely: -
“(2) The requirements of minimum area of land for a class or classes of Special Economic Zone in terms of sub-
section (8) of section 3 shall be the following, namely: -
(a) A Special Economic Zone or Free Trade Warehousing Zone other than a Special Economic Zone for
Information Technology or Information Technology enabled Services, Biotech or Health (other than hospital)
service, shall have a contiguous land area of fifty hectares or more:
Provided that in case a Special Economic Zone is proposed to be set up in the States of Assam, Meghalaya,
Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Goa or in a
Union territory, the area shall be twenty-five hectares or more.
(b) There shall be no minimum land area requirement for setting up a Special Economic Zone for Information
Technology or Information Technology enabled Services, Biotech or Health (other than hospital) service, but a
minimum built up processing area requirement shall be applicable, based on the category of cities, as specified
in the following Table, namely: –
TABLE
Sl. No. Categories of cities as per Annexure Minimum Built-up area requirement
IV A (proposed)
(1) (2) (3)
1. Category ‘A’ 50,000 sq.mts.
2. Category ‘B’ 25,000 sq. mts.
3. Category ‘C’ 15,000 sq. mts.
(c) The minimum processing area in any Special Economic Zone cannot be less than fifty per cent. of the total
area of the Special Economic Zone.
(d) All existing notified Special Economic Zone shall be deemed to be a multi-sector Special Economic Zone.
Explanation. – For the purpose of this clause, a “multi-sector Special Economic Zone” means a Special
Economic Zone for more than one sector where Units may be setup for manufacture of goods falling in two or
more sectors or rendering of services falling in two or more sectors or any combination thereof including
trading and warehousing.”;
(ii) in sub-rule (7), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that the Board of Approval may, upon request in writing by the Developer, and after being satisfied
that it is necessary and expedient to do so, grant extension beyond the said period of ten years for a further
period of not exceeding one year, at a time, subject to maximum upto ten such extension.”;
(iii) after sub-rule (7), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely: -
“(8) In case of a Special Economic Zone for Information Technology or Information Technology enabled
Services, letter of approval shall be issued by the Approval Committee for services, which can be broad-banded4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
with Information Technology or Information Technology enabled Services such as financial services,
consultancy services, design services, architect services, commercial training or coaching services.”.
4. In the principal rules, the ‘Annexure IV’ shall be omitted.
5. In the principal rules, in ‘Annexure IV-A’, for the brackets and letters “(ba)”, the brackets and letter “(b)” shall
be substituted.
[F.No. K.43014(22)/15/2019-SEZ]
B. B. SWAIN, Addl. Secy.
Note: - The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-
section(i), vide notification number G.S.R 54(E), dated the 10th February, 2006 and last amended vide
notification number G.S.R 200 (E), dated the 7th March, 2019.
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