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SEZSVM stops SEZ scam at Vernaby PRAVIN SABNIS We were shocked to see the hill being cut. The Fraudulent Role of GIDCby SEZ.VirodhiManch 1. Even though allotment of land is for SEZ, none of the Provisions of the SEZ Act 2005, more particularly Sections 3, 4 and 5 have been followed, and therefore, the whole allotment gets vitiated on this ground. 2. At least three of the four companies in the Verna Industrial Estate are new companies not having any experience at all and K. Rahejas is purely a real estate developer. Therefore, it appears that these companies have been specifically been floated for the purpose of grabbing this land under the guise of SEZ. Goa sold for a songBr. Orville de Silva The demographic, social, cultural and environmental patterns in Goahave undergone rapid changes in recent times. Such changes call for acollective concern and participation by the people the Goa and itsruling government. However, amidst such changes, Goa's politicians have found enough time and opportunity in promoting Special EconomicZones (SEZ) in Goa. THE LAND USE PLAN MASKING ITSELF IN DIFFERENT FORMS-Albertina Almeida An important issue related to the Regional Plan that has got little attention is the Special Economic Zones. What are Special Economic Zones? Planet Mars on Planet Earth? Foreign territory within our territory? âA designated duty free enclave and to be treated as foreign territory for trade operations and duties and tariffsâ, as the Government of Indiaâs website on Special Economic Zones puts it. So there you are â by the Governmentâs own admission, we are inviting colonization - this time in a different form. It is colonization by transnational and national corporate capital. We worry about âoutsidersâ who till and toil over our territory, and do not want to give them their due. But we donât care about outsiders and so also the insiders who grab and deprive the people in Goa and edge them out of their land and livelihood. SEZâs not viable in Goa (CSJP)Dec. 2, 2007: Always alert to emerging socio-economic situations, especially in the State of Goa, the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) has been prompt in analyzing the impact of new developmental projects, with the assistance of relevant experts and often in collaboration with other concerned Agencies/Bodies. In 1996, when the proposal was floated to establish a âFree Portâ in Goa, this Body consulted widely with experts at even the international level and presented the findings at a Conference in Goa. The well informed and concerned participants asserted that a âFree Portâ was not at all a feasible development for Goa. How the SEZ numbers don't add upby Rahul Goswami |
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