Foreign exchange earning requirement: failure to meet earnings or value addition may trigger penal action under foreign trade law. The Approval Committee monitors SEZ unit performance under Annexure guidelines, focusing on outbound foreign exchange earnings and stipulated value addition and enforcing compliance with the Letter of Approval and Bond cum Legal Undertaking. Units that fail to achieve positive Net Foreign Exchange Earning or required value addition, or that breach terms of their approvals or undertakings, are liable to penal action under the Foreign Trade regulatory framework, without prejudice to other legal remedies.