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In addition to Seven Central Government Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and 11 State/Private Sector SEZs set-up prior to the enactment of the SEZ Act, 2005, formal approval has been accorded to 564 proposals out of which 387 SEZs have been notified.  There are a total of 192 exporting SEZs. State-wise details of exporting SEZs and their contribution to exports and employment generation during the last three years are at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

The value of tax exemption given to SEZs during the last three years is as under:

Sl. No.

Financial Year(s)

Revenue/Duty Foregone under SEZ Scheme

(Rs. in Crore)

1

2011-2012

17211.27

2

2012-2013

19676.48

3

2013-2014 (Provisional)

23056.47
 

 Annexure-I to the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2919 for 6th August, 2014.

State-wise details of Exporting SEZs          

                                  (As on 30.6.2014)

Sl. No.

States/UTs

Exporting SEZs (Central Govt. + State Govt./Private SEZs + notified SEZs under the SEZ Act, 2005)

1

Andhra Pradesh (Including Telangana)  

42

2

Chandigarh

2

3

Chhattisgarh

1

4

Gujarat

18

5

Haryana

6

6

Karnataka

25

7

Kerala

14

8

Madhya Pradesh

2

9

Maharashtra

25

10

Odisha

1

11

Punjab

2

12

Rajasthan

4

13

Tamil Nadu

34

14

Uttar Pradesh

10

15

West Bengal

6

GRAND TOTAL

192
 

Annexure-II to the Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2919 for 6th August, 2014.

State-wise details of contribution of Exports and Employment from SEZs during the last three years

 

Exports

(Rs. in Crore)

Employment*

(In Persons)

Sl. No.

States/UTs

2011-12

2012-13      

2013-14    

2011-12

2012-13      

2013-14    

1

Gujarat

182414.33

226937.74

225042

42097

51190

75586

2

Karnataka

22006.81

39363.94

51372.88

85055

141366

193686

3

Tamil Nadu

50152.39

67618.00

71417

219989

237950

268405

4

Maharashtra

24198.83

42962.25

56399.23

194469

271134

339919

5

Kerala

31373.30

33824.47

8003.64

23799

25701

32311

6

Andhra Pradesh (Including Telangana)  

18163.80

27687.71

33291.07

117266

144346

157280

7

Uttar Pradesh

13637.38

12591.49

16282.42

63637

75101

83970

8

West Bengal

14870.70

15050.70

16204.27

36309

55656

48112

9

Haryana

3442.95

4980.75

8740.43

29220

38497

50208

10

Madhya Pradesh

1637.12

1937.16

2984.23

12313

12429

10308

11

Rajasthan

1315.69

1498.42

2036.59

11028

13163

14574

12

Chandigarh

1103.25

1339.93

1778.15

7620

6140

5927

13

Chhattisgarh

0

9.56

1.84

0

119

119

14

Odisha

158.27

217.21

386.09

1787

1715

1577

15

Punjab

2.91

139.60

136.72

299

369

1299

16

Goa

0

0

0

28

28

28

 TOTAL

364478

476159

494077

844916

1074904

1283309

* Calculated on cumulative basis.
 

The information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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