Special Economic Zone designation deemed Inland Container Depot under Customs Act, applying ICD customs regime to the SEZ.
The Central Government appointed 18 November 2008 as the date from which the multi product Special Economic Zone at specified villages in Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, developed by M/s AMRL International Tech City Limited, shall be deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, thereby applying the customs regime for Inland Container Depots to that SEZ.

Approval Committee for Special Economic Zone established, defining ex officio membership and developer representation for approvals.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for a multi product Special Economic Zone at specified villages in Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District, developed by M/s AMRL International Tech City Limited, under the Special Economic Zones Act. The Committee's composition is prescribed: Development Commissioner as Chairperson (ex officio); ex officio members from Commerce, Foreign Trade, Customs/Central Excise, Income Tax, Banking (Ministry of Finance), and Tamil Nadu industrial agencies; a special invitee from the developer; and provision for a Joint Development Commissioner to substitute for the Development Commissioner when absent.

Special Economic Zone designation for Nanguneri area establishes developer approval and parcel by parcel demarcation for development.
Notification designates specified land in Nanguneri Taluk, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, as a multi product Special Economic Zone, records prior approval under the Act and Rules for development and operation, confirms the developer as AMRL International Tech City Limited, and provides a parcel-by-parcel schedule of survey numbers and areas that constitute the operative demarcation of the SEZ.

Deeming of Special Economic Zone as Inland Container Depot enables the SEZ to operate under customs depot provisions.
The Central Government appointed 18 November 2008 as the effective date on which a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Village Ankhol and Bapod, Taluka Vadodara, District Vadodara, Gujarat, is deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, with the designation recorded by notification under powers conferred by the Special Economic Zones Act.

Appointment of Development Commissioner: Director, STPI Gandhinagar designated to administer the Special Economic Zone under departmental oversight.
The Central Government appoints the Director, Software Technology Parks of India, Gandhinagar as Development Commissioner for the specified Special Economic Zone; the appointee must follow instructions of the Central Government, Department of Commerce and the Board of Approval on Special Economic Zones, submit prescribed periodic reports, and is responsible to the Department of Commerce for actions as Development Commissioner, while personal service matters remain governed by the parent administrative authority.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT and ITES at Ankhol and Bapod under the SEZ Act, listing approved survey areas.
Designation of a Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services at Ankhol and Bapod, Vadodara, under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, with specific survey numbers and areas notified for development, operation and maintenance as a sector-specific SEZ; a later de-notification amended the designated area.

Approval Committee constituted for IT/ITES SEZ, establishing ex officio membership and developer special invitee representation by central notification.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the IT/ITES SEZ at Village Ankhol & Bapod developed by M/s Larsen and Toubro Limited, established under Central Government authority. The committee is chaired by the Development Commissioner of the SEZ (ex officio) and includes ex officio members: a Department of Commerce officer (or nominee), the Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade (Gujarat), the Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise (or nominee), the Commissioner of Income Tax (or nominee), and the Director (Banking) in the Ministry of Finance. Two Joint Secretary level officers to be nominated by the State and a developer representative are also included.

Appointment of Development Commissioner: Director STPI designated to discharge SEZ Development Commissioner functions under Department of Commerce supervision.
Director, Software Technology Parks of India, New Delhi is appointed as the Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone for the Progressive Buildestate Private Limited project, with duties to follow instructions of the Central Government, Department of Commerce and the Board of Approval and to submit prescribed periodic reports; the officeholder is responsible to the Department of Commerce for actions as Development Commissioner while personal service matters remain governed by the Department of Information Technology or Software Technology Parks of India.

Deeming of Special Economic Zone as Inland Container Depot alters customs treatment for the SEZ developer.
The Central Government has notified that the electronic hardware and software including information technology and IT-enabled services Special Economic Zone at Village Ghamroj, Bhondsi and Mahendwada, Tehsil Sohna, District Gurgaon, developed by M/s Progressive Buildestate Private Limited, is deemed to be an Inland Container Depot for the purposes of the Customs law from the date specified in the notification, thereby subjecting the SEZ to the customs regulatory framework applicable to Inland Container Depots.

Approval Committee for SEZ constituted with specified ex officio members and developer representative to oversee IT/ITES zone.
Constitutes an Approval Committee under the Special Economic Zones Act for an IT/ITES SEZ in specified villages in Gurgaon, Haryana, developed by the named private developer. The Committee is chaired ex officio by the Development Commissioner of the SEZ and includes senior ex officio members from the Department of Commerce, DGFT, Customs/Central Excise, Income Tax, Ministry of Finance (Banking), and Haryana industry authorities, with a developer representative as a special invitee.

Special Economic Zone designation enables sector specific electronic hardware and IT/ITES development in the designated area after statutory approval.
Notification designates a Special Economic Zone for electronic hardware and software, including IT and ITES, at specified survey parcels in the villages of Ghamroj, Bhondsi and Mahendwada, pursuant to sub section (1) of section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006; it records that M/s Progressive Buildestate Private Limited proposed the SEZ and that a letter of approval under sub section (10) of section 3 was granted after satisfaction of sub section (8) and related requirements, and tabulates the constituent survey numbers and areas totaling 29.939801711 hectares.

Minimum area requirement for handicraft SEZs set at ten hectares under the Special Economic Zones Rules amendment.
Amendment to rule 5(2)(b) of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 inserts a proviso requiring SEZs proposed exclusively for handicrafts to have an area of ten hectares or more and substitutes the phrase "provided further" with "provided also" in the second proviso; the Rules are titled the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2008 and commence on publication in the Official Gazette under the enabling Act.

Inland Container Deport designation for an engineering sector SEZ enables customs treatment under the Customs Act.
Appoints 12 November 2008 as the effective date for treating the engineering sector Special Economic Zone at Kesurde Village, District Satara, Maharashtra, by M/s. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, as an Inland Container Deport under section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, pursuant to powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 53 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.

Approval Committee constituted for engineering sector SEZ at Kesurde Village with specified ex officio membership and developer invitee.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the engineering sector Special Economic Zone at Kesurde Village, District Satara, Maharashtra, established under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, for consideration of the SEZ project by M/s. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation. The Committee's composition is specified: Development Commissioner, SEEPZ as Chairperson; a Department of Commerce Director/Deputy Secretary or nominee; Joint Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai; Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise (or nominee); Commissioner of Income Tax (or nominee); Director (Banking), Ministry of Finance; two Joint Secretary level officers nominated by the State; and a Developer representative as Special Invitee, with a substitution provision for the Development Commissioner.

Special Economic Zone designation for engineering sector at Kesurde establishes notified SEZ area and land parcel schedule.
Notification establishes a Special Economic Zone for the engineering sector at Kesurde Village, District Satara, recording that a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance was granted and that the Central Government approved a reduction in area. The notification lists the constituent land parcels by gut number and hectare area, and declares the aggregate notified SEZ area as 111.12 hectares under the statutory powers and rules authorising SEZ designation.

Special Economic Zone designation enables development and operation of a multi-product SEZ at Five Star Industrial Area.
The Central Government, invoking Sub section (1) of Section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, notifies specified survey/gut numbers at Five Star Industrial Area, Nandgaon Peth, District Amaravati, Maharashtra, as a multi-product Special Economic Zone for development, operation and maintenance. The notification lists individual land parcels by village and survey number with areas and records a total notified area of 1008.36 hectares, reflecting satisfaction of the prerequisites and a prior letter of approval under Section 3(10).

Deemed Inland Container Depot status conferred on multi-product Special Economic Zone, effective from appointed date.
The Central Government appoints 31 October 2008 as the date from which the multi-product Special Economic Zone at Five Star Industrial Area, Nandgaon Peth, District Amaravati, Maharashtra is deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, 1962, pursuant to powers under sub-section (2) of Section 53 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005; the SEZ is developed by M/s. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation.

Approval Committee constitution for SEZ establishes composition and member roles for overseeing a multi product Special Economic Zone.
Constitutes an Approval Committee under Section 13 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 for the multi product SEZ at Five Star Industrial Area, Nandgaon Peth, District Amaravati. The Committee's composition includes the Development Commissioner as Chairperson (ex officio), specified ex officio central and state nominees, the Director (Banking), two state nominated Joint Secretary rank officers, and a developer representative as special invitee; the Development Commissioner may be represented by an officer not below Joint Development Commissioner.

Development Commissioner appointment for a specified SEZ establishes reporting obligations and subordination to Department of Commerce and Board instructions.
The Director, Software Technology Parks of India, Noida is appointed Development Commissioner for the IVR Prime IT SEZ (Plot No. 5, Sector-144, Noida), a ten-hectare IT/ITES SEZ. The Development Commissioner must comply with instructions of the Central Government, Department of Commerce and the Board of Approval on Special Economic Zones, submit periodic reports as prescribed, and is responsible to the Department of Commerce for actions taken; personal service matters remain governed by the Department of Information Technology/Software Technology Parks of India.

Special Economic Zone designation enables development of an IT/ITeS park at MIDC Butibori under SEZ approval and notification.
The Central Government, satisfied that statutory prerequisites were fulfilled following a proposal by M/s. Suyog Realtors Private Limited and issuance of a letter of approval, notifies Plot Nos. 1 4 (PL 23) at Rengapur, Butibori (area 1717.189 hectares) as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for the information technology and information technology enabled services sector, under the powers conferred by the SEZ Act and the Special Economic Zones Rules.