Approval Committee constitution for a Gems and Jewellery Special Economic Zone establishes statutory oversight and specified ex officio membership.
Constitutes the Approval Committee for the Gems and Jewellery Special Economic Zone at Kharadpada, Naroli under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, specifying the Committee's purpose to oversee the proposed SEZ development and listing its composition: Development Commissioner as Chairperson, central ministry representatives (commerce, customs, income tax, banking, foreign trade), two officers nominated by the local government, and the developer's representative as special invitee, with provision for a deputy to represent the Chairperson if absent.

Deeming Special Economic Zone as Inland Container Depot enables Customs Act provisions to apply to gems and jewellery SEZ
The Central Government, under powers of the Special Economic Zones Act, declares the sector-specific Gems and Jewellery SEZ at Kharadpada, Naroli, proposed to be developed by M/s. Omnibus Industrial Development Corporation of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Limited, to be deemed an Inland Container Depot for the purposes of the Customs Act, bringing the SEZ within the Customs Act's regulatory framework.

Special Economic Zone designation for Gems and Jewellery enabling development and regulatory coverage of specified land parcels.
Notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for the Gems and Jewellery sector at Kharadpada, Naroli, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, following a proposal by M/s. Omnibus Industrial Development Corporation and after satisfaction of statutory prerequisites and grant of a prior letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance. The notification lists specific survey numbers and parcel areas totaling 10.30 hectares and brings those parcels within the SEZ regulatory regime under the Special Economic Zones legislative framework.

Quorum in Approval Committee meetings: members may nominate a gazetted officer to represent them, ensuring meetings proceed.
Where a member of an Approval Committee is absent, the member may nominate an official of not less than the rank of a gazetted officer to represent and attend the meeting on their behalf; this applies to Approval Committees already constituted and those to be constituted henceforth to secure quorum.

SEZ designation for mineral based zone triggers approval committee formation and inland container depot status under customs law.
Central Government notifies a sector specific Special Economic Zone for mineral based industries at Chhatrapur, Ganjam District, Orissa, listing the constituent land parcels by village and survey number and recording the total notified area. The developer, M/s Saraf Agencies Private Limited, is acknowledged as having received a letter of approval; an Approval Committee is constituted with specified ex officio central officials, state nominees and a developer representative; and the SEZ is declared to be an inland container depot/port for Customs purposes from the appointed date.

Sector-specific IT Special Economic Zone designation establishes an approval committee and confers inland container depot status.
A sector-specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services is notified over specified survey parcels in Pallipuram Village aggregating 24.5313 hectares. An Approval Committee, chaired by the Development Commissioner and comprising designated government representatives, is constituted for the zone. The zone is also deemed to be an Inland Container Depot from 8 June 2009.

Special Economic Zone notification designating IT/ITES zone and establishing approval committee; area notified and classified as inland container depot.
Notification under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 designates a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services at Gangaikondan Village, Tirunelveli Taluk, Tamil Nadu, comprising specified survey parcels aggregating forty point four eight hectares, and establishes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members. The Central Government also declares the zone deemed an Inland Container Depot/Port under the Customs Act, 1962, effective from the date specified, and a later note records de notification by a subsequent notification.

Special Economic Zone designation for engineering sector: remaining land notified under SEZ Act powers and rules.
The Central Government notifies the remaining area of 4.97.78 hectares at Villages Alwa and Pipalia, Taluka Waghodia, District Vadodara in Gujarat as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for the engineering sector, constituting specified survey parcels, exercising powers under the Special Economic Zones Act and Rules after prior approval for development, operation and maintenance had been granted to M/s. Suzlon Infrastructure Limited.

SEZ consolidation at Mundra re-notifies expanded composite zone under SEZ Act, consolidating prior notifications and additional land.
Central Government, under the Special Economic Zones Act and SEZ Rules, consolidates and re-notifies the Mundra composite Special Economic Zone by superseding earlier SEZ notifications for administrative convenience, confirming statutory compliance, and expressly adding 258.2112 hectares to the composite zone; the re-notification lists the consolidated schedule of survey numbers and village parcels that define the re-notified SEZ and preserves existing rights, obligations and fiscal benefits of developers.

Special Economic Zone designation for a biotechnology park establishes notified area, approval committee and inland container depot status.
Notification designates a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Biotechnology at Village Mann, Taluka Mulshi-Hinjawadi, District Pune, comprising specified survey parcels totaling 12.87 hectares; records prior approval granted to M/s. International Biotech Park Limited for development, operation and maintenance under section 3 of the SEZ Act; constitutes an Approval Committee under section 14 with listed ex officio members and the developer as special invitee; and declares the date of notification as the date from which the SEZ shall be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, 1962.

Special Economic Zone expansion: additional land at Mannur and Vallarpuram included for free trade warehousing zone.
Central Government notification under the SEZ Act and SEZ Rules adds an additional 44.15 hectares at Mannur and Vallarpuram villages to an existing sector specific Special Economic Zone for a free trade warehousing zone. The inclusion follows M/s. J. Matadee Eco Parks Private Limited's proposal, satisfaction of statutory requirements under section 3 including grant of a letter of approval, and exercise of powers under section 4 and rule 8 to notify the listed survey parcels and areas as part of the SEZ.

SEZ rule amendment permits clubbing of contiguous zones beyond area cap and expands Approval Committee powers.
The amendment defines Vacant Land as land lacking functional ports, manufacturing units, industrial activities or structures engaged in commercial or economic activity. It authorises the Central Government to permit clubbing of contiguous notified SEZs even where the resultant zone exceeds the prescribed area limit. The Approval Committee is empowered to approve broad banding, diversification, enhancement of production capacity and changes in items of manufacture or service activity if rule requirements are met, and may approve change of entrepreneur where the incoming entrepreneur assumes the assets and liabilities of the existing unit.

Approval Committee amendment substitutes Rajkot with Vadodara in SEZ Approval Committee constitution under SEZ Act to update membership.
Amends the earlier notification constituting the Approval Committee for the multi-product Special Economic Zone by substituting, in the table at Serial No. 3 second column, the word "Rajkot" with the word "Vadodara" under the authority of Section 13 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.

Special Economic Zone designation grants inland container depot status and creates an approval committee for textile SEZ operations.
Central Government notifies a textile sector Special Economic Zone at Village Chincholi Kati, District Solapur, specifying survey/gut numbers totaling 103 hectares, based on a prior letter of approval under Section 3 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005. It establishes an Approval Committee under Section 14 composed of designated ex officio members and a developer representative, and declares the SEZ to be an Inland Container Depot for purposes of Section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, effective from the appointed date.

Special Economic Zone designation expands IT/ITES zone at Kalamboli following statutory approval under the SEZ Act.
The Central Government, invoking the second proviso to Section 4(1) of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, notifies an additional area of 30.5488 hectares at Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai as a sector-specific SEZ for Information Technology/ITES to be developed and operated by M/s. Navi Mumbai SEZ Private Limited, identifying two parcels (Valvali-01 Part-2 and Part-3a) and confirming prior satisfaction under Section 3(8) and grant of approval under Section 3(10).

Special Economic Zone designation for pharmaceutical sector at Kalamboli notified, specifying pockets and total area as SEZ.
Notification declares a Special Economic Zone at Kalamboli, Navi Mumbai for the pharmaceutical sector, following approval of M/s. Navi Mumbai SEZ Private Limited's proposal and satisfaction of statutory requirements. Exercising powers under the SEZ legislative framework and rules, the Central Government specifies the notified pockets Padghe-01 and part of Valvali-01 aggregating 103.0727 hectares and records prior approval for conversion of the pharmaceutical SEZ into an IT/ITES SEZ.

Approval Committee for SEZ constituted under SEZ Act to govern IT/ITES zone, specifying ex officio members and developer invitee.
Constitutes an Approval Committee for the IT and ITES Special Economic Zone at Gandhinagar under sub section (1) of section 13 of the SEZ Act, 2005, for the SEZ proposed to be developed by M/s. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation. The Committee is chaired by the Development Commissioner (ex officio) and comprises specified ex officio members from the Department of Commerce, Foreign Trade, Customs/Central Excise, Income Tax, Ministry of Finance (Banking), two Joint Secretary rank nominees of the State, and a developer representative as Special Invitee.

Designation as Inland Container Depot makes the Gandhinagar IT SEZ subject to Customs Act treatment and procedures.
The Central Government appointed 13th May, 2009 as the date from which the sector specific SEZ for information technology and IT enabled services at Gandhinagar Sarkhej Highway, proposed to be developed by M/s. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, shall be deemed to be an Inland Container Depot under section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962, pursuant to sub section (2) of section 53 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005.

Special Economic Zone designation for IT/ITES formalises a sector-specific SEZ at Gandhinagar and its notified area.
Notification establishes a Special Economic Zone for the information technology and information technology enabled services sector at Gandhinagar, proposed by Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation; having satisfied statutory prerequisites and granted prior approval for development, operation and maintenance, the Central Government notifies the area set out in the Table (Plot No. 2 to 25 and the stated area) as the sector specific SEZ under the SEZ statutory framework and rules.

Special Economic Zone designation deems the biotechnology SEZ to be an Inland Container Depot, enabling customs regulatory treatment.
The Central Government's notification designates a sector-specific Special Economic Zone for biotechnology proposed by M/s. TCG Urban Infrastructure Holdings Limited as attaining statutory effect from the appointed date and deems that SEZ to be an Inland Container Depot for purposes of the Customs Act, thereby placing the zone within the customs regulatory framework.