The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, vide Notification F. No. K-43013(12)/1/2021-SEZ, dated November 7, 2023, notified amendment to the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006, made
Bs Reporter / Jalandhar August 25, 2008, 5:56 IST The Punjab government has decided to invite Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata to set up a plant in the state to manufacture Nano. The invitation comes on the back of Tata's threat to pull out of West Bengal if the political opposition to the project continues. "I will soon write an offer letter to Tata to formally invite the group to install the small car's plant in Punjab, for which every possible facility will be provided by the state government,' Punjab Industry Minister Manoranjan Kalia told reporters here on Sunday.
Bs Reporter / Singur August 25, 2008, 0:12 IST Allegedly owned by CPI(M) promoters, it is not cultivated, says Trinamool leader. Rally turnout lower than expected. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee suggested earmarking 500 acres of land opposite the controversial Tata Motors factory site to make the "people's car', the Nano, in Singur for the project.
Kozhikode: Industries Minister Elamaram Karim has said that the State government is not in the race for Tata Motors' Nano project. "The government is not in favour of snatching a project of another State. Our party [the Communist Party of India-Marxist] is trying to amicably settle the issue,' Mr. Karim told The Hindu here on Sunday. He said the government did not want unhealthy competition among the States. "However, Tata Motors is wholeheartedly welcome to the State if the company has fresh ideas. If they approach, we are ready to host a new project,' he said.
KOLLAM: Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai has called upon the State Government to follow the West Bengal model in allotting Special Economic Zones in the state. Speaking at a news conference here on Friday, he said the LDF Government could follow the criteria adopted by their West Bengal counterparts in allotting the SEZs. Instead of allotting thousand acre, the state should allot small holdings up to 50 or 100 acres for setting up SEZs, he said.
Marcus Dam KOLKATA: Amid elaborate security arrangements, the Trinamool Congress and its allies on Sunday launched an indefinite agitation outside the Tata Motors' car project site at Singur in West Bengal's Hooghly district. "The
BY PARWEZ HAFEEZ KOLKATA West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday said that the first Nano car will roll out in October. Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday reiterated that unless 400 acres of 1,000 acres, was returned to the unwilling farmers, she would not lift the siege of the Tata Motors' small car plant at Singur. The situation is extremely fluid and it is not yet possible to say whether the Tatas will shift the Nano project to some other state.
BY SUBRATA CHATTOPADHYAY KOLKATA Apparently rattled by the huge success of Trinamul Congress-led siege of the Tata Motor's site at Singur, the ruling CPI(M) has come up with a plan B formula to offer the belligerent Mamata Banerjee. In its desperate bid to placate Ms Banerjee, the CPI(M) satraps are contemplating the idea of acquiring 400-acres land at an alternative site.
BY DIBYAJYOTI CHAUDHURI SINGUR Led by Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, thousands of people on Sunday laid an indefinite siege of the Tata Motos' Nano project site at Singur in Hooghly. Twenty-one dharna platforms were erected along the boundary wall of the factory for what Ms Banerjee described as a "peaceful satyagraha'. Belying apprehensions, there was no incident of vandalism or violence although thousands of angry protesters converged on the site. The exemplary restraint demonstrated by the police also averted a confrontation.
Special Correspondent KOLKATA: The Tata Motors authorities have sent a letter to the West Bengal government, stating that they require over 997 acres to set up the automobile manufacturing project and ancillary units in Singur, Industries Minister Nirupam Sen said on Thursday. The letter was in response to a clarification sought by the government on a letter the company had sent to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on the project. Ms. Banerjee had highlighted a paragraph in the letter that between 600 and 650 acres was required for the car plant.
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) on Thursday sought further time from Gujarat High Court to submit its inspection report regarding fishermen's allegations on the Adanis that the Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has violated court's order by contunued to fill three creeks near Mundra. A division bench has granted GMB the time till Aug 29 to file its reply. Earlier, it was asked to file the report on Thursday and the hearing was kept on August 25.
