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being undertaken by the Indian government. Consequent upon the SEZ Rules coming
into force with eect from 10 February 2006, BOA has held nine meetings. At present,
there are 589 valid formal approvals and 48 in-principle approvals. Out of the 589
formal approvals, notifications have already been issued to 389 SEZs, tillJuly 2012.
The fact that these 589 formal approvals given for setting up SEZs and spread
over 19 states/UTs (union territories), show that they are not concentrated in any
one particular region but all over the country. The total land area in the 589 formally
approved SEZs is about 71,502 Hectare, out of which ...