Is SEZ really a boon for the farmers?

[rahuldahiya.ibs]

Hi guys
SEZ is really a boon for farmers which are owner of prime agriculture land.
as you all knows that today world is going towards food crisis, we need to save our prime agriculture land and produce more & more to take stand for food crisis.
I am not saying that SEZ is bad for Indian economy or development but it should be developed at land which is infertile or not agriculture land.
Take the example of Reliance SEZ in Sonipat, Haryana which is going to develop on prime agriculture land situated at national highway no. 1 and also get benefit of exemptions available for SEZ.
what they will develop their as that area is already developed. Corporates are taking advantages of relationship with governments and try to get more & more profit at less cost but real cost for India is very high.

[randomvish]

i think India which was said to be an Agricultural country or a Farmers country will soon be changed to India a SEZ country........people in india r dyin coz of malnutrition....then also these people want our agricultural land to be converted into a township.....govt. is sayin tht SEZ will increase the revenue of country,will make india prosper etc. but wat abt our farmers.....where will they go....govt. is not givin them proper compensation also nor ne job guarantee......coz of this SEZ we will have more deaths due to malnutrition in the future....

[nvignesh]

Of course. I am from Tamilnadu and proud to say it holds the maximum no of SEZ in India. Thru SEZs export and import of agricultural commodities can be channelised and thereby their life will be improved

[rahuldahiya.ibs]

But mr. vignesh , for exporting the agriculture commodities, we need commodities and that can grew only on agriculture land.
and if govt is going 2 acquire agriculture land no use 2 export facilities
i m nt saying SEZs are bad but it should be develop on non agriculture land

[shobhitchandak]

hi

i just wanted to add that i dont know if this famous but there are 6 villages in maharashtra and the farmers there have applied for SEZ on tier own will... i think it is a boon for them as they will now come from villages to having proper infrastructure and they have full facilities... to add thier safety they will keep 60 % stake of the SEZ... to see this we understand that how from farmenrs they have become businessmen.... its quite cool i think and i think that it is helping farmers all over India... but the sad part is that as more land is being converted to SEZ it will soon have an impact on our agri sector which could lead to disaster. all in all i think SEZ are good for the economies as well as the farmers.

[atulanavekar]

great going, iam here to learn more about sez on which iam supposed to do a project and submit by this month end

[shilpgala]

According to me SEZ is a really a boon because sez leads to satellite growth. It brings new employment opportunities. It converts the unskilled labour into skilled. But before a farmer enters into some sort of agreement he should be made clear regarding the future benfits and losses.There should more of clarty on his part. We cannot increase the gdp of the country by affecting some poor people. Thus there should be some sort of agency or regulation to help farmers and get them a good price for the land.

[punitparwal]

it is really good to offer money to farmers by exchange of land as it would help them monterey wise and hence in a way better for india

[punitparwal]

and as creation of SEZ by selling the land wud hence make a provision for betterment of indian economy

[punitparwal]

The sizzling controversy of whether setting up Special Economic Zones is good for India or would spell disaster is one that is not going to go away too soon. The media often forgets stories a couple of weeks old, but this one will be on the front pages for a long time to come. It is a controversy that is ironically pitting the Finance Ministry against the Commerce Ministry,