Special Economic Zones in India: White Elephants or Race Horses

21 Pages Posted: 14 Mar 2007

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Siddhartha Mitra

Jadavpur University - Department of Economics

Abstract

On the basis of economic theory and history we can conclude that absorption of agricultural labour is necessary for sustained economic development of a developing country. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) constitute a medium for such sustenance. However, the SEZ policy in India has suffered from permission being granted for far too many sub-optimally sized SEZs or for others serving as appendages to mega cities and therefore inheriting all the diseconomies associated with the large size of the latter.

Keywords: Special Economic Zones, Absorption, Employment

JEL Classification: O10, O40

Suggested Citation

Mitra, Siddhartha, Special Economic Zones in India: White Elephants or Race Horses. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=969274 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.969274

Siddhartha Mitra (Contact Author)

Jadavpur University - Department of Economics ( email )

Kolkata, 700032
India

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