Special Economic Zones (Second Amendment) Rules, 2010 - G.S.R. 597(E) - Special Economic Zone

Special Economic Zones (Second Amendment) Rules, 2010 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) NOTIFICATION New Delhi , dated the 12/07/2010 G.S.R. 597(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 55 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 , namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2010 . (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules ), in rule 5 :- (a) in sub-rule (2), in clause (b), after proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- Provided also that in respect of Special Economic Zones located in B1 category cities as per classification indicated in Annexure-IV, the minimum built up area shall be 50% of area specific above and in respect of Special Economic Zones located in B2 category cities as indicated in Annex IV, the minimum built up area shall be 25% of the area specified above (b) in sub-rule (2), in clause (c), in the third proviso, for the words 'for a specific sector , the words having area less than one thousand hectares shall be substituted. 3. After Annexure III to the principal rules , the following Annexure shall be inserted namely :- ANNEXURE IV [Refer rule 5(2)(B)] CLASSIFICATION OF CITIES City Classification (1) (2) Mumbai A-1 Delhi A-1 Kolkata A-1 Chennai A-1 Bangalore A-1 Hyderabad A-1 Ahmedabad A Pune A Surat A Kanpur A Coimbatore A Lucknow A Nagpur A Jaipur A Visakhapatnam A Vijayawada A Kochi B-1 Patna B-1 Indore B-1 Bhopal B-1 Guntur B-1 Vadodara B-1 Ludhiana B-1 Agra B-1 Nashik B-1 Kakinada B-1 Raipur B-1 Madurai B-1 Varanasi B-1 Rajkot B-1 Rajahmundry B-1 Jabalpur B-1 Jamshedpur B-1 Allahabad B-1 Amritsar B-1 Asansol B-1 Dhanbad B-1 All other cities B-2 F.No.C2/5/2009-SEZ ANIL MUKIM, Jt. Secy. Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 54(E), dated the 10th February, 2006 and subsequently amended vide notifications as under:- Sl. No. G.S.R. Dated 1. 470(E) 10th August, 2006 2. 393(E) 16th March, 2007 3. 1744(E) 12th October, 2007 4. 2661(E) 14th November, 2008 5. 72(E) 3rd February, 2009 6. 1293(E) 20th May, 2009 7. 562(E) 3rd August, 2009 8. 501(E) 14th June, 2010