Under Section 4 of the Special Economic Zones ACT, 2005 - Electronics Technology Parks-Kerala - S.O. 363(E) - Special Economic Zone

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, 13 th February 2013 S.O. 363(E) Whereas, M/s. Electronics Technology Parks-Kerala, an autonomous society wholly owned by the State Government of Kerala, has proposed under section 3 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) , to set up a sector specific Special Economic Zone for Information technology and information technology enabled services at Villages Pallippuram Veiloor, District Thiruvananthapuram in the State of Kerala; And whereas, the Central Government is satisfied that requirements under sub-section (8) of section 3 of the said Act , and other related requirements are fulfilled and it has granted letter of approval under sub-section (10) of Section 3 of the said Act for development, operation and maintenance of the above sector specific Special Economic Zone on 16th May, 2012; Now, therefore, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 and in pursuance of rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006 , hereby notifies the following area at above location with survey numbers given below in the Table, as a Special Economic Zone, namely:- TABLE Sl. No. Name of the Village Re. Survey No. Area (in hectares Are. Sqm) (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. Pallippuram 354 9.26.85 2. 356 10.11.51 3. 360 5.05.86 4. 364 1.84.06 5. 365 1.02.75 6. 366 6.74.26 7. 367 6.49.66 8. 368 8.36.19 9. 370 3.61.11 10. 371 1.12.90 11. 377 4.69.60 12. Veiloor 326 00.31.14 13. 327 00.71.80 14. 333 01.17.43 15. 334 00.98.29 16. 335 01.04.88 17. 338 00.60.28 18. 339 01.10.25 19. 340 01.05.53 20. 346 01.39.90 21. 347 00.63.30 22. 354 01.20.65 Total 39.37.19 Hectares And, therefore, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) , hereby constitutes a Committee to be called the Approval Committee for the above Special Economic Zone for the purpose; of section 14 of the said Act consisting of the following Chairperson and Members, namely: 1. Development Commissioner of the Special Economic Zone - Chairperson ex officio 2. Director or Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce or his nominee not below the rank of Under Secretary to the Government of India - Member, ex officio 3. Zonal Joint Director General of Foreign Trade having territorial jurisdiction over the Special Economic Zone - Member ex officio 4. Commissioner of Customs or Central Excise having territorial jurisdiction over the Special Economic Zone or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Commissioner - Member, ex officio 5. Commissioner of Income Tax having territorial jurisdiction over the Special Economic Zone or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Commissioner - Member, ex officio 6. Director (Banking) in the Ministry of Finance, Banking Division, Government of India - Member, ex officio 7. Two Officers, not below the rank of Joint Secretary, to be nominated by the State Government - Member, ex officio 8. Representative of the Developer of the zone - Special Invitee And, therefore, the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 53 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) , hereby appoints the 13th day of February, 2013 as the date from which the above Special Economic Zone shall be deemed to be Inland Container Depot under Section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) .