The draft DESH Bill (2022) has removed the NFE criteria and addressed some of the most pressing concerns of SEZ units. While the Bill is the right step in terms of designing a policy on non-fiscal inc...

India's SEZ policy has not been able to link incentives with servicification to enhance the global competitiveness of manufacturing units. Subsidising services used in manufacturing for exports is a c...

India needs to urgently revamp its SEZ policy, as the mandatory requirement on net foreign exchange earnings makes it a subsidy that's non-compliant to the WTO. Dr Arpita Mukherjee, Professor at ICRIE...