Industrial area plan: Bold move, old obstacle

For narrow political gains, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), an ally of the Congress in the Maharashtra government, is trying to sabotage a bold and innovative industrial policy that aims to induce corporates to invest in manufacturing and create jobs. Despite Ajit Pawar, the Deputy Chief Minister from NCP, signing on the dotted line, the party is opposing a plan in the policy that allows Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to denotify and turn themselves into integrated industrial areas (IIAs) in the state.

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