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Convenor of Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) Dr Oscar Rebello has been nominated for CNN-IBN's Indian of the Year Award 2007 in public service category Vote for him at: http://www.cnnibnindianoftheyear.com/publicservice_voting_new.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Though the Goa Congress Government has declared scrapping of all SEZs, the proposed as well as 3 notified ones, it has not come out with a white paper or a clear cut policy on de-notifying the notified SEZs which will be a bone in the throat of Goa Govt, which it is neither able to abandon nor implement. The dissent is building up within the pro-SEZ lobby in Goa Congress legislature party. These disgruntled members are hell bent on reviving at least the notified SEZs by hook or crook and are busy in garnering support within the party. They may even go to the extent of forcing Digubab to abdicate his chair as is evident from the activities going on in the political scenario. The re-qualified MGP MLAs have already expressed they are in favour of Ciplas's Meditab Specialities setting up their Industrial unit not in a SEZ form but ultimately it will be a SEZ project for sure. Vishwajeet Rane, Dayanand Narvekar, Chandrakant Kavlekar, Babu Azgaokar are the major players in this game plan. Though Babush Monseratte is opposing Dona Paula IT habitat, it is certain that he will not hesitate to support it once he will be a part of the booty he will be able to share. He has already said that anything can happen in politics. The guys in the Congress party who are paid in crores of rupees by the Companies or parties to whom the land have been allocated at throw away prices by GIDC, now they are in a shock as to how the amounts are to be refunded to these Companies. How the Government if gong to compensate to the Investors of these 3 notified SEZs is another question. Cipla is claiming to have spent 500 Crore rupees where as it is said that 50 crores have been used on IT habitat, at least on paper. Vinay