On Jan 28, 2008 7:21 PM, Devdas Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Controlled by local special economic zone regs that are hard on labour > > unions and soft on environmental controls > > > Pen (Raigad district)? Pune? The Pen SEZ would be pretty destructive to > the environment, Pune much less so. Pune also has an upcoming SEZ being > developed by local farmers (instead of the government getting involved > in taking over the land).
Just to note, if I'm not mistaken in China SEZs seem to be entire regions governed by different laws. In India my impression is that SEZs are typically industrial parks[1] under specific regulations -- more akin to the old "bonded warehouse" regs that software companies used to work under. So you probably won't want people whose homes are in the SEZ in your novel. I may be mistaken though -- could someone with better info pipe up? -- b [1] Wikipedia states that the average size of Indian SEZs is 200 acres. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEZ#India )
