Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Are SEZs truly contributing to the National Economic Growth, or are they a mechanism of the Corporates to rob farmers of their livelihoods?

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I have always been holding that this is the case (please read my poem, "Death of Indian Farmer!", at
http://prmadhura3.blogspot.com/2011/03/death-of-indian-farmer.html)

Deccan Chronicle too concludes the same by saying, quote: Take special economic zones: do they really ensure development, or are they a form of “land grab” by the powerful? It is estimated the 40 lakhs acres of land taken for SEZs has produced five lakh jobs with an investment of Rs 100,000 crores — an expenditure of `20 lakhs per job. Its effect on people losing their land can be devastating: one West Bengal study shows a 45 per cent fall in access to work, 50 per cent rise in poverty, 60 per cent children leaving school to work to supplement family incomes, and women forced to become sex workers. This is not the development we need!  unquote.


Please read the Today's Editorial at,
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/editorial/dc-comment/needed-fair-law-land-acquisition-583

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