Patil SEZ no to agricultural land

  • 25/03/2008

  • Economic Times

UNION home minister Shivraj Patil is not in favour of allowing the use of agricultural land for setting up special economic zones (SEZs). "Land which is good for agriculture should not be acquired for SEZs as far as possible. No irrigable land should be acquired and only barren land should be taken for SEZs,' Mr Patil said in his address at a seminar on