In Chapter 1, we saw what may be development for one may be destructive for others. The setting of SEZs has been opposed by some people in India. Find out who are these people and why are they opposing it.

The persons who are opposing the setting up of the SEZs are of two kinds

(a) The rural people or the tribals who live where the SEZs are being established. They are worried that their livelihood would be affected as it is directly linked to the land, on which they have been living for various generation.


(b) The persons who are producing goods and services outside the SEZs similar to those proposed inside the SEZs. They are afraid of the undue competitive strength that those who are doing production inside SEZs would have against them, in the marketplace.


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