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In response to Sumeet Jain’s article, “You Say Nano, We Say No-No:” Getting a “Yes” Instead for Special Economic Zones in India, Amitendu Palit challenges Jain’s position that greater incorporation of public views and procedural reforms will generate more favorable perceptions of India’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs) policy. Though Palit acknowledges that the opposition to SEZs stems from the lack of debate or discussion around the implementation of these development zones, he does not agree that SEZs will gain more support with an increased induction of public opinion and technical improvements in SEZ policy.
At bottom, the underlying conflict between “market-based” and “rights-based” approaches to industrial development in India must be settled. According to Palit, it is unclear whether regulation negotiations, even if fixed specifically on the issue of acquiring land for industry and SEZs, can yield the right solutions unless proponents of both approaches are primed to better appreciate each other’s positions.
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Amitendu Palit,
India’s SEZ: Victims of Ideology,
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Nw. J. Int'l L. & Bus.
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