The next six months may see the Centre notifying 100 special economic zones.
Despite the missive on the impact of foreign retail on the small kirana shops in the country written by Congress President Sonia Gandhi to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, everyone in the government knows that it was never to be taken seriously.
Reflecting the enthusiasm among private companies for setting up special economic zones, the board of approval for SEZs will consider over 100 proposals on March 17 - its first meeting since the implementation of SEZ Act and Rules last month.
India's export growth slowed down to 14.08 per cent during January 2007 to $9.64 billion, while imports rose 35.74 per cent to $15.43 billion over the corresponding month a year ago.
Forex dealers said besides strong demand for the American currency from importers, capital outflows mainly weighed on the domestic currency.
As Amazon India, Flipkart are forced to shut down 60 categories and push out 45 mn products, a new lobby group comprising sellers is in the making to take up e-com concerns.
