Special Economic Zones SEZs in India with reference to Maharashtra State A Comparative Study

Abstract

India is the cradle of human civilization. It has a variety and rich cultural heritage. India is a country spread over a vast continent from the Himalayas to the North and the Indian Ocean at the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, the Bay of Bengal in the East. India is very rich in natural resources like fertile lands, dense forests, rivers with perennial water flows, rich mineral reserves, her animal kingdom, a variety of plants and herbs, have made this land a center of human habitation right from the dawn of human civilization but not all its resources have been fully tapped. India is known as Bharatvarsh. newlineCulture and civilization in any country is intimately related to the history of trade, commerce and industry. Culture in all times follows the wake of commerce. This is more true of ancient times than of the modern. The caravans of the olden times were not only the carriers of wars but also of civilization. newlineCivilization grows and expands hand in hand with the growth and expansion of commerce, trade and industry. Ancient India is popularly known to be a land of sages, saints, yogis, magicians and philosophers, much is known about its spiritualism and philosophy, but unfortunately much less is known about its sciences, industry, trade and commerce. newlineStatement and Significance of the Problem Under Study newlineThe human progress from the Stone Age to the Space Age has been one of the chronic change. About two hundred years ago a fundamental revolution began, first in United Kingdom, then in a few European countries and Northern America; that has changed more swiftly and radically the conditions of human life than any preceding equivalent period. A structural transformation shifted the balance of productivity away from agricultural to industry and opened up unlimited possibilities for increasing productivity of human labour. The transformation has been more bewildering in the countries of the West, but now the developing countries have been stunningly impressed by the phenomenon called small scale industries.