Falta Special Economic Zone (FSEZ)

Falta Special Economic Zone (FSEZ) is among the several special economic zones in India under the Special Economic Zone scheme of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry within the Central Government of India.

There are eight special economic zones in India such as Kandla, Vishakapatnam, Santacruz, Noida, Falta, Surat, Kochi, and Madras. The special economic zones are the specified tax-free territories used by manufacturing units for the production of goods.

The Central Government of India established Falta Special Economic Zone (FSEZ) in the year 1984.

At present the Falta Special Economic Zone comes under the SEZ Act and rules of the Central Government of India. The main purpose of the Falta Special Economic Zone is to add on to the commercial activities, publicity of services and goods, publicity for both domestic and global capital investments, development and maintenance of basic amenities for the industries in the specific region, generation of employment pertaining to the state of West Bengal. The special economic zones are exempted from the duties, tariffs, cess, and tax payments.

In the State of West Bengal two more SEZ were established. The Manikanchan SEZ pertaining to jewelry and gems and the Wipro SEZ pertaining to the information technology based sector and information technology enabled services. Both of the SEZ are located in the Salt Lake City, near the capital city of Kolkata.

The infrastructure of Falta Special Economic Zone includes-

• The total area under the Falta Special Economic Zone is nearly 280 acres
• The area which is fully developed with the basic infrastructure facilities measures up to 253 acres
• The area still under the development measures up to 27 acres
• The built up area which is allotted measures up to 15570 square meters
• The area of the allotted industrial shed measures up to 15350 square meters
• The total internal roadways measure up to 11 kilometers
• Further 5 kilometers of roadways is under development
• The water supply capacity is nearly 1 million liters in a day
• The area is provided with a equally good drainage facility
• The area is provided with a power substation for the continuous supply of electricity round the clock throughout the area and the special economic zone is also equipped with power back up systems
• There are provisions of dumping locations
• The Falta Special Economic Zone has the provision of electronically controlled weigh bridge for accurate weigh measurement

Social and economic infrastructure of Falta Special Economic Zone are-

• The area is provided with post office and courier service facilities
• The area has it own telephone exchange
• The area is provided with residential complexes for the employees of the special economic zone
• The area has a medical dispensary operated by the Employee State Insurance
• The area also has other facilities such as commercial banks, fire station, etc
• The capacity of the container handling jetty at the Falta Special Economic Zone is 5 containers in an hour
• The area is also provided with vocational training facility for the development of technological skills

The Falta Special Economic Zone (FSEZ) has its headquarters and can be contacted at -

Falta Special Economic Zone (Government of India, Dept. of Commerce)
2nd, MSO Building (4th Floor),
Nizam Palace, Calcutta - 700 020
Tel: 91-33-2287-2263, 2287-4092
Tele - Fax: 91-33-2287-7923
Official website: www.fepz.com
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

For more information on Indore Special Economic Zone, please refer to the following sites:

• Infrastructure of FSEZ
• Strengths and Opportunities of FSEZ