Indore may house three more SEZs
Indore: Indore is likely to have three more Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The Audyogik Kendriya Vikas Nigam (AKVN) is scouting for land near the city for the proposed SEZs.

Ashish Shrivastava, managing director, AKVN said many sites in and around the city were being considered for the SEZ.

The ministers' committee is also looking at a 25-acre plot of land near Khandwa Road, where construction of IT Park is already underway, as a potential venue for the SEZ. The privatisation of the SEZ being developed in Pithampur would also be finalised in due course. Till now, around seven companies have evinced interest in buying into the SEZ.

On the infrastructure front, the government is proposing that flights to Hyderabad and Bangalore be started from the city, to cater to rising number of business travellers. Also better road and rail link between Indore and other key cities are also being considered. The roads that connect airport and Pithampur SEZ as well as the rest of the city must be widened for better service.
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AP registers 51 pc growth in IT exports
Hyderabad: Andhra Padesh has recorded a growth of about 51 per cent in total IT exports at Rs12,500 crore during 2005-2006, from Rs8,270 crore last year. The country's overall IT exports crossed the magical Rs1,00,000 mark registering Rs1,00,809 crore during 2005-2006.

While Karnataka (Rs37,500 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs15,500 crore) registered a growth rate of 34 per cent, Tamil Nadu registered a 29 per cent growth rate (Rs13,900 crore).
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Two new jewellery training centres to come up
New Delhi: The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) is setting up more institutes for providing training in jewellery designing and manufacture. To be called Indian Institute of Gems and Jewellery (IIGJ), two centres would be set up by the council in Jaipur and Kolkata with the help of Commerce Ministry and local governments of the two cities.

The Jaipur centre would provide training for the entire process of jewellery manufacture and would have a capacity to train around 2000 students every year. It would offer a three and a half year diploma in jewellery manufacture encompassing all processes of design and production. Apart from this, it would also offer modules of smaller duration to provide training for specific activities in gemmology and production. The council has a similar institute in Mumbai.
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