By IANS,
Bhopal: The state governments should leave it to industrialists to acquire land for their projects, especially for special economic zones (SEZs), Minister of state for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Wednesday.
Priority should also be given to make use of barren land in setting up of SEZs and industries, he told reporters.
“Also, the SEZ policy does not say that the state governments should acquire land. There would be no problem the day the state governments will leave it to the investor who should contact the owner of the land to be acquired directly and pay him as per the prevalent market rate.”
Scindia said that Madhya Pradesh lags far behind in development for want of execution of ideas.
“There is no dearth of ideas but they are of no use till they are executed properly. We hear of investor meets being organised every now and then in various cities of the state but not a single project has come up so far – only because there has been no proper follow-up by the state government,” he said.
There are several projects, like Guna-Etawah Railway line project, which have been cleared by the central government but have remained incomplete for years as the state government has not executed them, he said.