The Indian government has announced key amendments to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) rules to encourage high-tech manufacturing in semiconductors and electronic components. The changes, notified by the Department of Commerce on 3 June 2025, aim to make SEZ development more flexible and investment-frien..
Under the revised norms, the minimum contiguous land required for establishing an SEZ exclusively for semiconductor or electronic component manufacturing has been reduced from 50 hectares to just 10 hectares. This major amendment to Rule 5 of the SEZ Rules, 2006, is expected to lower entry barriers for companies in these capital-intensive sectorrs.