Govt dissociates itself from conference on SEZ

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 16:18 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI) The Goverment today said it would take action against organisers of a conference on SEZ for unauthorisedly associating the Union Agriculture Ministry with the event.

It said an advertisement appeared in a section of the Press on the event, 'National Conference on Special Economic Zones: Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation Policy', scheduled to be held on March 21 at Hotel Le Meridien here.

The Ministry of Agriculture was not supporting this event in any manner, nor did it wish to associate itself with any of the topics proposed to be discussed in the Conference, an official release here said.

''Suitable action is being taken against the organizers separately for unauthorised use of the name of the Ministry of Agriculture,'' it said.

UNI

Topics: EVENT-SEZ-GOVT

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