Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Rules, 2025 — Semiconductor & Electronics Boost MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

The official project figure gives Micron's Sanand SEZ facility an area of 37.64 hectares. The amended minimum for an exclusively semiconductor or electronic-component SEZ is 10 hectares. Subtracting the threshold from the facility area gives 37.64 − 10 = 27.64 hectares, so option A is correct.

The amendment to Rule 5 reduced the minimum contiguous land requirement for an SEZ exclusively manufacturing semiconductors or electronic components from 50 hectares to 10 hectares. Therefore, 10 hectares is the revised statutory threshold, while 50 hectares represents the earlier requirement.

The correct mapping is 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a. Rule 5 reduces the minimum contiguous land requirement to 10 hectares; Rule 7 concerns relaxation of the encumbrance-free condition; Rule 53 covers customs valuation of free-of-cost goods in Net Foreign Exchange calculations; and Rule 18 permits domestic supply after duties.

Amended Rule 7 allows the Board of Approval to relax the requirement that SEZ land be encumbrance-free when the land is mortgaged or leased to the Central Government, a State Government, or their authorised agencies. It is a case-specific relaxation, not a general cancellation of land safeguards.

Both statements are correct. Amended Rule 53 includes the value of goods received and supplied free of cost in Net Foreign Exchange calculations and applies customs valuation rules. Amended Rule 18 separately allows semiconductor and electronic-component SEZ units to supply the Domestic Tariff Area after paying applicable duties.