IJLTEMAS International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science (IJLTEMAS) IJLTEMAS 2278-2540 IJLTEMAS 71 10.51583/IJLTEMAS.2026.150700066 Economy A Study on the Performance Evaluation of Special Economic Zone Units on the Basis of Employment Generation in Kerala Satheesh Babu. A. T Dr. Associate Professor, PG Dept. of Commerce, Govt. Arts College, Trivandrum, Kerala. India 15 7 796 802 29 07 2026 03 08 2026 12 08 2026 Special Economic Zone Formal Approval In-Principle Approvals Export Processing zones Foreign Investments. Abstract

A Special Economic Zone is a trade capacity development tool with the goal to promote rapid economic growth by using tax and business incentives to attract foreign investment and technology. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws that are more liberal than a country's typical economic laws. SEZs attract investment and foreign exchange, spur employment and boost the development of improved technologies and infrastructure. In India, Special Economic Zones are being established in an attempt to deal with infrastructural deficiencies, procedural complexities, bureaucratic hassles and barriers raised by monetary, trade, fiscal, taxation, tariff and labour policies. Special Economic Zones/Export Processing Zones are being established as industrial enclaves for expediting the process of industrialization.

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