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India to ease business rules

By Jo Johnson in New Delhi and Khozem Merchant in Mumbai

Published: May 6 2005 01:21 | Last updated: May 6 2005 01:21

India will introduce Chinese-style special economic zones and scrap the ceiling on voting rights in private sector banks in an attempt to attract foreign direct investment and liberalise its financial services sector.

The SEZ bill, which will go before parliament, is intended to extend to India's export-oriented manufacturing companies the fiscal and labour advantages that have been enjoyed by the country's world-class information technology sector.

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