India, Nov. 21 -- Shifts in global value chains, rising demand for domestic tariff area (DTA) access, and the evolving impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) require special economic zone (SEZ) policies to be realigned with current economic realities, commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Friday.

Agrawal was at an industry interface organised by the Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZs (EPCES) in Chennai.

Participants at the interface drew Agrawal's attention to the lack of parity for SEZ units under concessional import duty and duty drawback schemes available to DTA units, a statement issued by the commerce and industry ministry said.

The EPCES brought together over 150 stakeholders for an interaction with Agrawal.

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