EPZs are designated areas that offer special incentives, relaxed regulations, and infrastructure to promote export-oriented manufacturing and trade.
The first export processing zone of Asia was set up in 1965 in
Asked in UPPSC Upper Mains 2011 · Topic: Industrial Sector (Industrial Infrastructure: Power, Logistics, and Special Economic Zones (SEZs))
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