TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; DECLARATION; CERTIFICATE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; PART I - EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES: AN OVERVIEW 1. MEANING & DEFINITION; 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF EPZs; 3. HISTORY & EVOLUTION; 4. EPZs IN INDIA; PART II - SEZs IN INDIA 5. MEANING & DEFINITION; 6. LEGAL FRAMEWORK ; 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEZs; 8. FUNCTIONING OF SEZs; 9. EXIT OF UNITS ; 10. INCENTIVES I EXEMPTIONS; PART III - SEZs: PERFORMANCE & ISSUES; 11. PERFORMANCE OF INDIAN EPZs I SEZs; 12. CONCERNS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY.