[5] Due to these hassles government proposed making SEEPZ a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in 1999.

This meant no excise or customs duty will ever be levied on raw materials, companies would have to sell their products/services overseas to earn back precious foreign exchange for the country that was spent in importing those goods using hard currency.

[6] Due to its business importance and high concentration of work force SEEPZ has remained the prime target of criminals and terrorists.

[8] Women employees working in SEEPZ during the night shifts are entitled transport facility between home and office from their employers.

After much political controversy, it was handed back to Fr Rodney Esperance of Bombay Archdiocese in 2003[11] in a ceremony organized by Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.