New Delhi, April 1 -- The government's decision to allow Special Economic Zones (SEZs) units to sell in the domestic market has triggered concern among local manufacturers, who fear cheaper SEZ goods could undercut them at home.

Finance Ministry sources, however, told ANI that the relief measure comes with a robust three-pillar safeguard framework -- designed specifically to ensure the domestic industry is not disadvantaged.

SEZ units already enjoy significant structural advantages -- duty-free inputs, certain tax benefits, and world-class infrastructure. When the government announced that these units could now sell up to 30 per cent of their export turnover in the domestic market, alarm bells rang in some quarters of the domestic indus...