17th August 1673
All the 23 Chief Ministers, accompanied by some of the important cabinet ministers of the empire, held a press conference and informed about the special economic zones and the growth models of the state with great fanfare, and the effect it had was immediate. The news spread like wildfire all over the empire, appearing like Ganesha Chaturthi coming early for the Industrialists, causing an earthquake in the business circles.
With the policy being officially put into motion, several locations in a state, sometimes one, sometimes multiple, were designated as special economic zones, and their management was immediately taken over by the commissioner, with the plaque bearing the insignia of the Ministry of Special Tasks planted right outside the SEZ management office, surprising the unsuspecting people walking by who had always thought that the building was simply a headquarters for some private company.
