| SEZs given 'In-principle' Approval1 as of October 2006 | ||||||||
| IT | Sector (non-IT) | Multi-product | TOTAL | |||||
| no. of | area | no. of | area | no. of | area | no. of | area | |
| SEZs | (sq. km) | SEZs | (sq. km) | SEZs | (sq. km) | SEZs | (sq. km) | |
| AP | - | - | 6 | 7.18 | 3 | 30.5 | 9 | 37.68 |
| Chattisgarh | - | - | 1 | 0.29 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 20.29 |
| Dadra&Nagar Ha | - | - | 1 | 0.8 | - | - | 1 | 0.8 |
| Delhi | 1 | 0.11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.11 |
| Gujarat | - | - | 9 | 13.43 | 3 | 68.5 | 12 | 81.93 |
| Haryana | 8 | 7.42 | 7 | 8.14 | 12 | 414.47 | 27 | 430.03 |
| Himachal Pradesh | - | - | 1 | 32.3 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 50.3 |
| Kerala | 2 | 4.14 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4.14 |
| Karnataka | 5 | 6.04 | 10 | 17.85 | 2 | 23.32 | 17 | 47.21 |
| Maharashtra | 1 | 0.1 | 11 | 26.25 | 15 | 197.43 | 27 | 223.78 |
| MP | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 72.64 | 6 | 73.04 |
| Orissa | 2 | 0.32 | 3 | 13.34 | 2 | 26.95 | 7 | 40.61 |
| Punjab | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 5.4 | 1 | 10.11 | 7 | 15.71 |
| Rajasthan | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 1.47 | 5 | 120.94 | 8 | 122.51 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1.1 | 5 | 7.59 | 5 | 42.09 | 12 | 50.78 |
| Uttaranchal | 1 | 0.14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.14 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 1.64 | 5 | 4.8 | 2 | 53.1 | 10 | 59.54 |
| West Bengal | 3 | 2.36 | 8 | 45.05 | 3 | 70.8 | 14 | 118.21 |
| TOTAL | 31 | 23.87 | 75 | 184.09 | 60 | 1168.85 | 166 | 1376.8 |
| 1 - after SEZ Act came into force in 2006 | ||||||||