Reliance Communications [ Get Quote ] has received approvals from Maharashtra [ Images ] and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation for its proposed 45-acre special economic zone.

The company had earlier received the Board of Approvals' nod for the SEZ.

Coming up at the Dhirubhai Ambani [ Images ] Knowledge City, the SEZ would cater to the emerging information technology and information technology-enabled services sectors.

The SEZ will host around 30-40 IT and business process outsourcing companies at the SEZ that would be set up on 45 acres (18.6 hectares) at the DAKC.

The 135-acre campus of DAKC houses the Anil Ambani [ Images ] group's national headquarters.

Reliance Communications spokesperson refused to comment on the current status of the SEZ.

Earlier, the group's proposal to set up a multi-product SEZ in Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] was turned down by the state government, stating it was "not feasible".

The SEZ is coming up close to the elder sibling Mukesh Ambani's [ Images ] proposed SEZ at Kharghar, in Navi Mumbai [ Images ].