Punjab rushes to grab Nano chance, offers 1,000 acres

Charanjit Ahuja
Posted: 2008-08-23 23:54:08+05:30 IST
Updated: Aug 23, 2008 at 2354 hrs IST

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If West Bengal chief minister Budhadeb Bhattacharjee had outsmarted the then chief minister of Punjab by wooing Ratan Tata for setting up the Nano car project in West Bengal, the present Punjab government is seeing an opportunity in agitating against the project in that state.

Punjab ‘s industries minister, Manoranjan Kalia told FE on Friday,” the Punjab government would only be willing to offer the required land to the Tatas for setting up the car manufacturing facility. We would facilitate the Tatas and hope that Punjab would be their first choice”. “We would meet the chairman of Tata Motors, Ratan Tata, and other officials to urge them to come to Punjab to set up the project to manufacture the ‘people’s car’ priced at Rs1 lakh”, the industries minister added.

Sources in the industry department said that the state government could offer 1,000 acres at places like Ropar, Nabha and Kapurthala for setting up these projects. All these locations are nor far from Chandigarh . The Punjab government, desperate to bring various manufacturing units to the state in order to enhance employment, is also prepared to offer special concessions.

Industry department sources said that Tata shares good relations with the Punjab government, since the Punjab government has already announced a joint venture with Tata Motors to set up an automotive and driving skills institute in the district of Mukatsar. Called State Institute of Automotive and Driving Skills (SIADS) will be set up in Mahuana village, at a cost of Rs 13 crore.

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» negalis including mamta are brain fuecks

Posted by adi on 2008-08-27 11:46:29.090095+05:30
bengalis r such brain fuccks wonder wht made taats go to wb in the 1st place..arrogant show off bengalis and leftists they jst debate to sound intellectuals but in fact they jst the dumbest fuccking species on mother earth

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» Dear Mamata Nano is not nano

Posted by R Jaiswara on 2008-08-23 14:52:02.803026+05:30
My message to WB people and specially Ms Mamata is that don't take Nano project as a nano (minute) opportunity but see the future with it. It is going to write history in auto industry of world and WB will be party to that with lot of job directly/indirectly and growth in WB industry which was left away by business houses for growth since long. Learn from other state, accept it gracefully for your future generation.

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» SHAME ON MAMTA AND WB GOVT.

Posted by Ansh on 2008-08-23 14:26:14.888312+05:30
I feel. that this is a perfect time for the other govt from other states to offer TATA co. a place and all possible support to set-up the Nano Plant in their own state, if this scenario continues in Singur. It will be great loss to the WB govt if TATA pulls out. Other states' govt should take a lesson from this and should invite TATA to set-up Nano plant in their state.

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» Nice article

Posted by Saurabh Mehra on 2008-08-23 14:12:29.37997+05:30
Nice article all in all.But i would have liked it more if there would have been more detail.

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