India: Modi Wins as Gujarat Gets Tata's Nano Plant
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi stood by as Tata announced the relocation of its Nano project to Gujarat from Singur in West Bengal
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Nano, the revolutionary small car from Tata Motors has a new home. The chairman of the Tata Group Ratan Tata on Tuesday announced the relocation of the Rs 2,000-crore Tata Nano project to Gujarat from Singur in West Bengal.
Amid smiles and exchange of bouquets, the Tatas inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the form of a 'state support agreement' at the Sachivalay premises at Gandhinagar. The Tatas will set up the 'mother plant' for the Nano on 1,100 acres at Sanand, about 35 kilometers from Ahmedabad. Members of the state cabinet and senior officials of the Tata group were present during the signing of the agreement. The mother plant was earlier meant to be located at Singur.