Pranab to try to persuade West Bengal on IT project
September 12th, 2009 - 12:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Friday that he will speak to the West Bengal government on allocating land to IT majors Wipro and Infosys after the state scrapped a mega project.
“It is unfortunate. It does not convey a good signal,” said Mukherjee, who represents the parliamentary constituency of Jangipur in West Bengal.
“I will talk to state government to see if land is provided to the companies,” he told reporters.
He pointed out that the IT majors would be able to provide employment to 5,000 to 10,000 people.
West Bengal Monday scrapped a proposed IT township project, involving companies like Infosys and Wipro, at Rajarhat near Kolkata following allegations that the land for it had been forcibly and illegally acquired.
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