Mamata Banerjee realizes need for industries - to send team to Germany to scout around

The West Bengal government has, apparently, realized the folly of driving out the TATA Motors Nano factory from the state. The government is now eyeing investments in the automobile sector from Germany. Therefore, it plans to send officials to visit Germany later this month to scout around for investments in the automobile sector. Germany is home to big names like BMW, Volkswagen and Audi.
In case there is a positive response, chief minister Mamata Banerjee herself could travel to the country from Rome in September to hold discussions with the companies.
She will be in Rome in September to attend the canonisation of Mother Teresa and, if the team that sees any possibility of bringing in investments, the chief minister will visit the country after the programe in Rome.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 7 July 2016.

Obviously the Trinamul government was trying to counter a perception that it was anti-industry because of the Mamata-led movement that drove the Tata Nano factory out of Bengal. The government is apparently trying to address concerns over the lack of big-ticket investments in the manufacturing sector which could be a fallout of the Nano exit.
The chief minister seems to have realized that the automobile sector could open up investment avenues and also create job opportunities. Sanand in Gujarat, where Tata Motors shifted its Nano plant after moving out of Singur, has become an automobile hub with a number of companies, including Ford, Honda and Hyundai.
When Mamata Banerjee was in the Opposition, her agitation had driven the Nano project out of Bengal and realization has now dawned that industrialization is the need of the hour and creating more jobs for youths is important.


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