Central government is actively involved in completing the final procedures to restart Nokia Company in Sriperumbudur.
The department of Information Technology under central government has constitutes an expediency task force committee to recommence the Nokia cell-phone and parts manufacturing company in Sriperumbudur in Chennai.
Indian Cellular Association (ICA) President Mr. Pankaj Mohindro has been nominated to head this committee.
Senior officials from companies such as Nokia, Lava, Sony, Microsoft and Micromax are members in this committee.
The committee commenced operations in December last year. It has been meeting the senior officials of the state and central government for discussions.
The main target of the committee is to increase the production of cell-phones to 500 million units per year before 2019. This would enable India to capture 25% of the world cell-phone production.
The efforts will not only be responsible for a revolution in cell-phone production but also will provide jobs for 15 Lakhs people. The committee, having set this target, is aiming to avail the advantageous conditions prevailing in Tamil Nadu.
Nokia is a leading manufacturer of cell-phones. With this company constrained to close its operations in its Sriperumbudur, the committee is in full swing operations to restart this company.
The chairman of the committee and vice-chairman met Minister Mr. Thangamani, Industry Development Department Chief Secretary Mr. C V Shankar, and Chief Secretary of the Information Technology Department Mr. T K Ramachandran and discussed.
Mr. Pankaj Mohindro shared the developments with reporters:
‘Our committee is eager to reopen the closed Nokia factory in Sriperumbudur. The committee has requested the state government to inform the activities to be contributed by it. The committee is continuing negotiations with the state government. Nokia has not been included in this stage. Nokia would be included later after crystallising the positive responses of state and central governments. We are confident of positive results.
Tamil Nadu state government has been quite keen in industrial development. It has been hugely successful in getting several big companies to start operations here. Currently, we are holding talks related to policy. We will inform the outcome later.
We have started full-fledged activities to restart Nokia plant in Sriperumbudur. Nokia plays a significant role in this effort. If successful, we would complete 35% of our mission. Tamil Nadu government will provide good job opportunities.
We have been compiling and recommending the central government on the various comments made by different state government.’
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