October 8th, 2008 
Aman 
Nano’s New Home After its exodus form Singur, Tata’s Nano has found its new home in Sanand near Ahmadabad in Gujarat state. West Bengal’s loss has become Gujarat’s gain. An agreement was signed between Gujarat Government and Tata Motors on Tuesday, October 7 in Gandhinagar. The announcement was made on the same day and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and Tata Motors Chairman Ratan Tata were present at the press meeting where the announcement was made. It is the coincident that Narendra Modi government has completed its seven years in power on October 7 and a 2000 crore project has been signed on the same day. Thus Gujarat government has celebrated the day in a different manner. It is being considered Narendra Modi Government’s biggest achievement. Tata officials have said that project will be completed almost in 12 months. It will create thousands of direct and indirect job opportunities in the state and will also will be influential in attracting more investment.
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Land Tata Motors had taken 1000 acres of land from the West Bengal government on lease but Tata had to face agitations form unwilling farmers and project had been marred by controversies ever since the starting of it. Nano project had fallen prey to the narrow minded politics in West Bengal. But Gujarat has given 1100 out of 2200 acres of land owned by the Gujarat Agricultural University for running experimental cattle farm and crop cultivation. GUA has transferred the land to the state government which has allocated it to Tata Motors.
Deal Many states were trying to attract Nano project ever since the Singur pull out announcement. In fact Tata officials had visited Andhra Pradesh to relocate the Nano plant. But Gujarat has won the competition by removing the bureaucratic hurdles in a speedy way. Gujarat government had competed all the process only in ten days. There are many factors that worked in attracting Tata Motors to Gujarat. First there is no chance of any kind of agitation as the land was owned by the state government. Secondly Even the warmers have given their land with great enthusiasm that was required for widening the road to the project site. Gujarat is known for its investment and industry friendly atmosphere. Ratan Tata, in an interview has said that Gujarat deal is better ever than Singur land deal as it is unencumbered and has been sold to Tata Motors at prevailing market prices.
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