Chairman of Tata Group, Cyrus Mistry, on Wednesday called upon Chief Minister Raghubar Das to discuss Government projects being implemented by the conglomerate in Jharkhand and ways to further the partnership between the Tata’s and the State Government.
Significantly, Das said that a core committee will be set up to monitor areas of agreement between the Government and Tata Group. The committee is likely to include officials of the State Government and Tata Group. Managing Director of Tata Steel, TV Narendran was also present in the meeting. The meeting was fruitful as the CM and the honcho of the Tata Group were in agreement on a number of issues pertaining to the State. The CM asked Mistry to setup two hospitals — a 500-bed hospital at Ranchi and a 300-bed hospital at Dumka — to strengthen the health services in Jharkhand. He further advised the visiting chairman to set up a super specialty hospital for cancer in the capital. The chairman accepted the proposal and assured the CM of taking steps in that direction.
During the course of the discussion the CM said that the government has decided to transform Ranchi and Jamshedpur, the birth place of the group, into an information technology hub of the State. Das who hails from the city where Tata’s roots can be traced said that the Tata Group can play a better role in the transformation of the two cities and requested Mistry to open a centre of the IT wing of the group — Tata Consultancy Services—in Jharkhand as thousands of youths relocate out of the State in search of job.
The CM expressed that the step will help job aspirants as they would graciously accept the opportunity to work in their homeland. He expressed that the step will aid the growth of IT sector in Jharkhand and also increase the rate of growth of the State’s economy. Mistry assured CM of affirmative action to provide assistance to the IT sector in Jharkhand. The Chairman also expressed his desire to assist in setting up Indian Institute of Information Technology.