Kolkata: September 17, 2009 - West Bengal government on Thursday offered 45 acres each to Wipro and Infosys for setting up units at Rajarhat, said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
On Wednesday, the West Bengal government had said it had not rejected proposals of IT majors Wipro and Infosys for setting up units near the state capital.
The government had only scrapped the IT park which was to come up near the controversial Vedic Village resort, Left Front chairman Biman Bose told reporters after a LF meeting.
Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had told the meeting that the proposals of Wipro and Infosys had not been rejected, Bose said.
In April 2008, the state government had inked two MoUs - one each with Infosys and Wipro -for setting up IT facilities, for which they had sought 90 acre each.
While for Infosys would had been the first project, Wipro was planning a second one. A company had been floated for setting up an IT park near Vedic Village which now stands scrapped.
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