Wipro SEZ plan awaits Bengal nod
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New Delhi, June 22: IT major Wipro's proposal to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) in Rajarhat, Bengal, was deferred by the Board of Approval (BoA) today as the Mamata Banerjee-government did not send its recommendations.
Commerce secretary Rita Teaotia, who heads the BoA, told The Telegraph that the proposal "has been deferred as we are still waiting for the state government's recommendations".
Wipro has proposed to set up an IT/ITeS SEZ over 19.76 hectares.
State government sources confirmed that no recommendations were sent to the BoA, which approves SEZ status for a project. Wipro officials declined to comment on the meeting.
A special economic zone cannot come up without the approval of the concerned state government.
During the first term of of the Trinamul Congress-government, Mamata was opposed to SEZs, thwarting the plan of Infosys to set foot in Bengal and of Wipro to expand in the state.
Hopes were raised when the BoA listed Wipro in the agenda for today's meeting, indicating the chief minister may have changed her mind.
Infosys and Wipro are in possession of 50 acres land each in Rajarhat for half a decade. They couldn't go ahead with the construction in the absence of SEZ tags that require state vetting.
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