Bengal may give 50 acres each to Infy, Wipro

The West Bengal government is desperate to keep Infosys and Wipro from going away from the state.

Shortly after scrapping the proposed IT township project -- Vedic Village -- at Rajarhat near Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said late on Wednesday that the two IT majors must be retained in the state, reports the Indian Express.

Earlier, the state government had said that it had suggested alternative land to Infosys and Wipro, but the proposal was rejected by the tech majors.

However, hours after the chief minister firmly stated that employment and investment opportunities in the state would be badly affected if the two tech majors were to leave, Housing Minister Gautam Deb informed that Infosys and Wipro would each be given 50 acres of land in Rajarhat, outside the Vedic Village, the Indian Express report adds.

The two technology companies had asked for 50 acres and the state would provide them with the land. Meanwhile, PTI reports that the chief minister, while addressing meeting of the ruling Left Front in Kolkata, said: "The government wants to see that the two companies did business in the state."