KOLKATA, Nov. 19: The state information commissioner today asked Tata Motors to submit on 24 November, under sealed cover, a copy of its agreement containing the undisclosed portion of details of the aborted Singur small car project, it was learnt.
Mr Arun Bhattacharya, state information commissioner today heard Tata Motors officials, leader of the Opposition, Mr Partha Chatterjee, Mr Subrata Gupta, MD, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation in this connection.
While Mr Chatterjee again pleaded to the commissioner that Tata Motors and WBIDC should now make public the undisclosed parts of the pact between the state government and Tata Motors as the Tatas have abandoned the Singur small car project, Tata Motors lawyers submitted a letter stating that since Nano was designed to be marketed both within and outside the country, its drawing and design should not be disclosed.
The commissioner has fixed the final hearing on 28 November.
Tata Motors also moved court praying for a stay order so that the undisclosed portion of the agreement signed between WBIDC and Tata Motors stays confidential.
Mr Chatterjee had earlier met Mr Arun Bhattacharya demanding that Tata Motors should divulge the undisclosed information about the proposed small car project of Tata Motors in Singur. At that time Mr Chatterjee submitted to the commissioner a set of 15 questions on the agreement.
He had sought disclosure of the exact clauses in the contract between the Tata Group of Industries and the state government or its relevant offices, the extent of land acquisition, and how much money the Tatas would be paying for the land. What kind of tax or rebate benefits would be provided to the Tatas by the state government, and what would the share of investment by the Tata group, financial institutions, and state and Central government liabilities in the form of developing infrastructure, he had asked. He had also asked how many people were going to be employed in the short- or long-run and what their rate of income was to be.
Mr Chatterjee said today: "We did not ask about the design of the small car, nor for any information that may help their rival groups. We only asked about the basic information on behalf of the people whose land has been acquired." n SNS
Source : The Statesman
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