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I want to enjoy retired life: Ratan Tata

K. Balchand

Hopeful of making his brand visible i

Ratan Tata

PATNA: Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata is keen on enjoying a retired life.

"Yes. We all have to retire. I'd like to retire when I'm still walking so that I can enjoy my life," Mr. Tata said replying to a question about speculations about his retirement.

Mr. Tata was in Bihar on Thursday after almost 30 years reminiscing about the court case that had dragged him here then. As the president of the Jamshedpur flying club he had dismissed the instructor who had taken him to court on the matter. "Well, I had won that case."

Mr. Tata was hopeful of making his brand visible in the State. "We are exploring investment potentials." He was positive that his pet low-priced car would hit the market in 2008.

Mr. Tata was here in his capacity as chairman of the Investment Commission along with its member Ashok Ganguly. They discussed the State's efforts with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

He was "pleasantly surprised" by the clear-cut goals that the State Government had set for itself. "But the challenge would be in implementing and monitoring them."

He commended the clarity in the State Government's path to revitalise the economy. Mr. Tata assured the commission's commitment in promoting Bihar as an investment destination in the country.

Mr. Tata would be conveying his observations to Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram but called for patience underlining that it took the country almost a decade in attracting foreign investment.

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