The fast-moving consumer goods multi-national company, Proctor & Gamble, has come forward to establish its Planning Centre in Telangana to cater to the needs of its South Asia market and has sought help from the State Government in its endeavour.
A delegation of top executives of the company led by its Managing Director A.I. Rajwani called on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao here on Friday and expressed the MNC’s interest in expanding its facilities in the State. Mr. Rajwani sought the cooperation of State Government in its plans to set up the Planning Centre.
According to officials, Mr. Rajwani explained to the Chief Minister that the MNC also had plans to expand its existing unit located at Penjarla village near Kottur in Mahabubnagar District. The facility was developed in 171 acres and has employee strength of 786. The company was planning to increase the headcount to about 1,200 with 80 per of the new recruits likely to be from Telangana.
The proposed Planning Centre would have 50 highly-skilled persons to begin with and the number would increase to 100 later. Responding to their request, the Chief Minister said that Telangana was the best destination for expanding their activities in the country and to make further investments.
The Chief Minister suggested them to have a large base in Telangana, where the best industrial policy was in vogue. On the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the company, its Managing Director was suggested to work in the area of KG to PG education.
Mahabubnagar MP A.P. Jithender Reddy Reddy, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister S. Narsing Rao, Additional Principal Secretary A. Shanti Kumari, Secretary Industries Arvind Kumar, Managing Director of Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) Narsimha Reddy and others were present on the occasion.
