HYDERABAD, June 7: Telangana government Friday informed the NITI Aayog that it is capable of setting a giga-scale Li-ion battery manufacturing plant as envisioned by the Centre, state Chief Secretary S K Joshi said.
NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant Friday held a video
conference with chief secretaries of all states on the
importance of transformative mobility and smart storage and
the Centres proposal of setting up a giga-scale Li-ion
battery manufacturing plant, Joshi said.
The chief secretary of Telangana reiterated the
commitment and readiness of the state to establish the plant
and informed the NITI Aayog that Telangana is ideally suited
for hosting 5GWh capacity battery manufacturing plant as
envisioned by the Centre.
This is too early stage to give details. The NITI
Aayog gave the outline of the scheme (project). If anything is
there, we are well-equipped to handle those things (battery
manufacturing plant). We have informed him that Telangana is
well-placed for setting up the plant, Joshi said.
Telangana has readily available land bank of 200
acres close to the airport and outer ring road, with ready to
supply power and water at discount, with access to skilled
workforce, an official press release said.
The government of India has recently set up the
National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Smart Storage
comprising an inter-ministerial steering committee of
secretaries headed by the CEO of NITI Aayog.
Telangana qualifies for all the criteria
for selection including single-window mechanism under TS-iPASS
(Telangana Industrial Policy), encumbrance-free land, trunk
infrastructure, access to adequate utilities at rational
rates, including subsidies and incentives to ancillary units,
Joshi said.
Amitabh Kant congratulated Joshi on his
expression of interest on the Li-ion battery manufacturing
plant, and said that around five states would be chosen for
this initiative, the release added. (PTI)
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