The official, who requested anonymity, said all the states were offering about the same financial incentives and other packages but the key factor for the company was ease of doing business. Andhra has top rank in this on the World Bank’s latest survey in this regard. The company has seen four locations in the Chittoor and Ananthapur districts in Andhra; in Maharashtra, places close to Aurangabad. Its requirement is 500-600 acres. Senior ministers and bureaucrats from both states have visited the company's headquarters in Seoul.
Other factors which could help Andhra are its two industrial corridors and the resulting boost to getting the infrastructure ready and in car movement for the factory. The locations in question are also close to two ports. And, close to parent company Hyundai's facility (in neighbouring Tamil Nadu).
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