Jio, TCS, two others in fray for a spot in Kolkata's Silicon Valley

Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said that TCS is planning to invest Rs 12 billion in Kolkata

The proposed Silicon Valley Hub in Kolkata, the flagship information technology (IT) project of the West Bengal government, has attracted four major players — Reliance Jio, Tata Consultancy Services, Capgemini and Firstsource. 

The four companies are the major ones among others to have submitted proposals under the expression of interest (EOI) floated by the West Bengal government for setting up units in the proposed hub, said Amit Mitra, finance, commerce, industry and IT minister of West Bengal, at the TiECON summit on entrepreneurship in Kolkata.

While Jio had sought 40 acres of land, TCS had sought 20 acres, Capgemini 10 acres and