Vedanta-Foxconn demanded 'central govt alignment', Shinde's letter reveals

In his letter, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said state was 'moving expeditiously' on request and invited the Chairman for MoU ceremony on July 29.

A July 26 letter from Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal, reveals that the group asked for central government's alignment for starting a semiconductor facility in Maharashtra, the Indian Express reported.

The Vedanta Group, according to the letter had made two requests from the state government before it finalised the location for its Rs 1.5 trillion semiconductor facility: 

• Cabinet approval for the project at the proposed site in Telgaon near Pune.
• Central government's alignment for building facility in the state.

In his letter, Shinde said state was ‘moving expeditiously’ on request and invited the Chairman for a