Tata Motors awarded Rs 766 crore compensation for investment in West Bengal's Singur plant

Following stiff resistance by the Trinamool Congress led by then opposition leader Mamata Banerjee alleging forcible acquisition of farmland, Tata Motors announced pulling out of the Singur plant set up to manufacture 'Nano' car in 2008.

Kolkata: Tata Motors on Monday said that it has won the arbitral proceedings against West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) on account of the loss of capital in investments made in the abandoned car manufacturing plant at Singur.

Following stiff resistance by the Trinamool Congress led by then opposition leader Mamata Banerjee alleging forcible acquisition of farmland, Tata Motors announced pulling out of the Singur plant set up to manufacture 'Nano' car in 2008.

In the regulatory filing, the company said, "In respect of arbitration proceedings between Tata Motors Limited (TML) and WBIDC, this is to inform that the aforesaid pending arbitral proceedings before a three-member Arbitral Tribunal has now been finally disposed of in favour of TML on October 30, 2023, and the company has been held to recover Rs 765.78 crore plus interest from WBIDC".

With the making of the final tribunal award, the arbitral proceedings have come to an end, the company said.