The Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday inaugurated the Procter&Gamble Home Products India's manufacturing unit located in Kottur in Mahabubnagar district about 36 km from Hyderabad.

The plant stated to be their largest in Asia has been set up with an outlay of Rs 900 crore is spread across a 170 acre site.

The Chief Minister assured them of State support in their plans to expand their facility.

Part of the diversified P&G, one of the largest fast growing commercial products company, its presence in India spans beauty and grooming, household care and health and well being segments.

Shantanu Khosla, MD&CEO, P&G India said "We are delighted to start operations of the manufacturing plant near Hyderabad, our sixth plant in India. We will continue to invest in the plant and the community in line with our vision."

Apart from employing local youth the company plans to train local youth collaborating with technical institutes.

P&G brands include Vicks, Ariel, Tide, Whisper, Olay, Gillette, AmbiPure among others.

Apart from creating significant local employment opportunities, P&G aims at community development in the region supporting the education of underprivileged children as part of P&G’s flagship CSR programme - P&G Shiksha.

P&G has adopted the Zonal Parishad High School in Penjerla village in partnership with its NGO partner Round Table India.

P&G operates through 3 entities in India of which 2 are listed on NSE & BSE. The listed P&G entities are Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited’ and Gillette India Limited, whereas the unlisted entity, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the parent company in the US, operates by the name ‘Procter & Gamble Home Products Ltd.’

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