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The Congress-led government at the Centre was responsible for Nokia India exiting from manufacturing operations in Tamil Nadu, said State Industries Minister P Thangamani.
Intervening during a debate on the demand for grants to the Department of Labour and Employment, he said the retrospective income-tax claim by the Centre in 2012 led to a legal tussle in the Supreme Court between the Finnish company and the I-T department.
This resulted in the factory at Sriperumbudur near Chennai being left out of the global deal when Microsoft acquired Nokia, he said.
The TN Government had intervened with the Nokia management on behalf of the workers. However, the workers who faced an uncertain future opted for a VRS scheme announced by the company with benefits ranging from ₹3 lakh to ₹10 lakh.
It was due to the State Government’s support that at least 900 workers were retained by Nokia, the Minister said. CP(M) member A Soundararajan had said earlier over 8,000 jobs had been lost at Nokia alone.
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