NEW DELHI (Sputnik) — Indian government is looking for a way to reopen a Nokia plant in the southern city of Chennai, closed its doors last November after the company merged with the Microsoft corporation and stopped producing smartphones.
"We are concerned about the closure of Nokia plant in Chennai and due to which thousands had been rendered jobless. We are trying our best so that the Nokia plant again starts working," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the parliament on Tuesday.
The Finnish communications and information technology company Nokia closed its plant in Chennai, which had been in operation since 2006, last November. The decision came after Microsoft terminated Nokia's purchasing agreement with the Chennai facility over tax-relate
