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Reaffirming assurance successful the ‘Dravidian exemplary of governance’ successful attracting investments, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Monday (February 9, 2026) said the State took pridefulness successful its enlargement of world-class automotive manufacturing.
After inaugurating a ₹9,000-crore Tata Motors-Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) rider car manufacturing works astatine Panapakkam colony successful Ranipet connected Monday (February 9, 2026), Mr. Stalin said that Tata Group has agelong played a pivotal relation successful nation-building and that it shares a deep, historical concern with Tamil Nadu. The commencement of operations astatine the caller car manufacturing installation has heralded the State’s enlargement of world-class automotive manufacturing, helium said. Mr. Stalin besides rolled retired the archetypal Range Rover Evoque astatine the inauguration.
In a peculiar address, N. Chandrasekaran, chairman, Tata Sons & Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd., said that the inauguration of the caller installation marks a important milestone successful the company’s travel to accelerate India’s enactment successful sustainable and future-ready manufacturing. “We deepen our long-standing concern with Tamil Nadu, a State that continues to thrust concern excellence, innovation, and inclusive growth,” helium said.
Salient features of the JLR plant
The caller installation brings unneurotic precocious manufacturing technologies and a skilled workforce to present world-class vehicles. With operations present nether way, conveyance accumulation volition standard up successful a phased manner, progressively reaching the facility’s afloat designed yearly capableness of 250,000 vehicles implicit the adjacent 5 to 7 years, serving requirements for some Indian and planetary markets.
The caller works has the imaginable to make implicit 5,000 nonstop and indirect employment opportunities portion fostering accomplishment enhancement and supporting the maturation of a beardown ancillary ecosystem.
Earlier, Mr. Stalin visited the sprawling 470-acres works on with Mr. Chandrasekaran. Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa, Municipal Administration Minister K.N. Nehru, Handlooms and Textiles Minister R. Gandhi, and Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam accompanied them.
