Re. above beml giant truck, sales are booked for yrs. on end. PSU beml has the typical mentality of owning and abusing the market. No competition for all beml products, but instead of growing the market they dig waiting lists.
Here's 1 Co. that must go into a hyper drive re. Modi's coal and mineral auction, re. manufacturing, they have Global demand. Indian mine operators are dying for their stuff and delays are holding up the economy. Beml is so good they came out of nowhere to turn into 1 of the top metro coach suppliers in the world.
Over to Gujarat.
Gujarat’s Sanand India’s Detroit in the making
Gujarat’s Sanand, India’s Detroit in the making - The Economic Times
So approx. 35000 OEM'S jobs.
1 Cr. of input creates 1 IT job, or 3-5 semi skilled or semi literate types to work in supplier and contractor Co.'s plus the food, clothing and sales bazaar eco-system.
Easily 1 Lakh jobs.
I doubt if the local catchment can supply that.
As usual, the bottom of the pyramid will be packed by Biharis and Bhaiyyas, standard practice in sparsely populated and reasonably developed, business like western India.
The area is the world's lowest cost auto cluster and location is a killer app. for the African, Mid and Central Asian, South-East Asian and even Indian markets re. coastal shipping routes. Not to mention Af.-Pak. markets.
Re. Tata Nano, it's not that bad. Nano car brand maybe not, but the Nano platform's been a super hit for the Co. Nano platform based mini trucks and micro buses are the world's fastest selling models like the Tata Ace. They bought the parent Co. bumper profits in the $ Billions, no joke.
Detroit, by the way, is not what it used to be. The Detroit municipality is bankrupt and vast swathes of the city are burnt or boarded up. Hardly comparable to up & up aapro Amdavad.
