The General Motors Co headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, US.Detroit/New Delhi: Maharashtra’s move to block General Motors (GM) from shutting a plant and exiting the nation defies the state’s enterprise-friendly image and sends a “concerning message” to possible future investors, the US automaker stated today.The comment by General Motors came following officials in Maharashtra earlier this week rejected the automaker’s application to cease operations at its plant in the state amid protests by workers who demanded GM continue production or preserve them on the payroll indefinitely, according to reports.The choice runs counter to Maharashtra’s enterprise-friendly reputation, a GM spokesman stated in a statement. “It sends a concerning message to any potential future investors who want to bring jobs and investment to the state.”GM stopped promoting automobiles in India at the finish of 2017 following years of low sales. It sold one particular of its two factories in the nation to China’s SAIC Motor Corp and continued to create autos for export at its second plant till December 24.In January 2020, it agreed to sell its second factory in the Maharashtra’s Talegaon district to Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor Co, but tensions among India and China have delayed completion of that deal.GM stated it planned to seek a reversal of the state’s order as quickly as attainable.”Effectively, the state’s decision amounts to a requirement that GM either produce vehicles for which there are no customer orders, or pay workers indefinitely for doing no work. We reject both suggestions,” the spokesman stated, adding production would not resume.GM is providing larger than the statutory severance spend to its roughly 1,500 workers at the plant, amounting to almost two years of salary and is prepared to negotiate additional, stated a supply with understanding of the matter.
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