P&G to set up planning center in Hyderabad

The American consumer goods behemoth Proctor & Gamble has proposed to establish a planning center with a100 highly skilled people in Telangana that would cater to the entire South Asia operations.

P&G India managing director A I Rajwani today met with Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and sought the government's cooperation to their local plans. The company already has a fabric and home care, beauty care, oral care and feminine care product manufacturing unit in 171-acre area on the city outskirts.

The company would like to set up its planning center by recruiting 50 skilled professionals in the beginning and it would double its strength later, according to the chief minister's office. It was also planning to increase the number of employees at its manufacturing unit to 1,200 from the present 786 people, it said.

"Responding to their request, the chief minister suggested to them that P&G should have a big manufacturing base in Telangana as the state has the best policies for the companies like them to grow," chief minister's office added.