Not yet a Bengal tiger.(West Bengal, India, courts foreign investment) From: The Economist (US) | Date: September 30, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The state of West Bengal is working hard to attract foreign companies even though its government is Communist. Its foreign investment is the second highest in India, but Indian industrialists distrust its bureaucracy and militant unions.

WHICH is the real West Bengal? Is it the capitalist-minded place that played host to this year's centennial celebration of the Confederation of Indian Industry? Or does the state remain socialist at heart? In August, plans to sell 20% of government equity in the creaking Great Eastern Hotel were shelved because of trade-union opposition.

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