Tata Chairman's Exit Leaves $120 Billion Spending Ambition in Limbo

The Tata Group is one of the biggest companies in India, making everything from cars and tea to hotels, software and even running an airline.

For a long time, a man named Chandrasekaran was the boss of the whole group.

He wanted to spend $120 billion over five years to build new things like computer chips, electric car batteries and artificial intelligence.

Another leader, Noel Tata, thinks the group should be more careful with its money and only spend when it can get the money back quickly.

The two leaders disagreed, and now Chandrasekaran has announced he will leave his job in February.

Noel Tata is now helping decide who will lead the group next.

Some big projects, like making computer chips, electric batteries and fixing up the airline, might be slowed down or made smaller.

The people who manage the group's money want to see proof that big projects will make a profit before they approve more spending.

In India, lots of people are watching because the Tata Group's decisions affect the whole country's economy.