India's Tata Group is in discussions with Taipei's Wistron Corp to buy its manufacturing facility for up to 50 billion rupees ($612.6 million), the Economic Times business daily reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the talks.

Neither salt-to-software conglomerate Tata nor Wistron – one of Apple Inc's top vendors in India – immediately responded to Reuters' e-mailed requests for comment. ($1 = 81.6160 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)