Business tycoon Ratan Tata feels that it is better to give 'equal opportunities' to all and create a level playing field instead of extending reservation benefits in the private sector.

"We want to create India as a land of equal opportunities for all. We should create a land of equality. We have been co-operating with the Confederation of Indian Industry on this, much before the talks on reservation began," the Tata Sons chairman said in an informal chat with reporters in Chennai on Thursday.

His response came on the sidelines of the CII's National Summit on Corporate Social Responsibility when his reaction was sought on political parties' demand for reservation for OBCs, SCs and STs in the private sector.

He refused to comment on Tata's controversial small car project at Singur in West Bengal. "I do not want to comment on the project."

On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent appeal to corporate sector to put a cap on the salaries of top managerial team, he said, "In Tata Sons, we never offer extravagant salaries and so I do not know about it".

On the Tata's acquisition of Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus, he said, "I am pleased with the way in which the integeration of the company with Tatas is going on".