Government of India

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion

( Foreign Collaboration Division )

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Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi

dated, the 4th April, 2000.

PRESS RELEASE



On the recommendations of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), the Commerce & Industry Minister Shri Murasoli Maran has approved 57 cases of Foreign Direct Investment of about Rs.2504.93 crores. The proposals cover various sectors like chemicals & auxiliaries, pharmaceuticals, air cargo handling, export trading, banking, leasing, hire purchase, risk management, software development, computer hardware/software, financial advisory and consultancy services, nutritional food products, radio-pharmaceuticals, textile machinery, Internet service/website/portal, call centre, lube additives, power generation, solvent extraction, telephone services, jelly filled cables, textiles, engineering equipment, cement, and cosmetics. A list of proposals cleared is enclosed.





( A.C. Duggal )

Director

S.No. Name of the Applicant

Activity

Percentage of FDI/NRI equity

FDI/NRI Amount

(Rs. Crore)

1 M/s. Bayer Industries Ltd Mfr. and mktg. of leather chemicals and auxiliaries Increase from 70% to 82% 10.00
2 M/s. Swisscargo India Pvt Ltd To act as a General Sales Agent to handle cargo bookings 75% 0.75
3 M/s. Mansinghka Exim Global trading support,
4 M/s. Concorde Motors Ltd Establishing an automobile retail and after-sales company





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5 M/s. Bazaar Decor (India) Pvt Ltd To act as an export trading house 100% 0.50
6 M/s. Allianz Alpic Finance Corporation Ltd Providing finance by way of commercial loans, leasing and hire purchase mechanism





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7 M/s. International Industries Pvt Ltd Fund based non-banking financial, lending activities 23.5 0.49

8 M/s. Zurich Finance Mauritius Ltd Providing consultancy services including Risk Management and other advisory services







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9 M/s. NM Rothschild & Sons (India) Pvt Ltd Providing financial advisory and consultancy services Increase from 75% to 100% 0.0064
10 M/s. Fortuna Technologies India Pvt Ltd Software Development 34% 1.02
11 M/s. Nutricia (India) Nutritional food Downstream 1.90
12. M/s West Bengal Radio Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Mfr. of Radio Isotopes and Radio pharmaceuticals for medical purposes 60% 0.60
13 M/s. Mercedes Benz India Ltd Mfr. of Mercedes Benz Passenger cars etc.



14 M/s. Veejay Savio Lakshmi Machinery Ltd Mfr. and sell textile machinery in India Increase from 51% to 80.40% 3.00
15 M/s. Uniworld Auto Poly urethane bushings, 100% 1.50
16 M/s.SGS India Ltd Providing quality control
17 M/s. Moser Baer India Ltd Optical Media Recordable CDR 15.40% 387.00
18 M/s. Silverline Technologies Ltd Computer software

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228.00
19 M/s. Ficon Technologies India Pvt Ltd Computer software

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20 M/s. GO4 Careers.Com (Mauritius) Ltd. Mauritius Setting up of an Internet website to provide an interface to the job-seekers and job-providers 100% 5.00
21 M/s.GO4Ticketing.Com

(Mauritius) Ltd, Mauritius

Setting up of Internet website to sell cinema and theatre tickets over the internet 100% 2.5
22 M/s GO4I.Com (Mauritius) Ltd, Mauritius Setting up of a horizontal Internet website for the use of Indian audiences all over the world 100% 50.00
23 M/s. BuyBuzz, Inc., USA Setting up of development centre and call centre to undertake software development for export

100% Between

0.1075 to 0.2150

24 M/s. eLifestyle.com Pvt Ltd

Setting up of portals to provide content to various communities in India and abroad 100% 43.00
25 M/s. Ivega Corporation Pvt Ltd Software development 5.36% 0.13
26 M/s. Ampersead Software Applications Ltd Computer Software Development 23.07% 0.78
27 M/s. Rave Technologies India Pvt Ltd Software Technologies 50% 0.0742
28 M/s. CG Maersk Information Technology Ltd Software development 50% 1.50
29 M/s. Maxxicon Systems Pvt Ltd Software Development 50% 0.50
30 M/s. Hallo India Consultancy Pvt Ltd Software development 80% 0.16
31 M/s. Webxl Asia (India) Pvt Ltd Software Development 100% 1.00
32 M/s. Baba 9 Web Software Pvt Ltd Software development 100% 0.04
33 M/s. Rapid care Transcription Pvt Ltd Software Development 20% 0.06
34 M/s. E-Brahma Technologies Pvt Ltd Software Development 20% 0.20
35 M/s. Harrowgate Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd Software Development 65.22% 1.50
36 M/s. Pioneer Infovision Technologies Pvt Ltd Software development 49% 0.12
37 M/s. ARB Software India Pvt Ltd Software Development 99.65% 0.15
38 M/s. Indian Additives Ltd Lube additives Increase from 40% to 50% 4.22
39 M/s. PSEG Operations Ltd To establish a WOS to provide services in mobilisation, operation and maintenance of PPN Power Generation company Ltd. 51% 0.51
40 M/s. Ogden Energy India (Balaji) Ltd Electricity generation 74.8% 172.00
41 M/s. NetAcross Ltd Strategizing, designing and implementing Internet business solutions Swapping of shares



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42 M/s.Fibcom India Ltd Fibre optic transmission systems etc.

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43 M/s. Birla AT&T Communications Ltd Cellular Mobile Telephone Services Infusion of addl. Funds 1016.75
44 M/s. Global Electronic Commerce Services Ltd To carry on the business of value added telecom services, Internet and Internet related services







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45 M/s.Delta Innovative Enterprises Ltd Providing expressing messaging facility to various customers





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46 M/s. Alps Industries Ltd Cotton yarn fabrics, etc. ---- 0.15
47 M/s. Camiceria Apparels India Pvt Ltd Ready made garments 1.74% 0.75
48 M/s. Jasubhai Richard Simon Ltd Mfr. of Industrial weighing machines

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49 M/s. Inductotherm (India) Ltd Mfr. of Induction melting equipment Increase from 59.446% to 99.999% 13.38

(Including Premium)

50 M/s.Mallcom (India) Pvt Ltd Indl. Leather hand gloves and industrial work garments



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51 M/s.Otto Bilz (India) Pvt Ltd Mfr. of tapping chucks and adaptors

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52 M/s.GE Power Controls India Pvt Ltd Setting up of WOS to mfr, mkt, engineer etc.

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53 M/s.Somani Ceramics Ltd Mfr. of ceramic blocks and filler tiles

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54 M/s. Nefibouw B.V., The Netherlands Mfr. of asbestos fibre cement and non asbestos fibre cement products and other allied building materials 0.58% 0.086
55 M/s. Uniworth Limited Poly wool yarn and wool tops/polyester tops 85% 51.00
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M/s. Bharat Biotech International Ltd. Mfr. of vaccine for Hepatitis -B and Streptokinse drugs 58% 10.00
57 M/s. Indiainfo.com Pvt Ltd Development of software Issue of ADR between US $ 100-150 million and issue of equity to non-residents through private placement worth US $ 15 million 494.50