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14June2016 16:34 IST
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Government Approves two (2) Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Amounting to Rs. 2.19 Crore
Approximately; Recommends one Proposal for Approval of CCEA
Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board in its 235thmeeting held on 20th May 2016,
the Government has approved two FDI proposals involving FDI of Rs. 2.19 crore, and recommended one proposal for
approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
1. The following two (02) proposals have been approved:
S.
No
Item
No
Name of the
applicant
Gist of the proposalSectorFDI
(Rs.
crore)
13M/s
Aurobindo
Pharma
Limited
M/s Aurobindo Pharma
Limited has sought an
approval for the following
categories:
(i) Grant of ESOPs to non
resident employee of
Aurobindo Pharma Limited,
after issue of Press Note 3 of
08.11.2011, which remained
unexercised as on 11.06.2015,
and against which no shares
were issued upto as on 11th
June 2015,(which could be
vested and exercised later on
and shares issued against them
at that stage), totalling to
2,42,600 ESOPs and exercise
amount aggregating to INR
1,11,11,080/.
(ii) Grant of ESOPs to non
resident employee of
Aurobindo Pharma Limited,
after issue of Press Note 3 of 8
November 2011, which were
exercised and shares issued
against them after 8 November
2011 but before 11 June 2015,
totalling to 1,18,700 ESOPs
and the exercise amount
aggregating to INR
1,08,72,920/
Pharma2.19
25Sterling
Commerce
Solutions
India Private
Limited
Approval has been sought by
Sterling Commerce for acting
as an Investing company for
a) Curan software international
Private Limited, Emptoris
Technologies India Private
Limited, Kenexa technologies
Private Limited and Rational
Software Corporation (India)
Private Limited, which are
currently owned by Overseas
companies of IBM and
currently dormant companies.
b) From time to time act as an
investing company for
companies undertaking
software development,
technologies services or those
which have become dormant
pursuant to transfer of their
business to IBM India.
Investing Nil
. The following one (01) proposal has been recommended for approval of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) under para 5.2.2 of the extant FDI Policy, 2015:
S.
No.
Item
No
Name of the
applicant
Gist of the proposalSectorFDI (Rs.
crore)
111M/s Holcim
(India) Private
Limited
Approval sought by M/s
Ambuja Cements Ltd., for
acquisition of 24% shares in its
holding company, Holcim
(India) Pvt Ltd from the latter’s
holding company M/s
Holderind Investments Ltd
(NR) and subsequent reverse
merger through a share swap.
Investing
company
(3400)
approx.
The following three (03) proposals have been deferred:
S.
No.
Item
No
Name of the
applicant
Gist of the proposalSector
17Mylan
Laboratories
Limited
a. Post facto approval for receipt of
USD 34,05,869 from Mylan
Luxembourg 2 Sarl on 04.12.2013
which was brought in over and above
the approved FDI of USD 96 crores in
Pharma
2013
b. Clarification that Clause 2(i) of FIPB
approval dated May 8, 2015 and Clause
2(I) of FIPB approval dated November
12, 2015 do not apply to the NLEM
drugs manufactured by MLL.
28Vodafone India
Limited
Approval for the proposed acquisition
of the entire share capital (100%) of
M/s You Broadband India Limited.
Telecom
312M/s Reckitt
Benckiser
(India) Limited.
M/s Reckitt Benckiser (India) Limited,
a WOS of the Reckitt group, proposes
to acquire 25.028% paid up share
capital of M/s Reckitt Benckiser
Healthcare India Limited from its
current foreign investor viz. M/s
Reckitt Benckiser (Singapore) Pte.
Ltd., Singapore
Pharma
The following seven (07) proposals have been rejected:
12Rizobactor
Argentina, S.A
Approval for making investment in
India through creating its wholly
owned subsidiary for the purpose of
dealing in liquid inoculants and bio
fertilizers and adjuvants.
Pharma
24M/s Indian Energy
Exchange Limited
Approval has been sought by M/s
Indian Energy Exchange Limited to
remove compounding condition
which was imposed vide letter dated
29.05.2015.
Power
exchange
36M/s Veritas (India)
Limited
M/s Veritas (India) Limited has
sought post facto approval for the
issuance of 4,00,000 warrants
convertible into equity shares for an
aggregate consideration of INR 50
crore.
Trade and
distribution
49M/s BMJ Group
India Private
Limited
Approval has been sought to expand
the scope of its business activities by
engaging in the business of
publication of certain
scientific/specialty healthcare
journals/periodical in line with the
original edition of foreign publication
being published by its holding
company i.e. M/s BMJ Publishing
Publishing
S.
No.
Item
No
Name of the
applicant
Gist of the proposalSector
Group Limited, United Kingdom.
510M/s
CevaSanteAnimale
Approval for investment by in M/s
Polchem Hygiene Laboratories
Private Limited by way of purchase
of shares of the investee company
from existing resident shareholders in
2 tranches
Pharma
613M/s Sharekhan
limited
Acquisition of up to 100% of the
share capital of Sharekhan Limited
other than the shares held in
Sharekhan Limited by Human Value
Developers Private Limited by BNP
Paribas SA France and/or one or
more of BNP’s French subsidiaries,
andacquisition of 100% capital of
Human Value Developers Private
Limited by BNP and/ or one or more
of BNP’s French subsidiaries.
NBFC
714M/s Exzatech
Solutions Ltd
Approval has been sought to
incorporate a wholly owned
subsidiary in India whose main
operations would be in the field of IT
Sector. As the applicant company is
situated in Bangladesh and is going
to incorporate a wholly owned
subsidiary company in India, it
comes under approval route
IT/ITES
The following one (01) proposal does not lie before FIPB:
S.
No
Item
No
Name of the
applicant
Gist of the proposalSector
11M/s WISKA
India Private
Limited
Approval has been sought by M/s
WISKA India Private Limited (wholly
owned subsidiary of WISKA
Hoppmann and Mulsow GmbH), for
conversion of import payables of INR
1.35 crore into 13,50,000 equity shares
of Rs.10/ each. The applicant
purchases goods from WISKA
Hoppmann and Mulsow GmbH and
resells them in Indian market. Now the
company wants to convert part of its
old import payables into equity share
Wholesale
trading
capital.
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