FIPB to take up Tesco proposal on December 30

December 23, 2013 10:23 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 06:09 pm IST - NEW DELHI:

The Foreign Investment Promotion Board will on December 30 take up U.K.-based Tesco Plc’s proposal to enter the Indian multi-brand retail segment with an initial investment of $110 million. If the application is approved, Tesco will pick up a 50 per cent stake in Trent Hypermarket, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trent, a Tata group company.

Tesco is the first global retailer to apply for multi-brand retailing after the government allowed 51 per cent FDI in the segment in September last year. The application of Tesco Overseas Investments is listed on the FIPB meeting agenda of December 30.

Vodafone’s application The FIPB, headed by Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram, is also likely to take a call on Vodafone’s Rs.10,141 crore FDI proposal to buy out minority shareholders in its Indian arm.

The decision on the Vodafone application was deferred at the previous meeting as comments from the Ministry of Home Affairs were awaited.

CGP India Investments, an indirect Mauritian subsidiary of Vodafone International Holdings BV, had sought FIPB approval to buy the stake held by minority shareholders in Vodafone India.

The U.K.-based telecom major holds a 64.38 per cent stake in the Indian unit. Other proposals on the FIPB agenda include those of HDFC Bank, SingTel Global (India), Johnson & Johnson and Xeo Infosoft.

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