The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIBP) is scheduled to meet next week, to consider 55 FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) from Information Technology, Broadcasting and Telecom sector. FIPB being headed by R Gopalan, Secretary Department of Economic Affairs was originally scheduled to meet on 24 June, but the meeting has been postponed to July 6.
The applications for FDI in telecom sector include Vodafone Essar, Cordia International Crop, USA, Essar Holding (India), Mumbai, along with others, while request for FDI in information technology and in broadcasting sector are 8 FDI applications including Dish TV India and Walt Disney Company India.
In the next week’s meeting FIPB will also consider the application of Paris based BNP Paribas, the decision on which was delayed in the last meeting, held on May 20. In the last meeting, FIPB has approved 16 FDI applications worth around Rs 923.55 crore, including L&T Finance Holding and Star News Broadcasting Ltd.
Even though, Indian has been liberalizing its FDI policy, the inflow slowed in the first 4 months of 2011.The FDI inflows were reduced by 10% to around Rs 29,189 from Rs 32,535 crore in the same period of last year.
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