Rajasthan's chief minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for setting up an IT/ITES SEZ by Somani Worsted Ltd and manufacturing facilities of Jaquar Ltd and Orient Craft Ltd in Bhiwadi. Digamber Singh, Rajasthan's minister of industries, was also present on the occasion.
Orient Craft Ltd, one of India's largest garment and apparel exporters, plans to to raise between Rs 250-350 crore (Rs 2.5-3.5 billion) from the capital markets in the first half of 2007, to fund its proposed expansion drive.