In a scenario where we have power purchase agreements and the SEBs are in financial strife, we would always get supported, as our cost of generation is lower than most other plants.
Reliance Communications has launched a seven-inch tablet at Rs 13,000 per piece and Bharti Airtel's Beetel at Rs 8,000 a piece.
Companies say the viability of 13,000 megawatts worth of projects, which have fixed power sale tariffs, hinge on the government decision.
Delay in approvals and bureaucratic stonewalling create hurdles; experts fear return of licence raj.
The court asked Idea to transfer all the licences of Spice back to DoT.
In a move to expand volumes in the third-generation (3G) technology data business, incumbent telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, are coming up with various marketing plans to get better paying customers.
It recently began toll collection on the Hosur-Krishnagiri highway connecting Bangalore to Chennai, where the lanes have to be expanded from four to six.
India is a major driver for our global growth. And, we expect the country to play a larger role in our global operations in the future.
The company hopes to raise around Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) through this route, in addition to Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) it plans to raise through a rights issue.
Cricket seems to be the flavour of this season. So much so that when cricket buffs are not watching this sport on TV, they are playing it - on their mobile phones.
"Some of the tariffs (rates) at which agreements were signed in 2007 are unrealistic. If you compare those to PPAs signed in 2010, there is a difference of around 50p to Rs 1 (a unit). Companies are looking at the difference and a lot more are likely to try it (renege)," said a power sector analyst.
Essar will have to pay capital gains tax, as the company will be gaining from the deal.
While investors might be jittery, experts say proposals from companies looking to raise funds through PEs have not decreased.
India's leading private airport developers, GMR and GVK groups, are planning to bid for the modernisation of Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Indonesia. Both are currently undertaking feasibility studies and preparing to participate in the tender process, sources said.
"The advent of 3G will give the same experience of gaming that one gets in a personal computer or a laptop. We expect to see an increase in games downloaded by at least by 100 per cent and as many as 60 3G-enabled games will be launched in the next few months," said Nitish Mittersain, CEO, Nazara Technologies.
Antacid Digene and pain drug Brufen have been among the top in their categories in India for decades. But not their manufacturer, Abbott.
But the newer entrants prove nimbler than the slowing pioneers.
In 2000, it was projected as the next big thing to happen in healthcare, for its potential to replicate the outsourcing success stories in information technology and business process outsourcing.
"A lot of PE investors are interested in renewable energy and we are exploring PE investments for our wind energy initiatives," said Thomas John Muthoot, chairman and managing director.
PharmaSecure, a US based company, is in talks with Indian drug majors to implement a new, cost-effective, SMS-based technology that would allow consumers to check the authenticity of the drug - in a strip, tablet or a bottle - by directly getting in touch with the manufacturer.
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