Upcoming Projects in India

6605 Ford Motor Company has decided to invest another Rs 4,000 to Rs 5000 crore in an R&D centre in Chennai, after investing a billion dollar in a second plant in Sanand, Gujarat. The Chennai R&D centre is expected to be constructed in the second half of this year. An agreement with the Tamil Nadu government is expected to be signed in the next few months, Post the setup of the local R&D base, the company's Ford Technology Services India and Ford Global Business Service operation will merge into a common organisation.

6604 Kalyan Jewellers is planning to invest up to Rs 1800 crore by FY2016-17 to expand across the country. The plan to invest up to Rs 1,800 crore to expand into new cities by next financial year to increase our sales network. This year Kalyan Jewellers plans to enter cities, as Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Kolkata.

6603 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the first unit of 82.5 MW at the upcoming Shrinagar Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in Uttarakhand. The greenfield hydroelectric project consisting of four units of 82.5 MW each is being set up by Alaknanda Hydro Power Corporation Limited (GVK Group). The project is located on the Alaknanda River,a major tributary of the Ganga River, a perennial river in Uttarakhand. The project is designed to utilise the waters of River Alaknanda by way of a diversion dam. Power generation from Shrinagar HEP is likely to result in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

6602 CESC will invest about Rs 2,000 crore to strengthen its distribution network in Kolkata, company already invested Rs 3,000 crore in improving distribution network in the past few years, and company invest another Rs 2,000 crore in improving the network so that downtime can be brought down to zero and Kolkata turns into a zero load shedding city.

6601 IRB Infrastructure Developers Rs 2,650-crore Agra-Etawah Bypass projectIRB Infrastructure Developers is planning to take up laning of Agra-Etawah Bypass sections from NH-2 (from km 199.660 to km 323.525) in the state of Uttar Pradesh, under NHDP Phase-V. As of May 2015, the company has invited bids for executing the project on BOT (Toll) mode

6600 Swachh Bharat Mission constructed 14,000 toilets in Assam's Morigaon District ,The another 14000 toilets will be constructed for Below Poverty Line families next year, six community toilets have constructed at public places.

6599 The Cabinet approved revival of closed urea plant in Sindri, Jharkhand, and setting up of a new fertiliser plant in Namrup in Assam at a total investment of Rs 10,500 crore. The 1.3 million tonnes (MT) plant at Sindri will be revived at an investment of Rs 6,000 crore, while Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer's plant in Assam entails an investment of Rs 4,500 crore, The Namrup plant will have an annual capacity of 8.64 lakh tonnes of urea

6598 Union textile ministry to roll out schemes to the tune of Rs.427 crore to promote geotechnical textiles in the North East India. Under this scheme each state will have one centre with three units, each having 100 machines. For local entrepreneurs with requisite background, required facilities to start a unit will be provided in 'plug and play' mode. Once such entrepreneurs get established, they can set up their own units, allowing the facility to be provided to new entrepreneurs. The initiative comes under the North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) of the Ministry of Textiles. NERTPS is an umbrella scheme for the development of various segments of textiles, i.e. silk, handlooms, handicrafts and apparels & garments. The scheme has a total outlay of Rs. 1038.10 crore in the 12th Five Year Plan.

6597 Manali Petrochemicals Ltd (MPL) planning to invest around Rs 100 crore to raise its polyols manufacturing capacity three-fold to 150,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) from the existing 50,000 tpa and received necessary approvals for taking up the expansion, The company planned to add 25,000 mt capacity every fiscal, with the Phase-I expansion to be completed by March 2016.

6596 Chennai-based premium plywood maker Uniply Industries Ltd considering setting up a greenfield manufacturing plant in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs 35 cr, Uniply is also scouting for acquiring two functional units, in north and west of India, and is ready to spend Rs 20-25 crore on them in the next 6-9 months, The company has a manufacturing unit in Chennai and two smaller plants in other parts of the country.

6595 Apollo Tyres plans to set up a subsidiary in Malaysia over the next two years, the Gurgaon-headquartered firm has lined up investments worth Rs 1,500 crore this year to expand capacity of its truck-bus radial (TBR) plant in Chennai from 6,000 units a day to 9,000 per day.

6594 Aditya Birla group telecom major Idea Cellular planning a capex of around Rs 5,500 crore in the current fiscal to strengthen its infrastructure, The capex plan for the company during FY'16 invest Rs 5,000 to Rs 5,500 crore and the same goes in for network, IT and fibre laying among others,most of the amount would be from internal accruals and the total cumulative investment by Idea was Rs 61,000 crore,

6593 Essel Group forms JV with J A Solar to set up manufacturing facility in India, Essel Group has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with J A Solar,solar energy firm, to launch a solar cell and module manufacturing company in India. The agreement for setting up the JV with 50:50 partnership and equity arrangement was signed between Essel Infra project, the flagship infrastructure arm of the Essel Group and J A Solar. The JV will set up a manufacturing facility in India with an estimated capital expenditure of $150 million (approximately Rs 950 crore) out of which $30-45 million (Rs 190 to Rs 285 crore) will be by means of equity funding.The facility is expected to generate 500 Mw of power per annum.

6592 PVR Cinemas is set to acquire DT Cinemas, the wholly-owned subsidiary of DLF which owns theatre screens in and around Delhi. The negotiation is in advanced stages and the company at about Rs 500 crore. DLF Group and PVR Cinemas have agreed to broad terms of the transactions. The acquirer and seller are likely to approach the competition commission of India (CCI) for inprinciple approval as PVR Cinemas is the market leader

6591 Wheels India, part of the TVS Group that manufacture steel wheels is planning to invest around Rs 70 crore in 2015-16 towards capital expenditure. new product developments and capacity expansion in fore aluminum and in non-wheels business. Company's core business is manufacturing of steel wheelsL.Company to invest in automation, expansion & product development.

6590 JSW Cement Limited planning to increase its cement capacity to 20 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) in the next two-three years from the existing six mtpa capacity company capacity augmentation may cost Rs 8,000-9,000 crore

6589 State-run Power Grid will invest over Rs 1,000 crore in the next few years for execution of two projects including creating transmission network in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh. The Board of Power Grid Corp has approved investment for transmission system for Ultra Mega Solar Park in Anantpur district, Andhra Pradesh- Part A (Phase-1) at an estimated cost of 312.94 crore, with commissioning schedule of 12 months, The board has also approved an investment of Rs 780.33 crore for creation of 400/220kV substations in Delhi during 12th Plan Period.

6588 Germany-based lighting solutions company Trilux plans to invest Rs 100 crore in India by 2016 to scale up business, including setting up of a production unit. company seriously looking to invest in India. We would be investing a minimum Rs 100 crore by 2016, company also working on having its own production unit in India,setting up its own facility or through acquisition.

6587 Videocon Mobile Phones the process of setting up mobile handset manufacturing plants in Hyderabad, Kolkata and Madurai, each with investment of between Rs 40 crore and Rs 60 crore. The three new plants will go on stream during the August-December time frame,

6586 Maruti Suzuki, plans to set up a wholly owned manufacturing plant in Gujarat, Suzuki Motor had already laid the foundation stone of the new facility in Mehsana district in Gujarat and started construction. The factory, which would be SMC's first fully owned plant in India, will have an initial capacity to build 100,000 units a year by 2017. An investment of Rs 850 crore has been earmarked for the facility for the current fisca

6585 Mercedes-Benz is set to commission its expansion project at the Chakan plant near Pune, The company plans to launch another AMG Centre in Pune taking the total number of such customer service centres in the country to five and to 400 across the world.

6584 Swosti Group company setting up a high-end luxury resort beside the Chilika lake at an investment of about Rs 80 crore, Swosti Chilika Resort spreading over nine acres of land, is located between Barkul and Rambha at Bhubaneswar. The resort will cater to the needs of the high end domestic and foreign tourists visiting Chilika. that the new property will start partial operations by October 2016,

6583 Shanta Sriram Constructions company will invest over 600 crore in residential projects and multiplex-cum shopping malls in and around Hyderabad in the next 24 months. A total of 1,500 homes will be delivered and two malls and multiplex projects will be completed as part of the eight new ventures, The closely held, Hyderabad-based company, which has built 5,000 homes over 8 million sq ft. is nursing plans to further expand in Bengaluru and enter the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

6582 Essar Ports Ltd (EPL) has taken over Vishakhapatnam Port Trust's (VPT) iron ore handling complex for 30 years and has also decided to develop three berths at the port at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore. Essar Vizag Terminals Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EPL, will comprise three berths -two outer harbour and one inner harbour berths - with a combined capacity of 23 million tonnes per annum to be developed in two phases. The project will cover the upgradation of outer harbour berths (OB I & II) in Phase I and mechanisation of inner harbour berth (WQ-I) in Phase II.

6581 Azure Power has commissioned its largest solar plant with a capacity of 100 MW under the Government’s National Solar Mission. The plant located in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and Azure Power the project under the National Solar Mission Phase 2 Batch I bids to supply power to the Solar Energy Corporation of India for 25 years, This is the largest capacity project under the NSM Phase-2

6580 BPCL has got Environment Ministry's nod for a Rs 4,588 crore expansion at its refinery facility. It is a huge project. The estimated capital of this Make in India project is Rs 4,588 crore and is proposed to be located near the refinery at Kochi.

6579 Google Inc, will set up its biggest campus of Asia in Hyderabad by investing about Rs. 1,000 crore. The campus will have an office space of about 2 million square feet in 7.2 acres land at Gachibowli in the IT corridor. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed Telangana government for Information Technology. Google has plans to make the new facility fully operational by 2019 summer, would be spent in planning new campus and construction work is likely to commence around 2016 summer.

6578 Videocon Telecom will invest over Rs 210 crore in the circle in the current financial year 2016. the investment will be for its GSM services network expansion, where the telecom operator plans to deploy over 450 new cell sites of which 330 sites will be for geographical coverage expansion across 142 new towns, and another 120 sites for capacity enhancement to accommodate more users. company will be investing Rs 210 crore in the circle this financial year

6577 INKEL gearing up for an additional Rs 200 crore investment to make the 30-acre business park a major eco-friendly business and industrial hub in Kerala. The work on the next 250,000 sft Tower–II has been progressing well and INKEL decided to construct two more towers of 250,000 sft. INKEL to 200,000 sft tower at its business park at Angamaly in kerala

6576 Cargill India Rs 600-crore corn milling plant in Karnataka would become operational by October this year, Our Karnataka corn milling plant is under construction. It will be operational in October this year,

6575 Maharashtra government has decided to set up jewellery and knowledge smart city in the state to promote the growth of gems and jewellery sector. government plan to set up jewellery and knowledge smart city in the state to promote the growth of the gems and jewellery sector. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to provide suitable place for the project, for manufacturing and related activities. The project will also have support activities like training institute, research centre, exhibition and convention centre, residences for employees, hostel, schools and hospitals.

6574 Camlin Fine Sciences plans to set up new manufacturing facility at Dehaj in Gujarat with an investment of 193 crore. The plant will have annual capacity to produce 9,000 tonnes of Hydroquinone and 6,000 tonnes of Vanillin. The company has already acquired the land for 8 crore and has applied for environment clearances. The basic engineering work has started and the plant would be commissioned by September 201

6573 Industrial paints maker Kansai Nerolac decided to set up a manufacturing unit in Gujarat at an estimated cost of Rs 350 crore. Board of Directors at the held has approved setting up of a paint manufacturing unit at Sayakha Industrial Estate in Gujarat at an estimated cost of Rs 350 crore.

6572 Helmet manufacturer Steelbird plans to invest Rs 100 crore in the initial phase for setting up a new manufacturing facility at Tapukara in Rajasthan, which will become operational in the next two years. company plan to come up with a new plant at Tapukara in Rajasthan. It will be the world's largest helmet manufacturing facility with an initial production capacity of 10,000 units a day and which could be later expanded to over 50,000 pieces a day,

6571 Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF),will invest up to Rs 5,000 crore to expand its procurement as well as processing and manufacturing facilities over the next two to three years, company are setting up over 10 new dairy plants across the country in the next two to three years, both within and outside Gujarat, and will invest up to Rs 5,000 crore, company expanded our procurement network outside Gujarat, in Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and lately Punjab

6570 NTPC Ltd has awarded solar PV project contracts to Tata Power Solar, Lanco Solar Energy, BHEL and Sterling and Wilson for setting up of 250 MW in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. This 250 MW solar PV project is part of 1,000 MW ultra mega solar PV plant taken up by NTPC close to Kadiri in Anantapur. The plant will come up in a phased manner and the first phase of 250 MW tenders have been finalised. Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd of Bengaluru has been awarded contract for 100 MW, Lanco Solar Energy (50 MW), BHEL (50 MW) and Sterling & Wilson, a Shapoorji Pallonji Group promoted company (50 MW).

6569 Projecting Odisha as the future oil and gas hub of eastern India, about Rs 1 lakh crore is likely to be invested in the hydro-carbon sector in the state in next five to seven years. Odisha as the future oil and gas hub of eastern India about Rs 1 lakh crore to be invested in hydrocarbon sector in Odisha

6568 Royal Enfield is set to invest about Rs 500 crore towards the at its Chennai manufacturing facility. The company is gearing up for a big launch next year. We will launch one big product every year for a few years.

6567 Amara Raja Growth Corridor in Yadamari, Chittoor, which is expected to see an investment of Rs. 4,500 crore.The new industrial-cum-economic zone is spread over 500 acres on the Chennai-Bangalore industrial Corridor, about 70 km from Tirupati in Chittoor district. The foundation stone for Mangal Industries, a plastic injection moulding facility of Amara Raja being set up with an outlay of Rs. 200 crore and is expected to be commissioned by June 2016.

6566 Taiwan-based Apex Medical Corporation announced with plans to invest around Rs 100 crore. The company will initially import its products and sell them in the country through local dealers, hospitals and tenders to the government.

6565 Bhel has commissioned GVK Group's 82.5 MW greenfield hydro electric project in Uttarakhand. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd commissioned the first unit of 82.5 MW at the upcoming Shrinagar Hydro Electric Project in Uttarakhand

6564 The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet gave its approval to build 750 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (SPV) plant at Gurh tehsil in Rewa district. The plant, to be developed in three phases of 250 MW, once completed will become the world’s largest solar power plant. The plant will use photovoltaic (PV) technology to generate electricity from the sun and is estimated to be completed by March 2017 at an estimated cost of 4500 crore rupees, The project is being set up under the scheme for development of solar parks and ultra mega solar power projects

6563 Handset vendor Micromax on it would invest up to $400 million this year to pick up stake in at least 20 start-ups across the health care, entertainment and gaming segments, among others, as part of plans to strengthen its services portfolio, The company is keen to beef up investments in research and development of products and services as well as invest in start-ups to stay

6562 Shoppers Stop is planning to invest Rs. 50 crore in its e-commerce business in the next two years, With 72 stores across 34 cities, In the next 24 months, we would invest Rs. 50 crore for the online channel. would be separate websites across our formats like Homestop and Shoppers Stop, supported by the same infrastructure and software

6561 Oswal Industries, makers of high-end valves for sectors oil and gas, mining, power and fertilisers, plans to invest Rs. 90 crore to expand its valve capacity and set up a new skids plant in Mehsana in Gujarat. Oswal Industries, the company has 24 acres in Mehsana and will invest in Rs. 50 crore in setting up the plant.

6560 Stanadyne Amalgamations Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between the US-based fuel pumps and fuel injection engines maker Stanadyne and Chennai-based Amalgamations Group,planning to invest around Rs 100 crore in expansion of its manufacturing facility here. Planning to introduce a technology in diesel fuel injection equipment in India for the introduction of low-sulphur fuel for engines below 50 HP. planning to expand our capacity from the current 90,000 pumps a year to 2,40,000 pumps in next two years with an investment of Rs 100 crore

6559 Hindustan Zinc is planning to set up a greenfield Rs 1350 crore di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) plant in Rajasthan. This forms part of the company’s move to invest nearly Rs 8,000 crore in the state over the next three years. The plant which is slated to have a capacity of five lakh tonne per annum will come up at Udaipur. It utilize output from the company's rock phosphate mine to produce DAP. c is an integrated mining and resources producer of zinc, lead, silver and cadmium. It is a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources PLC.

6558 Sahyadri Industries Limited (SIL) plans to invest Rs 140 crore to set up an ultra-modern non-asbestos flat sheets (NAFS) integrated plant at Vijaywada. An MoU to this effect was signed between Sahyadri Industries Ltd and the Andhra Pradesh state government. The capacity expansion is expected to take the company's total installed capacity of NAFS to more than 2,00,000 tonne per annum.

6557 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to spend about Rs 14,000 crore on exploration this fiscal and is seeking partnerships to develop its deepwater assets. The spending will also go to other exploration activities, including drilling of wells. The oil company is exploring the possibility of technology partnerships with firms that have competence in deepwater exploration.

6556 The Distribution Reforms Committee of Jammu and Kashmir government approved projects worth Rs 1,700 crore to strengthen power distribution infrastructure. Government has approved DPRs of Rs 450 crore under the Integrated Power Distribution Scheme (IPDS) for 86 Towns and DPRs of Rs 1249.68 crore under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY) for rural areas of the state. The DPRs have been prepared by the state Power Development Department after detailed field survey and identifying critical infrastructural gaps in the distribution network.