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M&M Board okays buying 43% in Punjab Tractors

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) Automobile major Mahindra&Mahindra today received its board's approval for submission of a bid for acquiring 43 per cent stake in Punjab Tractors from private equity investor Actis and Burman family.

On February 9, the tractor maker's Chairman Keshub Mahindra said the company submitted a non-binding bid to buy stake of Burmans and Actis in Punjab Tractors.

Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Italy' SAME Deutz-Fahr are in race to pick up the 43 per cent stake, for a sum that could be over Rs 1,000 crore.

The Burman family, owner of the Dabur group, holds 14.5 per cent stake in Punjab Tractors while Actis holds 29 per cent. Life Insurance Corporation, General Insurance Corporation and IFCI collectively own 30.75 per cent stake in the enterprise.

Punjab Tractors with significant presence in North India, has a 14 per cent stake in Swaraj Mazda, 33 per cent in Swaraj Engines and 24 per cent in Swaraj Automotives.

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Topics: AUTO-M

Canara, Oriental Bank, HSBC Insurance ink MoU for Life Insurance

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a joint venture company in life insurance was signed here today betwen HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings Ltd, Canara Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC). Under the proposed agreement, Canara Bank will take a 51 per cent stake in the new company, HSBC a 26 per cent interest and OBC the remaining 23 per cent. The new entity will be capitalised at Rs 325 crore, of.....

Insurance for non-agri domain from ICICI Lombard

Chennai, Mar 5 (UNI) ICICI Lombard General Insurance has introduced, what it claims, for the first time in India an unique insurance scheme to cover the 'non-agriculture domain.' This unique insurance cover was extended to GHCL for the expected loss of salt production due to unseasonal rainfall at Nagapattinam salt production fields in Tamil Nadu, ICICI sources here today said. As per policy terms, the salt production company would be paid an insured compensation of Rs six lakh, Rs ten.....

Granules India signs outsourcing deal with Matchland Pvt Ltd

Hyderabad, Mar 5 (UNI) Granules India, a leading pharmaceutical formulation intermediates company with complete vertical integration, today announced that it had entered into an outsourcing agreement with Matchland Private Limited, trading in the name of New Products Development. Under the agreement, New Products Development would outsource its finished dosage manufacturing requirement to Granules India for the Australian market. Granules India Managing Director C Krishna Prasad said, ''We are planning to use our Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved pilot manufacturing capabilites.....
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