PVR, an entertainment company, is setting aside an investment of about Rs 75 crore over the next three year as the company mulls to expand operations of its bowling alley arm, PVR BluO, across cities like Bangalore, Pune, Chennai and Mumbai, Chandigarh and Ludhiana. The company aims that PVR BluO should by 3-year down the line have 250 lanes operational, compared to the current 50.

Further, the company also recently reported that it is eyeing to double its number of multiplex screens in the next three years. The company for this will invest Rs 100 crore per year and expects to operate 300 screens in the next three years.

PVR is engaged in the business of film exhibition. The company operates other business such as providing content, film distribution and Entertainment Park through its subsidiaries. Currently, the company has achieved the status of being India largest cinema chain. It currently owns 101 screens across 14 cities and many more are in the offing.

Tata Steel has upgraded its rail facility in France, with an investment of about Rs 235 crore. This rail facility is now ready to produce longer rails for the high-speed networks in France and other European countries. Previously, the plant Hayange, in the Lorraine region of France could roll out rails up to 80-metre long.

Hayange facility, the largest and the most significant investment for more than a decade, has boosted production capacity from 3 lakh tonne to 3.4 lakh tonne in a year and has improved yield and quality at the facility. The company's two state-of-the-art rail facilities in the UK and France now have the world-class manufacturing capability and it will continue to support customers by offering innovative products and services in growth markets.

Recently, Tata Steel has received an approval for the amalgamation of Centennial Steel Company (CSCL) with itself. As per the scheme CSCL becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel and all the shares of CSCL would stand cancelled.

Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), a steel maker and power generator, likely to spent about Rs 1,00,000 crore in Jharkhand to set up two steel plants of 11 million tonne annual capacity by 2016. The company also plans to set up 6,600 MW power plants in Jharkhand. Chief Minister Arjun Munda and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Shibu Soren commissioned a steel bar mill of 1.2 million tonne per annum capacity in Patratu.

By second half of 2015 JSPL aims to come up with integrated steel mill of total 6 million tonne capacity in Patratu, where it already has a steel plate mill of 0.6 million tonne per annum. Other than this, JSPL also has plans to set up another 5 million tonne capacity steel plant at Asanboni in East Singhbhum district in the state which is expected to be commissioned by 2016. Two plants of 1320 MW each at Dumka and Godda is also on the anvil.

Recently, Jindal Steel & Power has raised $475 million through the takeout financing route, to part finance expansion plans overseas. The company has raised the loan at 225 basis points over the LIBOR, for a tenor of five years, with 10 large banks participating in the transaction. The banks include Standard Chartered, DBS, Citibank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Mizuho, Barclays, RBS, ANZ, Credit Agricole and JP Morgan.

Power Grid Corporation of India (PCGIL) has received nod for two investment proposal. The first investment approval is for common system associated with Coastal Energen and Ind-Barath Power (Madras) LTOA Generation Projects in Tuticorin area (Part-B) at an estimated cost of Rs 1940.13 crore, with commissioning schedule of 36 months from the date of investment approval.

While, the second investment approval is for Power Grid sub-station works associated with transmission scheme for enabling import of NER/ER surplus power by NR at an estimated cost of Rs 80.42 crore, with commissioning schedule of 18 months from the date of investment approval. The board at its meeting held on September 16, 2011 has considered and approved the same.

PGCIL is India's principal electric power transmission company. It owns and operates most of India's interstate and inter-regional electric power transmission systems with inter-regional power transfer capacity of about 20,800 MW and wheels nearly 45% of total power generated across India. GoI holds 69.42% stake in PGCIL as on March 31, 2011.

Tata Steel, the world's seventh-largest steel maker has completed an investment programme to upgrade the hot rolled strip processing capabilities at the company's Dudley plant in the West Midlands, UK by installing a leveler worth 500,000 pounds.

The product processed by the new leveler will be used to supply premium products to the company's lifting and excavating clients, meeting the increasingly exacting quality requirements in the manufacture of forklift truck frames, wheels, agricultural equipment, trailers and excavators

The new leveler, a bespoke design by industrial equipment manufacturer Heinrich Georg in conjunction with Tata Steel's research and development team, will decoil, cut-to-length and fully flatten hot rolled steel coil in thicknesses of 3-5mm and in widths up to 2 metres. It is due to come on stream in January 2012.

The investment follows another worth 8 million pounds to expand capacity in quenched and tempered plate at its Clydebridge plant in Scotland, an investment that will also enhance the quality of products supplied to the lifting and excavating sector, among others.

Power Grid Corporation of India (PCGIL) has received an investment approval for 'Transmission System for IPP generation projects in Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chhattisgarh' at an estimated cost of Rs 1366.34 crore, with commissioning schedule of 27 months from the date of investment approval. The company has received investment approval at its board meeting held on August 26, 2011.

Recently, Power Grid Corporation of India was planning to launch 1,200-Kv ultra-high voltage (UHV) test station along with experimental lines at Bina in Madhya Pradesh. In this regard, the company would invest Rs 800 crore. The company was also commissioning a 1,200-Kv transmission line for commercial purpose, which would be constructed between Wardha and Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

PGCIL is India's principal electric power transmission company. It owns and operates most of India's interstate and inter-regional electric power transmission systems with inter-regional power transfer capacity of about 20,800 MW and wheels nearly 45% of total power generated across India. GoI holds 69.42% stake in PGCIL as on March 31, 2011.

Coal India is bracing itself for an investment of Rs 42,000-crore in the next few years as its projects stuck under environment norms, start getting clearances. This also includes foreign acquisitions, the clearances for which are likely to come in the next few weeks. As per the bifurcation, the company will require about Rs 7,000 crore for setting up some 40-odd washeries. It has earmarked about Rs 6,000 crore for foreign acquisitions and about Rs 29,000 for expansion and new mining projects.

Since the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), in a change of stand, have started listening to problems and suggestions of companies like Coal India affected by pollution norms. The company hopes that the bar on mine expansion and new projects due to pollution index will also gradually be lifted. Further, in a positive development, the ministry has already lifted the pollution index-related ban on three major for Coal India projects. These are for the Talcher mines and Ib Valley mines in Orissa and Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh.

Pradip Overseas, leading exporters of home textiles, is investing Rs 380 crore this year on capacity expansion for its new products of home furnishings in the domestic market. By April 2012 the company is likely to expand its capacity from 140 million meters to 196 million meters to meet the growing demand in the Indian market. The company expects revenues of Rs 200 crore in the first year of the domestic launch.

The entity launched over 500 products in 11 collections, with about 10 designs each, for the Diwali festival. For the new products, under the "MYCK" brand for retailing, the company is reaching out to some 1,500 retailers through tie-ups but has no immediate plans for opening standalone outlets. This is one of the biggest launches of any home textile brand in the country. MYCK stands for Malt-extract Yeast Chloramphenicol Ketoconazol, a combination of primary colors.

The company, whose turnover in 2010-11 was Rs 2,100 crore with a PAT of Rs 69 crore, has also earmarked an advertisement spend of Rs 25.5 crore this year. Its sales in the first quarter of the current fiscal were Rs 600 crore with a CAGR of 20% year-on-year. As of now, about 60% of its revenues come from exports to the USA, Europe and 20 other countries.

Force Motors is planning to invest Rs 1,000 crore over the next two years. Of which, the company will invest Rs 400 crore in the passenger vehicle segment and the rest in commercial vehicles space.

Pune-based commercial vehicle maker will raise the said fund through a mix of internal accruals and other capital raising methods

Recently, the company rolled out its first 2.2-litre diesel sports utility vehicle (SUV) 'Force One,' priced at Rs 10.65 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The vehicle will be available in the market from September 1. The company has roped in Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador to promote the vehicle.

The company is also planning to launch two more variants of the SUV over the next two years. The SUV market has an annual potential of 70,000 units and the company aims to sell 4,000 vehicles in the first year.

State-run Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) likely to have a generation capacity of 6,000 MW, entailing an investment of about Rs 30,000 crore by 2019-20. The company is executing projects in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Nepal and Bhutan, among others. By September 2013 the 412 MW Rampur Hydro Electric Project in Himachal Pradesh, which has a plan outlay of Rs 45.52 crore, is expected to be commissioned.

From April 1 till August 15 the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station generated 4,296 million units of electricity. The latest figure is also 786 million units more than last year's generation during the same period. The power station was heading for another record of power generation during the year 2011-12. In the last fiscal, the plant had generated 7,140 million units of electricity.

SJVN is a joint venture between the Central government and Himachal Pradesh state government.

Persistent Systems, a player in outsourced software product development has invested in a 2.1 mega watt windmill turbine at Dhule in Maharashtra, as a part of its Green Persistent Movement.

The wind turbine purchased from Suzlon Energy has started generating electricity which is being supplied to the MSEDCL grid at Gangapur sub-station. The 2.1 MW wind turbine is the first of its kind to be purchased by a listed IT company and will generate 37 lakh unit of power on an average annually. The wind turbine is optimally installed to derive maximum benefit for generation of power.

The Green Persistent movement includes a number of initiatives that enables Persistent to contribute to the environment and encourage prudent use of resources.

This initiative will reinforce the company's commitment towards a green environment. Green Persistent focuses on conservation of energy and trees, pollution control and waste management.

India has the fifth largest installed wind power capacity in the world, according to the World Wind Energy Report 2008. The investment in the wind mill will help to reduce global warming and falls in line with Persistent's initiatives towards environment management. Persistent was recently recommended for ISO 14001:2004 certification for Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for its Pune facility.

In a bid to establish two soluble speciality fertilizer plants in Rajasthan and Orissa, Zuari Industries, part of the Saroj Poddar-led Adventz group, is planning to invest Rs 45 crore in building the plants, each of which will be spread over five to seven acres of land acquired privately. The plants will be constructed and operated by Zuari Rotem Specialty Fertilisers, a joint venture between Zuari and Israel Chemicals.

The company is looking to commence the Rajasthan plant by end off next year followed by Orissa. The company has been operating a soluble fertiliser production facility in Maharashtra with an annual capacity of 32,000 tonnes. Since March 2010, the company has a total installed capacity of 50,000 tonnes a year in water soluble NPK speciality fertilisers.

The company is also looking to spend Rs 9,000 crore over the next three to four years as part of its expansion plans. These include setting up a 1.2-million tonnes per annum urea plant in Belgaum, Karnataka, for Rs 5,500 crore and a manufacturing unit to produce DAP, the location for which has not been decided yet.

Sintex Industries is likely to spend around Rs 1,100 crore on its upcoming capacity expansion projects across India. The company plans to invest Rs 250 crore on facilities for custom moulding, Rs 220 crore on prefab, Rs 300-350 crore on monolithic, Rs 150 crore on captive power and Rs 50 crore on textiles, between 2011-12 and 2013-14.

Most of Sintex's investments will be at its manufacturing in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagpur, Kolkata, Salem and Uttar Pradesh. Despite a slowdown in construction activity and the resultant low cement dispatches, Sintex growth continues as pre-fab structures use little cement.

Sintex is not a hard-core infrastructure development company. Its monolithic products are used in mass housing, railway, government staff quarters and defence, among others.

Neha International has received its board's approval to invest additional $2 million in its Wholly Owned Subsidiary -- Neha Agricorp -- by way of loan. The company's board gave approval for the same at meeting held on August 13, 2011.

Further, the board has also approved the conversion of 1,69,000 warrants to shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 45 per share subsequent to receipt of 100% subscription amount.

Neha International is a premium and successful grower of cut roses. The company also deals in trading of green house-related machinery and undertakes the business of outsourcing services.

Shriram Transport Finance Company (STFCL), India's largest asset financing company, has unveiled Shriram Automall in Gurgaon, the country's first single- window destination for trade of pre-owned trucks. The facility spread across a sprawling over 2 lakh Sq ft . feet space, is the first-of-its kind initiative which will give access to the country's large community of truck-owners to trade their vehicles in a hassle-free manner.

At the Automall, apart from trading of the truck, the truck-owner will also be able to explore financing and insurance options as also minor and major repair facilities. Rest rooms for travel fatigued truck drivers and cleaners are also provided as an add-on facility. The overall plan is to have 50 such facilities strategically located on important highways of country covering a pan India population of Commercial Vehicle highway users.

The Automall will also house Shriram One Stop, a computerized touch screen kiosk which will be a virtual Truck Bazaar, providing real time information about used commercial vehicles available for sale and simultaneously facilitates registration of individual buyer's requirements. One Stop will bring more transparency while buying and selling used commercial vehicles.

The Automall will include Shriram New Look, wherein refurbished pre-owned commercial vehicles are put on display for buying with inbuilt financing options.

STFCL is the flagship company of the Chennai based Shriram Group and is classified as deposit taking asset finance NBFC, with an objective to provide hire purchase and lease finance for the medium and heavy commercial vehicles to individual truck operators. It is the largest asset financing NBFC in India concentrated mainly in pre-owned vehicle financing business.

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is in the process of acquiring stake in major coal and iron ore mines in Indonesia as part of its overseas expansion plans. The company aiming to set up steel manufacturing facilities in mineral rich nations in return of direct allocation of iron ore, coking and thermal coal mines and import surplus mineral production. The company has already set up an office in Jakarta for coordination.

Further, the company is also planning to erect a steel-making plant of 3 million tonne per annum (MTPA) capacity in the Central Kalimantan region.

Recently, the company's board accorded in-principle aproval for setting up 10 steel processing units (SPU) in different states across the country. The SPUs will be launched in states like Bihar (Bettiah, Mahnar and Gaya), Assam (Guwahati), Uttar Pradesh (Lakhimpur), Jammu and Kashmir (Srinagar) and Himachal Pradesh (Kangra).

Britannia Industries (BIL) is investing around Rs 200 crore in setting up four greenfield manufacturing units to ramp up capacity and meet its top line growth in the bakery business. The company plans to set up the first of these factories in Bihar and it is due to be commissioned within a few weeks. BIL will also commission new company-owned units in Orissa and Karnataka within next few months and another one in the western region. The company is making investments of Rs 50-60 crore in each of these factories.

The company's Q1 consolidated net profit increased by 39% to Rs 39 crore for 2011-12 even as its consolidated revenue rose 21% to Rs 1,208 crore. The company has bought out its partners in each of its operating business in dairy products, breads and in two companies -- Strategic Food International Company (SFIC), and Al Sallan Food Industries in the Middle East. Post this movement the said companies are now 100% subsidiaries of BIL.

Recently, BIL has launched Vita Marie Honey Oats biscuits a low-fat, cholesterol-free biscuit brand targeting the health-conscious consumers in urban areas. With the launch of Vita Marie Honey Oats biscuits the company enters the adult health and wellness food segment, which is worth Rs 5,000 crore and growing at 25% per annum.

Berger Paints is likely to invest Rs 120-130 crore in FY12 to achieve its expansion plans, which include capacity-building and launching new products. The company plans to continue to make such investments over the next two-three years. The company will be launching three-four products in the premium segment.

The company had posted a 16.41% spike in net profit to Rs 37.16 crore for the June quarter compared to Rs 31.92 crore in same quarter last year. During the quarter, its net sales jumped by 30.28% to Rs 693.12 crore.

NTPC, country's largest power producer is likely to invest about Rs 1 lakh crore in setting up of a nearly 9,500 MW hydro project in Arunachal Pradesh. The company is in talks with Arunachal Pradesh government for setting the project in the state. The company is preparing a detailed project report for the same. The entity also plans to commission its 800 MW Koldam project in Himachal Pradesh, next year.

The company's net profit for the quarter rose by 12.70% at Rs 2075.78 crore as compared to Rs 1841.89 crore for the same quarter last year. Its total income increased by 12.22% to Rs 15167.89 crore for the quarter under review from Rs 13516.31 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

NTPC, India's largest power company, was incorporated to accelerate power development in India. Presently, it has emerged as an 'Integrated Power Major', with a significant presence in the entire value chain of power generation business.

Tata Steel, the world's seventh-largest steelmaker likely to invest over Rs 500 crore at its Hartlepool mill in the United Kingdom to enhance the welding and material handling capability. To improve the quality of the finished product as well as customer service the company will also utilize the investment on new cranes, handling equipment and storage at both mills. This investment will help the company to retain its position as a world-leading supplier of pipes and tubes.

The investment forms a critical component of the company's five-year plan to increase the productivity and cost effectiveness of the Hartlepool plants. At the mills preparatory work has already begun, and the installation and commissioning of the new plant and equipment is scheduled for the first six months of 2012.

Recently, Tata Steel launched a campaign 'Values Stronger than Steel'. Through this campaign the company eyed at reaching out to the citizens to reinforce company's image as cutting edge, global major dedicated to social, economic sustainability, green-technology and community empowerment.

NHPC, state-run hydro power generation company, is likely to invest around Rs 15,000 crore for developing two projects in the neighboring country Myanmar. The company is preparing detailed project report (DPR) for 1,200 MW Htamanthi and 660 MW Shwezaye Hydro Power Projects on Chindwin River in Myanmar. The company is providing its technical expertise in the area of hydro power development in countries like Myanmar, Bhutan and Tajikistan.

It is increasing the international operations and harnessing the hydropower potential available abroad. The company is also preparing DPRs for the 670 MW Chamkarchhu-I and 1,800 MW Kuri-Gongri HE projects in Bhutan. Presently, NHPC has 14 operational power stations with a total installed capacity of 5,295 MW. NHPC has commissioned the 14.1 MW Devighat Project in Nepal and 60 MW Kurichu Project in Bhutan on turnkey basis.

The company has reconciled signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Orissa Hydro Power (OHPC) and Government of Orissa for formation of a Joint Venture Company (JVC) with OHPC to develop three Hydro-electric Projects with a total capacity of 320 MW in the state.

Jindal Saw is planning to invest $600 million over the next two years to expand its capacity and buy stakes in firms based in the Middle East, the US and the European Union. The company has already begun talks with firms for buying stakes and signing of the deals may happen within a year. The company might raise some debt to fund the proposed fund infusion, but a majority would come from internal accruals.

The company is interested in buying stakes in firms which produce ductile iron and seamless pipes. The company has enough capacity for large-dia pipe makings in India.

Jindal Saw's net profit for the fourth quarter declined 54.95% at Rs 80.19 crore as compared to Rs 178.00 crore for the corresponding quarter previous year. Its total income increased 6.74% at Rs 1164.36 crore for the quarter under review from Rs 1090.86 crore in the corresponding previous quarter.