A major point of contention was the amount of subsidy that was being offered. While the state government was ready to walk half way, Lenskart's demands were unreasonable, sources told Moneycontrol.
The billionaire executive will meet PM Modi in the week of April 22 in New Delhi, and will separately make an announcement about his India plans, said the two sources, who declined to be named as the trip details are confidential.
VinFast's plant in India will entail an investment outlay of Rs 200-250 crore and will have a capacity of 1.5 lakh units per annum
The company's statement came a day after the Punjab government claimed that BMW had agreed to set up its auto part manufacturing unit in the state.
The company is said to be in talks with officials of several state governments, including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana and Karnataka, to set up an additional manufacturing plant with an annual capacity of about 15 lakh units.
In April this year, it said the company is looking to unveil three EV products a hyperbike, an e-bike and an electric scooter by September and their subsequent launch between February and August next year.
The new plant would replace the company's Gurugram-based facility and is expected to have an installed production capacity of 7.5-10 lakh units per annum.
"The greenfield plant has been set up at village Karsanpura, Taluka Mandal, District Ahmedabad in Gujarat," the company said in a filing to BSE, adding that the first phase of the project now stands completed.
The company, which today launched its first electric scooter 'Ridge' priced at Rs 43,702 (ex-showroom Delhi), has already invested around Rs 35 crore to set up operations including a manufacturing facility at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan.
The company is in talks with Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments in this regard, however, any decision on setting up the third manufacturing unit is likely to be taken only after March 2018, Daikin Airconditioning India Managing Director Kanwal Jeet Jawa said here.
Even as the country is being rocked by rowdy nationwide protests against a January 1 gasoline price hike, the Ford news led the front pages of Mexico's most influential newspapers, and they tied the development directly to President-elect Donald Trump.
Pakistan's car market has for decades been dominated by Japan's Suzuki, Toyota and Honda who have been accused of colluding to fix prices for lower-quality versions of their models.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal discussed these investment proposals at a meeting held with state Industry and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary and senior officials on 'ease of doing business', an official release said.
With total investment of Rs 6,500 crore, the plant is set to come up at Bhadravati tehsil of the district, which has major stocks of coal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
Company founder and CEO Sulajja Firodia Motwani said West Bengal is very much in her growth plans and the company is scouting for land at an appropriate location for making the facility.
Asian Paints said it has revised plans for its manufacturing plant in Andhra Pradesh, which will now have higher capacity and a marginal increase in investment
The Japanese automaker rolled out its India-made D-Max V-Cross pick-up from the newly-launched facility here.
"Torrent Pharma has successfully obtained the Establishment Inspection Report from the USFDA for its plant located at Dahej SEZ, in Gujarat... the plant has also received approval from EU Germany," Torrent Pharma said in a BSE filing.
The investment in the US is being strategically done with an eye to place the company among top three Indian pharma firms in the US, Mankind Pharma today said in a statemen
Chinese handset company OnePlus today said it will start manufacturing its newly launched OnePlus X Onyx smartphones in India by the end of 2015.
Tata Motors is looking up the capacity of its Pantnagar plant to produce medium and heavy commercial vehicles in order to gain capex subsidy provided by the hilly state, reports CNBC-TV18's Ronojoy Banerjee.
The company, which is the second largest car maker in India, eyes 1 percent growth in its market share each year during the period.
Representatives from Ford and Tamil Nadu government signed a memorandum of understanding at the Global Investor Meet, paving the way for a Ford campus across 28 acres land, the company said in a statement.
FMCG major ITC is looking to set up in three plants -- one each in Punjab, West Bengal and Karnataka -- to cater to its non-cigarettes business, sources have told CNBC-TV18, with end FY2016 being targeted as the date for their on-streaming.
The company, which currently has a monthly revenue between Rs.150-200 crore, wants to cash in on the repetitive purchase behaviour of the consumer and expand its user base in the country.