The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) which was scheduled to meet on Friday to consider the Rs 10,141-crore proposal of Vodafone Plc to acquire the remaining stake in its Indian arm has postponed the meeting for December 9.
However, no reason was assigned for postponement of the meeting.
"...the 199th meeting of the FIPB which was scheduled to be held on Friday, the December 6, 2013... has been postponed and will now be held on Monday, the December 9, 2013...," the Finance Ministry said. The Vodafone proposal along with 10 other would now be taken up on Monday, it added.
CGP India Investments, an indirect Mauritian unit of Vodafone International Holdings BV, is seeking approval to buy the entire stake held by minority shareholders in Vodafone India.
The UK telecom giant at present holds a 64.38 per cent stake in the Indian unit.
Vodafone's minority investors include billionaire industrialist Ajay Piramal, who holds an 11 per cent stake in India's second-largest telecom company by subscribers.
The remaining stake is with undisclosed shareholders. Analjit Singh, Vodafone India's non-executive chairman, is understood to be among them.
The proposal was earlier listed on the agenda of FIPB's meeting on November 13 but could not taken up for want of comments from various ministries.
Opinions were sought from the Department of Telecom, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Revenue.
However, no reason was assigned for postponement of the meeting.
"...the 199th meeting of the FIPB which was scheduled to be held on Friday, the December 6, 2013... has been postponed and will now be held on Monday, the December 9, 2013...," the Finance Ministry said. The Vodafone proposal along with 10 other would now be taken up on Monday, it added.
CGP India Investments, an indirect Mauritian unit of Vodafone International Holdings BV, is seeking approval to buy the entire stake held by minority shareholders in Vodafone India.
The UK telecom giant at present holds a 64.38 per cent stake in the Indian unit.
Vodafone's minority investors include billionaire industrialist Ajay Piramal, who holds an 11 per cent stake in India's second-largest telecom company by subscribers.
The remaining stake is with undisclosed shareholders. Analjit Singh, Vodafone India's non-executive chairman, is understood to be among them.
The proposal was earlier listed on the agenda of FIPB's meeting on November 13 but could not taken up for want of comments from various ministries.
Opinions were sought from the Department of Telecom, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Revenue.
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