Tata group firms line up Rs 65 thousand crore capex in 2015

New Delhi: Various firms of diversified Tata group have lined up capital expenditure of a total of over Rs 65,000 crore for the ongoing fiscal.

The capex is part of respective medium-term strategies of the different companies covering all the business sectors of the group, ranging from engineering, materials, information technology and communications, consumer products, services, energy to chemicals.

The majority of the investments will be by the group’s top companies, Tata Steel, Tata Motors and Tata Consultancy Services. While Tata Steel would have a capex of nearly Rs 16,500 crore in FY15, Tata Motors has earmarked around Rs 38,500 crore, out of which Rs 35,000 crore will be for its British arm JLR and Rs 3,500 crore for its operations in India. The group’s information technology major TCS has also outlined a capex of Rs 4,000 crore for this fiscal.

The spends are focused on already planned new products and services, as well as continuing development of new technologies and both for global and domestic operations. When contacted, a spokesperson of Tata Sons — the promoter of major operating Tata companies — said capital expenditure plans of group firms “are available, wherever so declared, in their individual financial and business related announcements”.

“Tata companies always take a long term view of business and make required investments,” the spokesperson added.