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The curious case of Rajesh Mehta’s ‘ ₹50,000 crore’ battery business
An investment of ₹1,250 crore by the three funds over three years explains the steep valuation of Elest, a company that has no operations but has agreed to supply land, machinery and technology for ACC Energy Storage Pvt. Ltd, the battery business of publicly listed Rajesh Exports
Rajesh Exports founder denies fund diversion in ACC Energy, says SEBI misread accounting entries
Rajesh Exports Chairman Rajesh Mehta refutes SEBI's fund diversion claims. He states accounting entries were misunderstood. The company faces potential removal from the Rs 18,100 crore ACC Production-Linked Incentive scheme. SEBI's order flagged a circular fund-routing scheme. The company's participation in the battery manufacturing programme is under review.
Rajesh Exports’ PLI-ACC future to be decided this week
There is a clause in the 2021 scheme's request for proposal to set up battery capacity that allows the ministry of heavy industries to disqualify a company.