Mahut Group (name disguised) was a family-owned business group that operated two cement companies, Heera and Moti (names disguised), in Gujarat, the Western part of India. Heera Cement had been making substantial losses since its inception and was currently under the consideration of Board of...

The Indian economy began its liberalization process in 1991 under the structural adjustment program of the IMF and the World Bank. The structural adjustment program required India to deregulate in a phased manner, eliminate the license regime and to open its economy to foreign capital. With the...