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13 companies violated import norms for foreign cars

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New Delhi : Thirteen companies including infrastructure major Jaiprakash Associates hotels in Delhi, Agra and Greater Noida figure in the list of firms that have misused norms for importing foreign cars in the country.

JP Hotels in New Delhi, JP Greens Hotels, Greater Noida and JP Hotels and Convention Centre in Agra are among the 13 companies which misused Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme for import of cars between April 01, 2004 to March 31, 2006, Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

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