The Foreign Investment Promotion Board, or FIPB, has approved Bangalore-based Forum Synergies PE Fund Managers’ proposal to get Rs 651 crore investment from Mauritius-based India Knowledge Manufacturing Company (IKMC). The board had rejected it twice in the past. This time, it has cleared it with the condition that IKMC will accept neither money nor equity from a source within India — be it a company or a resident. The proposal will now be put up to the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs, or CCEA, for approval, as all proposals are if they involve foreign direct investment of more than Rs 600 crore. […]