Share Holding Patterns on 31st March, 2001
		Category		No. of Shares held		Percentage of Shareholding
A.		Promoter's holding
1.		Promoters
a.		Indian Promoters		340,159,252		24.20
		Ispat Industries Ltd.		66,666,000		4.74
		Goldman Agent Pvt. Ltd.		122,561,358		8.72
		Ritambara Agents Pvt. Ltd.		150,931,824		10.74
		Individual Subscribers to Memorandum & Articles		70		0.00
b.		Foreign Promoters		440,824,709		31.37
		Hughes Electronics Corp. USA		68,864,981		4.90
		First HNS (Mauritius) Ltd.		220,488,366		15.69
		Kellerton Ventures Corp. BVI		60,061,275		4.27
		Alltel Mauritius Holdings INC.		91,410,087		6.50
2.		Persons acting in Concert		N.A.		N.A.
		Sub-Total (a. + b.)		780,983,961		55.57
B.		Non-Promoters Holding
3.		Institutional Investors
a.		Mutual Funds and UTI		119,953,273		8.54
		UTI A/C India Infrastructure Fund Unit Scheme 1999		37,916,600		2.70
		Unit Trust of India		74,963,560		5.33
		Others		7,073,113		0.51
b.		Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies (Central / State Govt. Institutions / Non-government Institutions)		181,937,679		12.95
		Banks		10,254,179		0.73
		Life Insurance Corporation of India		33,333,300		2.37
		Industrial Developement Bank of India		92,516,900		6.58
		ICICI Limited		41,666,700		2.96
		Other Insurance Co.		4,166,600		0.31
c.		FIIs		183,434,000		13.05
		AEIF Limited		131,979,200		9.39
		Wycombe International Corp. Ltd.		46,679,800		3.32
		Others		4,775,000		0.34
		Sub-Total (a. + b. + c.)		485,324,952		34.53
4.		Others
a.		Private Corporate Bodies		55,855,085		3.98
		Infrastructure Developement Finance Co. Ltd.		37,624,700		2.68
		Others		18,230,385		1.30
b.		Indian Public		51,183,946		3.64
c.		NRIs / OCBs		31,279,186		2.22
		NRIs		932,786		0.07
		OCBs
		Telecom Asia Investments Ltd.		22,729,100		1.62
		Other OCBs		7,617,300		0.53
d.		Any other - Demat Transit Position		699,531		0.05
		Sub-Total (a. + b. + c. + d.)		139,017,748		9.89
		GRAND TOTAL		1,405,326,661		100.00