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IAML SIGNS PACT WITH 8 BANKS ON ACQUIRING INFRA LOANS
IL&FS Infra Asset Management (IAML), an Asset Management Company (AMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with eight Public Sector Banks (PSBs) for acquisition of infrastructure loans. IAML was promoted by IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN) to manage the IL&FS Infrastructure Debt Fund (IIDF...
IL&FS Infra Asset Management, IAML, Asset Management Company, AMC, Memorandum Of Understanding, Mou, Public Sector Banks, Psbs, Acquisition, Loans, Infrastructure, Debt Fund
SBI EXPECTS CREDIT TO GROW A MAXIMUM OF 16%
Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) informed that the bank may achieve a deposit growth of 14 -16 per cent and a loan growth of a maximum 16 percent in 2013-14. In 2012-13, the largest public sector bank posted 15 per cent and 21 per cent growth in deposits and adva...
State Bank Of India, SBI, Bank, Recapitalisation, State-Run Banks, Public Sector Banks, Capital, Fund, Credit, Loan, Cabinet, Approval
GOVT MAY REVAMP MCA FOR ROAD PROJECTS
Unconfirmed reports indicate that the government would revamp the model concession agreements (MCAs) for public private partnership (PPP) projects in the highway sector. It may be noted that the existing MCAs have outlived their utility and there are no provisions for addressing emerging problems in many such projects. The...
Model Concession Agreements, Mcas, Public Private Partnership, PPP, Project, Highway, Road, Document, Contract
GOVT TAKES STEPS TO BOOST COAL OUTPUT
The union government has envisaged that one of the ways forward to reduce the dependence on imports is to devise a Public Private Partnership (PPP) policy framework with CIL as one of the partners in order to increase the production of coal for supply to power producers and other consumers. Accordingly the Ministry of Coal has set up a Committee to devise a PPP Policy framework with CIL as one of the partners in order to increase production of coal...
Coal India, CIL, Public Private Partnership, PPP, Block, Development, Output, Import, Production, Mining, Mineral
PANEL ISSUES DIRECTIVES TO AP GOVT
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Andhra Pradesh government asked the state government to conduct a socio-economic survey in the areas where ports are proposed to be set up. Specifically, the committee wants the government to study the kind of dislocation that might cause to the local people because of port projects and if rehabilitation was...
Kakinada Deep Water Port, Public Accounts Committee, PAC, Andhra Pradesh, Government, Socio-Economic Survey, Ports, Land, Royalty
EXPERTS CALL FOR MECHANISM TO REWORK PPP CONTRACTS
International experts on public-private partnerships (PPP) projects suggest the government to devise mechanisms to permit contract renegotiations during the term of the concession. Experts said this at a FICCI conference on PPP held recently in Delhi. According to a study by the World Bank, 55 per cent of (PPP) contracts in the transport sector were renegotiated across the world during 1985-2000...
World Bank, Public-Private Partnerships, PPP, Projects, Government, Mechanisms, Contract, Renegotiations, Concession, FICCI
KERALA GOVT TO SEEK VIABILITY FUND FOR PORT PROJECT
Kerala government is taking efforts to secure viability gap funding (VGF) for its proposed international container transshipment terminal at Vizhinjam port. The state Minister for Ports K Babu clarified that the state government would implement the project, which also envisages deepwater, multi-purpose port in the area, based on the landlord model of development...
Vizhinjam Port, Project, Environment Impact Assessment, EIA, International Finance Corporation, Master Plan, Approval, Terminal, Berth, Cargo, Expansion, Container, Shipping, Public Private Partnership, PPP
KERALA GOVT TO SEEK VIABILITY FUND FOR PORT PROJECT
Kerala government is taking efforts to secure viability gap funding (VGF) for its proposed international container transshipment terminal at Vizhinjam port. The state Minister for Ports K Babu clarified that the state government would implement the project, which also envisages deepwater, multi-purpose port in the area, based on the landlord model of development...
Vizhinjam Port, Project, Environment Impact Assessment, EIA, International Finance Corporation, Master Plan, Approval, Terminal, Berth, Cargo, Expansion, Container, Shipping, Public Private Partnership, PPP
RBI LIBERALISES OVERSEAS INVESTMENT NORMS FOR STATE-RUN OIL FIRMS
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed state-run oil explorers to invest in their incorporated overseas entities without any limits under the automatic route. It may be recalled that earlier, the navratna public sector undertakings (PSUs) like OVL and OIL were allowed to invest in overseas unincorporated entities only. But the central bank liberalised the existing norms to enable these firms to invest in the incorporated JV/WOS in oil se...
Reserve Bank Of India, RBI, Finance, Investment, Equity, Incorporated, Joint Venture, Oil And Gas, Exploration, State-Run, Public Sector Undertaking, PSU
GOVT CONSIDERS 17 COAL BLOCKS FOR STATE-RUN FIRMS
The union ministry of coal circulated 17 coal blocks for allocation to government companies out of which 14 are for specified end-use power and three coal blocks are earmarked for purpose of mining. These blocks would be allotted for eligible companies as per the ‘Auction by Competitive Bidding of Coal Mines Amendment Rules, 2012...
Coal, Blocks, Allocation, Mining, Mineral, Public Sector Companies, Psus, Auction, Power, Coal India, CIL
ASSOCHAM URGES GOVT TO SUPPORT AVIATION SECTOR
Industry body ASSOCHAM urged the civil aviation ministry, the Planning Commission and the RBI to work out a joint and a clear mechanism to give a boost to the aviation sector. In a communication to the government, the chamber raised concern that the sector faces policy and regulatory issues besides lack of finance, especially the equit...
Reserve Bank Of India, Bank, ASSOCHAM, Industry Body, Planning Commission, Investment, Public Private Partnership, PPP
GOVT MULLS SPV FOR DEVELOPING COAL BLOCKS UNDER PPP
According to a blueprint prepared by the finance ministry, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) would be created for developing coal blocks in the country on public private participation (PPP) model. The government has identified 10 cluster blocks for development under PPP model and the SPV would be set up for each of these...
Blueprint, Special Purpose Vehicle, SPV, Coal Blocks, Public Private Participation, PPP, Profit
GOVT YET TO DECIDE ON GAIL'S PLAN TO BUY MORE STAKE IN PETRONET
Union Petroleum Secretary Vivek Rae informed reporters that the government was yet to take a decision on whether to allow GAIL India to raise its shareholding in Petronet LNG. GAIL India, which holds 12.5 per cent stake in Petronet LNG, has shown keen interest in buying an additi...
Petronet LNG, GAIL India, Asian Development Bank, ADB, Stake, Equity, Shares, Public Sector Undertaking, PSU
2012-13 SEES RS 60 BN WORTH OF IPOS
During 2012-13, a total of 10 companies raised a cumulative Rs 6,059 crore through initial public offerings (IPOs), data available with the stock exchanges show. This is a marginal rise of 4 per cent from the previous year, when 33 companies had together mopped-up Rs 5,808 crore. This is a far cry from a total of Rs 33,183 crore raised through IPOs in 2010-11 by 52 fir...
Initial Public Offerings, IPO, Capital, Market, Primary Market, Issue, Shares, Equity, Investment, Finance, Company
WIDENING OF ROADS BEGINS IN ARPORA-NAGOA AREA IN GOA
The Goa Public Works Department (PWD) has started work on the widening of roads in Arpora-Nagoa panchayat area. In the first phase, the road from the Arpora market junction to the Nagoa church is being widened....
Goa Public Works Department, Widening Of Roads, In Arpora-Nagoa Panchayat Area
KPMG WORKS ON REVENUE MODEL FOR MOPA AIRPORT
Reports indicate that KPMG, the financial consultant for the proposed international airport at Mopa in Goa, is working on the revenue model for the airport. The state government plans to implement the project on the public-private-partnership (PPP) model and it set up a special PPP cell for the purpose of handing such PPP projects...
Goa, International Airport, Mopa, Public-Private-Partnership, PPP, Project, KPMG, Consultant, Finance, Viability
BANKERS BEGIN INITIATIVE TO MOVE STALLED INFRA PROJECTS
Taking note of Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s suggestion, chiefs of public sector banks (PSBs) and State-owned financial institutions on March 18, banks have begun the process of region-wise stock-taking of new and stalled infrastructure projects. The first meeting of bankers, organised by Canara Bank, was held in Bangalore last week....
P Chidambaram, Public Sector Banks, Region-Wise Stock-Taking, Stalled Infrastructure Projects, Canara Bank, Bangalore
BANKERS BEGIN INITIATIVE TO MOVE STALLED INFRA PROJECTS
Taking note of Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s suggestion, chiefs of public sector banks (PSBs) and State-owned financial institutions on March 18, banks have begun the process of region-wise stock-taking of new and stalled infrastructure projects. The first meeting of bankers, organised by Canara Bank, was held in Bangalore last week....
P Chidambaram, Public Sector Banks, Region-Wise Stock-Taking, Stalled Infrastructure Projects, Canara Bank, Bangalore
PANEL SUGGESTS MERGER OF SAIL AND RINL
In order to create a steel company of global scale and bring down costs of production, the Committee on Public Undertakings suggested the merger of state-owned steel giants Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL). In a recent report, the panel, which is a body of Lok Sabha members, asked the government to specify clearl...
Steel Authority Of India, SAIL, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam, RINL, Production, Merger, Capacity, Public Sector Undertakings, PSU
MOIL OUTPUT RISES 6.13%
MOIL, a Miniratna Category-I PSU, produced 8.02 lakh tonne of manganese ore during the year 2012-13 (April to December, 2012), and this is 6.13 percent higher as compared to corresponding period last year. The company achieved a total sales turnover of Rs 700.30 crore during the period. It earned profit before tax...
MOIL, Production, Expansion, Project, Output, Earnings, Dividend, Public Sector Undertaking, PSU
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Cag Warns Ministry Against Clearing Ril Plan
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