Was he just doing his job, or was he leading a flawed rating process? As the move that invited the US Treasury's wrath, the rating agency Standard & Poor (S&P) invited a storm of controversy by downgrading the US long-term sovereign credit
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Promises Unmade
Our central bureaucracy has been highly optimistic in its forecast of growth from our SEZs. Even today, the Special Economic Zones look incredibly lucrative… on paper.
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SEZ: The Dealmakers' Dealbreaker
The government's highly motivated optimism on SEZs is not reflected among the practitioners, and it should come as small surprise that after a lengthy wild goose chase by our office, the Commerce Ministry officials kept bouncing us around from bureaucrat to another, confusing matters, and in effect dodging hard questions.
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I don't think many people want to take up new SEZs
Tata Realty and Infrastructure has invested in SEZs, but its CEO Sanjay Ubale tells Shashidhar Nanjundaiah why SEZs no longer offer a lucrative platform for investors.
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Infrastructure players need to attain scalability to be accepted by the capital market investor
As one of India's larger infrastructure funds, the company has believed in investing in the high-growth sectors.
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Container growth good, infra way behind: Experts
Container traffic in Indian ports has risen from 0.2 per cent in 1981 to 20 per cent in 2010-11. The total container throughput in FY2011 stood at over 9.4 million TEUs, witnessing a growth of 13 per cent over the previous year.
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More on Board
The Board of Directors of Larsen & Toubro announced that R Shankar Raman will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 6 September 2011, and will subsequently be elevated to the Board on 1 October 2011.
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KKR, promoters to invest $120 mn in Avantha
US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts (KKR) and the promoter of Avantha Power & Infrastructure (APIL) will invest $120 million in the Indian company.
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FSDC for urgent steps to set up infra debt funds
The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, has decided to initiate steps for a more vibrant corporate bond market to enable industry to raise debt funds for infrastructure.
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GVK eyes partner for oil & gas project
GVK Power & Infrastructure may rope in a partner for furthering its plans for tapping the potential in oil & gas sector.