Category: Infrastructure Finance

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The urban expert

The urban expert

RK Jha is the Director of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Co (GIFT), a joint venture of Government of Gujarat and IL&FS, has over 44 years of professional experience in planning, design, project development, execution (including financing),

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Budget: mixed impact on O&G sector

Budget: mixed impact on O&G sector

Industry watchers feel that the Budget 2013-14 may have a mixed impact on the oil and gas sector. While the Finance Minister announced that his government would soon release shale gas policy and review the pricing of natural gas, industry players are

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PFC plans banking business

PFC plans banking business

With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releasing guidelines for new bank licences, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) plans to apply for a license to launch banking operation.
Satnam Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of the power sector lender said his firm

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Shriram Group mulls banking foray

Shriram Group mulls banking foray

With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) releasing guidelines for new bank licences, a slew of industry conglomerates are interested to make a foray into banking business. One among them is the Chennai-based Shriram Group, promoted by R Thyagarajan.

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Canadian envoy raises concern

Canadian envoy raises concern

Canadian High Commissioner to India Stewart Beck pointed out that there are many problems on the regulatory side especially in the mining sector like land acquisition and land ownership issues. It is very difficult for Canadian companies to understand the

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DMRC gets Rs 31 bn

DMRC gets Rs 31 bn

Union Budget 2013-14 allocated Rs 3,120 crore to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the construction of Metro Phase III. This is higher than the Rs 2,200 crore outlay that the corporation received in 2012-13.

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Govt likely to get Rs 23,000 cr

Govt likely to get Rs 23,000 cr

The government is likely to get over Rs 23,000 crore through one-time spectrum fee that has been levied on mobile operators for holding spectrum beyond a prescribed limit, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora informed.