Category: Infrastructure Finance

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NHB expects further easing of home prices

NHB expects further easing of home prices

RV Verma, Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB) opined that the trend of easing prices of housing units may continue for some time. In the national capital region (NCR), he said, price correction has happened due to over supply. Some more correction may take place in the coming days

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State FMs to meet Chidambaram on Feb 14

State FMs to meet Chidambaram on Feb 14

Finance Ministers of all the states in the country would meet Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on February 14 in New Delhi to discuss the framework of the goods and services tax (GST). During the meeting, Chidambaram is expected to seek the nod of the state finance ministers on the framework of GST so that a broad outline of the indirect tax

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Minister suggests lenders to offload loans to IDF

Minister suggests lenders to offload loans to IDF

Banks must hand over their loan for infrastructure projects to Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) once the projects are completed so that banks can get funds to lend to fresh projects. Finance Minister P Chidambaram suggested this to banks recently. IDF provides long term finance through the lif

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State-run banks may get around Rs 200 bn from govt

State-run banks may get around Rs 200 bn from govt

Media reports suggest that the government may infuse around Rs 20,000 crore into state-run banks in 2013-14 so that they comply with the capital adequacy conditions of Basel III norms. It is learnt that public sector banks (PSBs) have demanded the above amount for the next financial year from

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IRB allowed to receive 49% investment from FIIs

IRB allowed to receive 49% investment from FIIs

Road project developer IRB Infrastructure Developers received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
to receive up to 49 per cent of its paid up capital as investment from Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs). This would allow FIIs to raise their investment in the company's equity shares and convertible debentures unde

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IRB allowed to receive 49% investment from FIIs

IRB allowed to receive 49% investment from FIIs

Road project developer IRB Infrastructure Developers received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
to receive up to 49 per cent of its paid up capital as investment from Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs). This would allow FIIs to raise their investment in the company's equity shares and convertible debentures unde

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Shell denies charges of miscalculation of share price

Shell denies charges of miscalculation of share price

Shell India denied charges leveled by the union government against the company on tax evasion and said it is evaluating all options to challenge the recent order of the government. Recently, the central tax authorities issued a notice to the firm claiming Rs $2.7 bn on alleged mispricing of share