Category: Infrastructure Finance

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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

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Maken’s plea to RBI to revamp affordable housing loans

Maken’s plea to RBI to revamp affordable housing loans

Ajay Maken, the Union Minister of Housing and Poverty Alleviation has made an appeal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for restructuring of loans for affordable housing in case the project is delayed due to extraneous reasons beyond the control of the developer. The Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has also joined Maken to make the appeal to the RBI.

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Maken’s plea to RBI to revamp affordable housing loans

Maken’s plea to RBI to revamp affordable housing loans

Ajay Maken, the Union Minister of Housing and Poverty Alleviation has made an appeal to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for restructuring of loans for affordable housing in case the project is delayed due to extraneous reasons beyond the control of the developer. The Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has also joined Maken to make the appeal to the RBI.

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Private equity firms face challenging times

Private equity firms face challenging times

Industry sources feel that private equity investors in the country are going through a challenging period. It is learnt that the return on investments made after 2006 has not been very encouraging even after about six years. Moreover, funds are finding it tough to exit from portfolio companies in an economy that is experiencing slowdown. This is forcing firms to cut down on expensive hum

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Number of bank loan recast falls in December quarter

Number of bank loan recast falls in December quarter

The number of cases admitted to the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) cell by banks declined to 24 cases worth Rs 19,650 crore during October-December 2012 compared to 41 cases worth Rs 20,528 crore in the preceding quarter. Industry insiders attribute the decline in CDR cases to the improving economic outlook. With inflation sho