Hun Kim, Country Director of Asian Development Bank (ADB) informed that the multilateral lending institution is discussing with several banks on participating in the infrastructure debt fund (IDF) floated by them. It is learnt that ADB plans to participate in the IDF floated by domestic banks through the NBFC route. The current regulatory framework allows IDFs to be floated eith
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Infra sector may attract PE fund if govt takes steps
According to a report by consulting firm Ernst & Young, infrastructure sector may attract private equity (PE) funds if the government takes steps, both policy and administrative, to boost investment activity in the sector. In its recently released private equity annual report titled ĂâSecond Innings Ăâ An industry in transitionĂâ, the firm said
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IDBI Bank reduces interest rates by 25 bps
Effective February 1, IDBI Bank reduced its deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut policy repo rate and banks' cash reserve ratio (CRR). In its third quarter review of monetary policy, RBI cut repo rate by 0.25 per cent and slashed CRR by the same margin to inject Rs 18,000 crore of liquidity into the syst
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Firms raise more capital through NCDs
Reports indicate that companies raised more than Rs 35,000 crore through issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) in 2012, which is higher than the Rs 12,753 crore garnered in the preceding year. Recently, HDFC issued Rs 250 crore NCDs with a green shoe option to raise another Rs 250 crore.The mortgage lender raised the amount to meet general corp
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IL&FS’ infra debt fund to raise $1-bn initially
IL&FS Financial Services informed that the infrastructure debt fund (IDF) floated by it in a joint venture with Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) may collect up to $1 billion in the beginning. It is learnt that the board of directors had initially advised raising $1 billion and then scaling up the size (eve
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Former minister calls for pvt investments in infra sector
Former Minister of State for Urban Development Sougata Roy remarked that land acquisition is not the only problem in infrastructure projects. He said this while pointing out the need for private sector participation for financing the projects. Addressing a seminar on infrastructure development in the eastern and north-eastern states organised by the Beng
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Power Finance Corp to issue Rs 1.5 bn worth bonds
Power Finance Corp (PFC) considers to issue unsecured bonds worth Rs 1.5 billion, for which it received "AAA" rating by Crisil ICRA and CARE. The term of these bonds is six years and the corporation would pay 8.72 percent interest on the bonds. The structure of the bonds is such that they are redeemable in three equal installments. Each bond will offer
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RBI mulls launch of inflation-indexed bonds
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) considers to launch inflation-indexed bonds (IIBs) in order to attract investors who buy gold for protection against inflation. RBI Governor D Subbarao informed reporters that the central bank tries to redesign IIBs after its introduction some years ago failed to attract
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SBI, HDFC Bank trim lending rates
India's largest public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) reduced its base rate to 9.70 per cent from 9.75 per cent with effect from February 4. But the bank kept its deposit rates unchanged as it feels
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Seeking for a revival
With the Union Budget 2013 announcement is approaching, industry stakeholders are seeking government support for a possible revival of their respective industry segment. Ami Mistry, Dhruba Purkayastha, Mohit Sinha and Prithweesh Ghosh present an insight into the current status of critical infrastructure segments and recommend some urgent steps needed in the coming Budget.