The Finance Ministry has relaxed the lending norms for the warehousing sector in a bid to meet the growing demand for storage capacity.
Category: Infrastructure Finance
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Rural roads: Country roads, take me home
A new opportunity knocks on the doors of private developers, especially those in the second-tier or contractors aspiring to be developers. Rural roads are all set to offer large opportunities this year as the government steps on the accelerator to see projects through,
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MVAS market to be at Rs 48,200 cr by 2015
The mobile value added services (MVAS) market in India is expected to increase to Rs 48,200 crore by 2015, according to a study by consultancy firm KPMG. According to the KPMG report, the MVAS market is expected to increase from Rs 12,200 crore in 2010 to Rs 48,200 crore by 2015, driven by the uptake of 3G services in urban as well as in rural areas.
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Expertspeak Ways to lure
Policy suggestions for private participation in rural roads.The way for the government to attract private participation in rural roads should be introduce innovative bidding and quality processes such as bundling allied projects into a road contract,says Hemant Kanoria.
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HMDA invites bids for infra
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited bids worth Rs 115 crore for the development of infrastructure and creation of residential layout in one of the terminal stations of the mega Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) project.
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Do security issues warrant a new policy?
In an era of greater private participation in infrastructure, the liberalisation of airport infra has been the most guarded so far. The example in the limelight is the new Ground Handling Policy this year, which limits competition to only three options among vendors.
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Vibrancy of infra sectors will continue: Montek
"Which is the most progressive state in infrastructure?" "Where are the problem areas?" "Is desalination feasible in states where power is a problem?" "What do you think will happen?"
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Infrascape 2012 | Finance: Brewing strain on debt servicing
For us the most active and fruitful sectors in 2011 were road and power sector. These sectors comĂÂprise a majority of our portĂÂfolio. I understand that even in case of commercial banks these two sectors form the majority of their infrastruĂÂcture loan book,
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Infrascape 2012 | Finance: IDFs won't attract global investments
The challenges this year have had little to do with the availaĂÂbility of finance, but with the poor bankability of infrasĂÂtructure projects. The inability of the goĂÂveĂÂrnment to honour agreements (tariff increases, coal linkages, enĂÂviroĂÂnment clearanĂÂces,
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Infrascape 2012 | Highways: EPC will gain momentum next year
Highways have been largely on an upswing. We have awaĂÂrded-or set to award upon opening bids-4,500 km, and will be awarding a minimum of 3,000 km by the end of this fiscal. The industry has been gung ho about the sector,