Efficient technical competÂence, quality management, resÂource mobilisation and control are factors that have contributed positively to the growth of the sector. The ambitious plans for development of infrastructure of the government
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Category: Infrastructure Finance
IDFC to raise foreign currency borrowing
Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) is planning to step up foreign currency borrowing. The company's foreign currency borrowings more than doubled through the year to Rs 4,131 crore,
REC tax-free infra bonds
Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) plans to raise up to Rs 500 crore through tax-free retail bonds in the last week of December. REC plans to raise about Rs 28,000-30,000 crore in this financial year.
RBI eases IDF norms for NRIs
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to allow eligible non-resident investors to invest, on a repatriation basis, in rupee and foreign currency denominated bonds issued by the Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) set up as non-banking financial companies.
Piramal, IDFC, SNC-Lavalin JV
Ashok Piramal Group, IDFC Project Equity Fund and Canada's SNC-Lavalin Group have entered into a joint venture agreement to develop road and highway projects in a public-private partnership across the country.
Fin Min increases FII limit
The Union Ministry of Finance has decided to increase the current limit of Foreign Institutional Investors' (FIIs) investments in government securities by $5 billion raising the cap to $15 billion.
Rs 120 bn refinery in AP
Amerind Petroleum (Amerind) proposes to set up a neaÂrly Rs120 billion petroleum refinery near Visakhapatnam, in joint technical collaboration with the US-based American Industrial Corporation (AIC).
Infra Debt Funds: Creating new wealth
IDFs come as a new solution to debt finance to long-term, high-value infrastructure sectors. Eligibility norms for IDFs are rather stringent but justified given the risks and quantums-typical of infrastructure investment-involved.
India's first IDF in 2 months
Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan said he expects India's first Infrastructure Development Fund (IDF) in the next two months and the size of the fund is estimated at $3 billion.
A new opportunity to participate in Indian infrastructure
The government is finally preparing to launch its first IDF this year, albeit with a $3 billion corpus open to domestic investors alone. Vishal Shah and Smit Sheth hail IDF as a good beginning, but contend that the definition of infrastructure needs to be sharpened.

