Financial stability development council (FSDC) sub-committee, headed by RBI governor, recently discussed operationalisation of debt funds as part of planned investment worth $1 trillion on core sector projects in five years.
Category: Infrastructure Finance
Post
Post
A victim of controversy?
Was he just doing his job, or was he leading a flawed rating process? As the move that invited the US Treasury's wrath, the rating agency Standard & Poor (S&P) invited a storm of controversy by downgrading the US long-term sovereign credit
Post
I don't think many people want to take up new SEZs
Tata Realty and Infrastructure has invested in SEZs, but its CEO Sanjay Ubale tells Shashidhar Nanjundaiah why SEZs no longer offer a lucrative platform for investors.
Post
More on Board
The Board of Directors of Larsen & Toubro announced that R Shankar Raman will be appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 6 September 2011, and will subsequently be elevated to the Board on 1 October 2011.
Post
FSDC for urgent steps to set up infra debt funds
The Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, has decided to initiate steps for a more vibrant corporate bond market to enable industry to raise debt funds for infrastructure.
Post
Kerala to spend Rs 1 tn on infra projects
In the next few years, the Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) will be working on several mega projects worth Rs 100,000 crore.
Post
New financing tool to boost infra funding
The government is likely to clear a new financing tool, which would help infrastructure project developers access funds at a cheaper rate based on a guarantee and also free funds for banks to lend to industry and retail borrowers.
Post
Next Railways Budget may not feature new projects
Burdened with Rs 2.5 lakh crore of projects stuck due to paucity of funds and other reaÂsons, the Indian Railways plans to give itself a 'plan holiday' in announcing new projects in 2012-13.
Post
Banks can up infra lending by Rs 1 lakh cr: CRISIL
Banks can increase their funding capaÂcity to the infrastructure sector by Rs 100,000 crore over the next four years, rating agency CRISIL said.
Post
Lock-in period of infra bonds to be halved
Aiming at creating greater interest among foreign investors, the Finance Ministry has decided to halve the lock-in period for foreign portfolio investments in infrastructure boÂnds to on-and-a-half years.