The Union Finance Ministry is considering various options to create infrastructure debt funds as India plans to spend over $1.5 trillion in next 10 years to revamp its crumbling infrastructure.
Category: Infrastructure Finance
Post
Post
India invites Australia to invest in infra
The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Anand Sharma, invited Australia to invest in India’s infrastructure sector aiming to strengthen economic and trade relations between the two.
Post
Delhi Metro phase-III runs into funding issues
The third phase of the Delhi Metro network is apparently getting embroiled in controversy regarding its funding.
Post
The basic problem among cities is in understanding problems and deciding priorities
Urban transport solutions need urban bodies to have negotiating expertise, but most of our cities—especially non-metros—do not have PPP expertise.
Post
NHAI's new financial plan
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is in the process of preparing a new draft plan as its earlier proposals were rejected by the Planning Commission citing that NHAI would find it difficult to borrow funds from the market.
Post
Centre to fund Metro's escalated cost
The Union government will share the cost escalation of Rs 5,511 crore of the Bangalore Metro project with the Karnataka government.
Post
Analysis: Dealing with inadequacies, salvaging lifelines
The next decade is set to witness tremendous growth in rail and bus based urban transport systems like MRTS, BRTS and variants.
Post
Infra-friendly hire at SBI
Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Hemant Contractor just took his next step on the ladder towards a top job at State Bank of India (SBI).
Post
Centre approves 660 Mw Kishau dam hydro project
The proposed 660 MW Kishau dam hydro-electric and irrigation project to be built jointly by Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand was approved by the Centre.
Post
Credit to infra industry up 67% of incremental lending
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s says that bank credit to industry has increased 11.7 per cent this fiscal year, as much as two-thirds of that increase is on account of lending to infrastructure.