Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) has received Rs 5,000 crore of refinance from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a year to ease liquidity stress in the micro and small enterprises sector.
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Category: Infrastructure Finance
SBI to raise Rs 5,000 cr by March
Before next March, the State Bank of India (SBI) plans to raise Tier-II capital of about Rs 5,000 crore. The bank had announced earlier that it plans to raise over Rs 9,000 crore in Tier-I capital through the qualified institutional placement (QIP) route to strengthen its core capital.
World Bank, ADB to give $313 mn to cyclone-hit Odisha
To take up restoration and rehabilitation activities in cyclone Phailin hit areas, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have assured a financial assistance of $313 million to Odisha government. Representatives of the two international funding agencies met the State Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the capital Bhubaneswar on November 13.
World Bank to continue concessional aid to India
Though India is no longer eligible for concessional development funds, the World Bank is working on a special dispensation to the country to maintain financial support to India. India receives the bulk of funds from the World Bank through International Development Association (IDA), the development bank's fund for the poorest, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD).
IIFCL confident to raise Rs 10,000-cr
India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) has expressed confidence that during the current financial year it would be able to achieve its target of raising Rs 10,000 crore. The government-owned company has so far raised about Rs 4,200 crore and expects to raise the remaining amount over two tranches, through bond issues of about Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 crore each.
Karnataka asks banks to set up ATMs in all GPs
Regretting the delay in wage payments by banks to the beneficiaries under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the Karnataka government has asked all nationalised banks in the state to set up automated teller machines (ATMs) in all gram panchayats (GPs).
RBI raises ECB limit for infra non-banking finance firms
The external commercial borrowing (ECB) limit for non-banking finance companies(NBFCs) has been been raised by the the Reserve Bank of India and classified as infrastructure finance companies (IFCs).
Tata to install 15,000 ATMs in small towns
The Tata Group is taking initiative in the country's financial inclusion. Tata Communications Payment Solution has got RBI's approval to install 15,000 automated teller machines (ATMs) in the next three years, two-third of which will be in smaller towns.
Recovery or Illusion?
Industry observers have promptly branded the growth in some of the core sectors in the second quarter as ´encouraging´ and ´first signs of recovery´ for the infrastructure sectors.
Recourse in a financial dry-up
In order to execute mega specialised projects, one of the important requirements is new technology equipment. DK Vyas elaborates on the financing issues in the procurement and use of such equipment. The construction industry in India is the second largest industry after agriculture

