Category: Infrastructure Finance

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Govt finding new Governor of RBI

Govt finding new Governor of RBI

Finance Minister P Chidambaram informed reporters that the government was looking out for a new Governor for Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is learnt that the present Governor D Subbarao is due to retire in September. The government is reportedly considering some names like the Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind May

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Urban transport: Curbing mobility

Urban transport: Curbing mobility

As urban commute continues to be more nightmarish with each passing day, the factors are too obvious, but what can our newer cities learn from the chaos that bad planning has wrought upon India's largest cities? Instead of reducing distances and commuters, attempts have been on increasing them.

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Lessons from JNNURM

Lessons from JNNURM

By its very definition, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), launched seven years ago, vowed to rejuvenate our cities. In the process, funds were allocated segment-wise-water supply, transport augmentation, facilities for the poor,

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Case study: Lessons from Vietnam

Case study: Lessons from Vietnam

After years of treading cautiously and failed attempts at PPP, Vietnam finally seems determined to push the envelope. To fund its first ever PPP project that will connect two major cities along an industrial corridor on the east coast,

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New CMD of IDBI Bank

New CMD of IDBI Bank

IDBI Bank got a new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) after the post was lying vacant since May 31. MS Raghavan assumed the charge as CMD of IDBI Bank. Prior to the current assignment, Raghavan was the Executive Director with Bank of India (BoI),

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Debt instruments preferred

Debt instruments preferred

Promoters of Indian companies are increasingly preferring to raise funds through debt and investors are also willing to offer it through structured deals or their NBFC arms that could either be a part of their investment group