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Tag: External Commercial Borrowings
Hyd Metro Rail expects Rs 1,000 cr ECBs
By the end of this October the L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail is expecting to get Rs 1,000 crore External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) from Indian Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) The company's objective for looking at ECBs is to save on interest besides securing long-term debt.
Infra definition expanded for ECB facilitation
With an intension to raise funds through external commercial borrowings (ECBs) the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on September 18 expanded the definition of the infrastructure sector. The existing definition will be expanded for infrastructure sector for the purpose of availing ECBs, the apex bank said in a notification.
RIL borrows $487 mn via ECB in June
Reliance Industries (RIL) raised $487 million through external commercial borrowings (ECB), the highest amount among 81 companies which went for ECBs in June. RIL borrowed the amount for a tenure of 13 years and five months for import of capital goods. Besides, RIL, Uttam Galva Steels borrowed $180 million, the second largest amount, for refinancing of rupe
Housing finance firms may use ECB to fund projects
National Housing Bank (NHB) expects Housing finance companies (HFCs) to raise funds through the external commercial borrowings (ECBs) as Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reviewed ECB norms. HFCs may avail ECBs to fund their affordable housing projects, NHB, which is the regulator of the sector said. RV Verma, Chairman of NHB said the regulator received an application from HDFC for ECB and it expe
India sees 12.9% rise in external debt in FY13
According to a government data, India's external debt rose 12.9 per cent to $390 billion as at end March 2013 from the previous year. Of the total external debt, external commercial borrowings (ECB) by Indian companies contributed almost a third. Deposits from Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) constituted 18.2 per cent of the external debt. Worryingly, short-term debt constituted about a fourth of the countryÂ’s
Essar Steel raises $1 bn via ECB
In order to reduce interest cost, Essar Steel decided to swap rupee debt with dollar loans. As part of this initiative, the flagship firm of Ruia Group raised $1 billion through external commercial borrowings (ECB), thereby saving interest cost by at least 6 percent or 450 crore. Banks led by IDBI and ICICI Bank subscribed to the ECB. The company is making attempt to convert its rupee liabilities into dollar as its earnings are in
Essar Oil replacing rupee loans with cheaper foreign debt
Essar Oil is in the process of replacing its high-cost rupee loans equivalent to $2.27 billion with external commercial borrowings (ECBs), for which it has approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As part of this process, the company replaced the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) loan facility with a new debt facility of about Rs 9,100 crore on commercial terms from similar group of
REC plans to mop up around Rs 350 bn in FY14
In 2013-14, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC)
plans to raise about Rs 35,000-37,000 crore from domestic as well as foreign sources. It may be recalled that the leading state-run infrastructure finance company in the power sector mopped up Rs 31,000 crore in 2012-13. Of the Rs 35,000-37,000 crore that the firm plans to raise in 2013-14, about Rs 5,000 crore may be raise
HPCL to raise $350 mn via issue of bonds
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) plans to raise around $350 million this year through issue of bonds to overseas investors, reports suggest. While the company is working on raising $400 million in external commercial borrowings (ECB), it plans to raise another $350 million through issue of bonds to overseas investors. HPCL is reportedly securing ratings for the bond issue
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