In order to lend to low-cost housing projects, National Housing Bank (NHB) plans to raise $200 million through external commercial borrowing (ECB) in 2013-14. The NHB plans to seek approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for raising the amount through ECB. In 2012-13, the housing finance regulator could raise funds under ECB as the approval from RBI came in the latter
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Shriram Transport to raise debt
Umesh Revankar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Shriram Transport Finance informed that the firm Rs 1,000 crore through non-convertible debentures before June 2013. The company may raise a major portion of this amount from small individual investors and the remaining will be raised from qualified institutional investors and institutional
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TN govt seeks Rs 1 bn for solid waste project
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa informed that her government was expecting Rs 100 crore from the central government for implementing solid waste management system across certain areas in the state. Meanwhile, the state government raised the construction cost of green houses given to its beneficiaries from
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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
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Carlyle Group to expand presence in India
US private equity fund (PE) Carlyle Group plans to expand its presence in India and is looking at innovative ways to deepen its India focus, Edward Mathias, Managing Director and a board member of the group, said. As part of this plan, the PE investor would set up a non-banking finance company (NBFC) lend to Indian corporates. The PE fund also plans to raise a fund in India in order to invest across sectors, including retail, defence and i
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Andhra rail projects need Rs 400 bn investment
About 30 railway projects are pending in Andhra Pradesh and these would require about Rs 40,000 crore investment, Union Minister of state for railways Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy informed. He said these projects would be completed in a phased manner. He supported the hike in fares by saying that internal resources should be improved to strengthen the financial condition of the
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Gujarat govt to clear town planning schemes for Surat
Reports indicate that the Gujarat government has given preliminary approval for 27 town planning schemes in Surat and a final approval would be given soon. The others are in different stages of approval, reports indicate. Reports also indicate that the state government was slow in giving approval for the TP schemes in the city.
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Suzlon’s arm issues $647 million worth bonds
According to a company press release, the Dutch unit of Suzlon Energy, AE Rotor Holding BV, issued $647 million worth of bonds in order to reduce debt. The company would utilise the fund to repay loans as part of a debt restructuring deal with its creditors. Specifically, the proceeds of the bond sale would be used to refinance existing dollar-denominated foreign curre
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NHB issues Rs 6.4 bn worth tax-free bonds
RV Verma, Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing Bank (NHB) issued tax-free bonds worth Rs 644 crore NHB was authorized to raise Rs 5,000 crore through tax free bonds during 2012-13. It had room to mobilise upto Rs 3,750 crore through the recently concluded public issue. Verma informed that the company could have mopped up more funds through this route had it not been
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Vizag port did not get bids for WQ berths project
Private players have not shown interest in bidding for the WQ North berthsÂ’ improvement project, which Visakhapatnam Port Trust plans to implement. The port trust did not receive bids for the WQ 7 and 8 berth mechanization under WQ North project when the bids were opened. The port authority wanted to implement the project at a cost of Rs 393 crore. Vedanta and Essar would be main contenders for mech