Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) is planning to step up foreign currency borrowing. The company's foreign currency borrowings more than doubled through the year to Rs 4,131 crore,
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ABFS eneters infra funding
Aditya Birla Financial Services (ABFS)is foraying into infrastructure financing. The new firm will have an operational structure similar to IDFC.
Infra concerns in India, US comparable: Pressler
India infrastructure investment conference in New York emphasised IndiaââŹâ˘s high investment potential, the need for more liberalisation, and citizensââŹâ˘ role in taking advantage of a democratic system to elect visionary leaders who can ensure continued investment opportunities.
Given our policies, we are lucky to get investors in India
Problems exist at both policy and execution levels in infrastructure sectors, making the country a high-risk investment destination as policymakers have lost out on IndiaââŹâ˘s big advantage as an investment destination, Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank Ltd
Indian EPC 2011: Driving growth efficiently
As with all ideas that promise (relative) speed, simplicity and quality, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) has caught on quickly.The order books of the over 150 players in the arena are bulging, and there is increased interest in this sector from experienced foreign players who have made their India foray, new to the sector Indian conglomerates as well as pan-Indian infrastructure developers.
18,500-cr boost to DMIC
The Union Cabinet has cleĂÂared the proposal for infusion of Rs 18,500 crore in the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC). The 1,483-km project running through seven states will come up along the proposed Delhi-Mumbai dedicated rail freight corridor.
IDFC infra bonds
Infrastructure Development Finance Co (IDFC) will raise at least Rs 100 crore from a foreign institutional investor via five-year bonds at 9.15 percent, marking the first deal after easing of the overseas borrowing norms.
Changes proposed in DMIC
The commerce and industry ministry is revamping the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) along the much-awaited Western Dedicated Freight Corridor to ensure that private players do not profit from funds provided by the government.
Private Equity: Telecom's infra-sharing model can be replicated in other sectors
IDFC was established in 1997 to channel the private capital into the infrastructure sector, and IDFC Private Equity was established in 2002-3 to provide equity support to infrastructure sector.
Expressways can't be built without corporate bonds
Overdependence on bank funding of infrastructure will put unreasonable pressure on those financial institutions.

