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Tag: infra projects
Is infrastructure´s golden goose on the chopping block
The PPP way of creating infrastructure in India has waned. Things got compounded by inherent risks that were stacked up upon the private sector, resulting in a bouquet of heavily invested infra projects getting waylaid and now languishing due to delays and cost overruns
India has a well-developed PPP ecosystem
Sanjeev Kaushik, Deputy Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd, speaks on the challenges facing infra financing and the likely contours of the post-GST regime
Infrastructure and the Mirage of Money
Private money is not exactly gushing into our infrastructure sectors. If we see the trend, the decline of private investment in infra projects is dramatic and sharp, over the last few years.
IL&FS keen to invest in infra in Hyderabad
IL&FS has evinced interest in investing in infra projects in Hyderabad, including housing and roads, Telangana government said.
Project smart
The recommendation by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to the Maharashtra state government to add two more lanes to the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link project is not only a simple and logical recommendation but also a necessary one.
Over 40% of big infra projects behind schedule
Over 40 per cent of big projects under the monitoring of central government are running behind schedule. As of May 1, 2015, a total of 758 projects
Matching the mismatch
IDFs play a vital role as investment vehicles that can be sponsored by NBFCs and commercial banks in India. Shrikanth S writes on how IDFs are correcting the asset-liability mismatch, and also help advance loans for fresh infrastructure projects. The urgent need to improve infrastructure prompted the Indian Planning Commission to estimate infrastructure spending in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17).
Insurance and pension funds are best suited for infra investments
Since infra projects are long term projects, Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) can bring in the big push in the sector as innovative means of credit enhancement is expected to provide long term, low cost debt, says D. V Prasad, Head-Finance, Essar Projects, in an interaction with Sumantra Das.
Rebuilding Faith
Why does it take the Prime Minister to get his hands dirty each time there is an operational problem in infrastructure? We hope this was one of the many questions Dr Manmohan Singh asked himself before taking on his favourite role—as Finance Minister.
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