As IndiaĂÂŽs urban population goes up from 26 to 51 per cent in a decade, the need for upgrading urban infrastructure is most acute here. China has caught up in the past six years. Indian infra requirements include budget housing, road infrastructure, bridges, flyovers and underpasses to connect small towns to cities and then to the metros.
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IDFC Q4 profit dips 51 per cent
IDFC saw its fourth quarter consolidated net profit drop 51 per cent as income remained largely flat and expenses almost doubled. In the January-March period, the infrastructure finance company posted a net profit of Rs 258 crore against Rs 526 crore,
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Sometimes, it’s good for India Inc to be India Outbound
Vietnam is the latest entrant in the PPP marketplace, thanks largely to World Bank's guidance. Kamran M Khan, Programme Director at Global Infrastructure Finance Centre of Excellence at World Bank-Singapore Urban Hub,
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We need more specialised infrastructure funding institutions
We would like to continue infrastructure lending by cherry-picking good and viable projects promoted by parties with proven track records, says HS Upendra Kamath, Chairman and Managing Director, Vijaya Bank
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Investing in risk assessment
Over the last two months, HDFC Bank recruited heads for four verticals, including infrastructure finance, to grow its investment banking business. Recently, several banks have been hiring up infrastructure experts, and as innocuous as the news may seem, it reflects a longer term goal to get specialised. As with most other lessons in India's infrastructure sector, the solution is reactive, not innovative. So banks have a job on their hands, and don't they know it.
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The number of accounts getting restructured has increased dramatically
Restructuring is fast becoming a norm among infrastructure and power companies in particular. With a 30 per cent exposure within infrastructure to power, SBI has been acting on both restructuring as well as advising the government on what norms to adopt for discoms before finance.
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Experts discuss project and policy solutions to financing hiccups
Stemming from India's nascent entry into private development of gigantic proportions in infrastĂÂructure, the financing of this behemoth has often been called the hiccup in the works.
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Negative VGF: A new angle in confidence?
Roads Minister CP Joshi recently remarked that the success of NVGF bids reaffirms the confidence of developers in the efforts taken by the government in the highways sector, and that investors see prospects in the road sector.
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Infra lender faces the risk of execution and regulatory uncertainties
As the country's most experienced lead finance arranger for infrastructure projects, SBI Capital Markets, turned 25 this year, S Vishvanathan, MD and CEO, projects what
the journey for infrastructure finance and project structuring means, and says uncertainties and other hurdles are temporary in the long run.