The Coal Ministry has asked states to give fresh proposals to the Environment Ministry for projects stuck in no-go areas. This would help redeem investment amounting to Rs 40,000 crore in key infrastructure projects in power, cement and steel sectors.
Tag: infrastructure projects
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Infra bond on int'l market
Government is exploring the possibility of issuing long term infrastructure bonds from the international capital markets.
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Rupee depreciation to hit infra sector
The rupee's depreciation is set to hit infrastructure sector projects dependent on international market borrowings and imported equipment in a big way.
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Nod to infra projects
Infrastructure projects worth over Rs one lakh crore are likely to get regulatory clearance from the government this month.
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Credit ratings: Need for a different rating mechanism
Conventional investment credit ratings-typically lower than desirable for infrastructure projects-constrain financing infrastructure investments in India, says Dhruba Purkayastha. So should the methodology be revisited?
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Infrascape 2012 | Finance: IDFs won't attract global investments
The challenges this year have had little to do with the availaÂbility of finance, but with the poor bankability of infrasÂtructure projects. The inability of the goÂveÂrnment to honour agreements (tariff increases, coal linkages, enÂviroÂnment clearanÂces,
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Infrascape 2012 | Logistics: Manpower shortage will hit the sector
With GST on the threshold of being implemented and government's interest to bring in investments in e-governance and infrastructure projects through public private partnerships (PPPs), this has been a fairly good year for the logistics industry.
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CM's initiative on Mumbai water transport project
The Chief Minister has directed the Maharashtra State Road Development CorporaÂtion (MSRDC), the state's noÂdal agency for carrying out infrasÂtructure projects, to undÂertake detailed studies on water transÂport
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The other zero-sum game
It is just as well that our Public-Private Partnership (PPP) policies, old or old-wine-in-new-bottle, are clear about private participation in the operations of infrastructure projects; in particular, it is a relief that private participants are put in charge of making projects viable.
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Given banks' experience, it'd be advantageous for them to launch IDFs
How will banks respond to the IDF allowance by the government? BK Batra, Executive Director, IDBI Bank, explains that this well thought-out scheme nevertheless needs to be tweaked to be fully productive.