Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Girija Vyas informed that the government would soon launch the Revised Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) scheme. The minister said this while addressing the REALTY 2013, Confederation of Indian IndustryÂ’s (CIIÂ’s) flagship con
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Promoters, investors prefer debt instruments
Media reports indicate that promoters of Indian companies are increasingly preferring to raise funds through debt and investors are also willing to offer it through structured deals or their NBFC arms that could either be a part of their investment group or backed by them. Compared to equity funding, these investors prefer to deploy in debt instruments, reports indicate
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SAIL chief moots special funding institution for steel sector
There is an urgent need to set up dedicated financing institutions for the steel sector in order to attain the target of 300 mn t steel annually by 2020-25, CS Verma, Chairman and Managing Director of SAIL said. It may be recalled that India set a target to achieve annual steel production of 300 million tonne (mn t) by 2020
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Steel sector holds bright prospect: SAIL chief
Speaking to a leading newspaper, CS Verma, Chairman of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) said the Indian steel sector holds bright prospect going forward. He hinted that demand for steel may increase in the country as the government has given thrust to investment in key infrastructure sector during the 12th five
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PGCIL stake sale
The board of Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) cleared a proposal to sell 15 per cent stake through Follow on Public Offer in order to raise funds for its investment plans.
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VPT faces delay
Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) may find it difficult to achieve its planned capacity increase to 150 million tonne by 2020 as several port projects are facing delay.
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FDI relaxation in multi-branded retail
The Union government approved the relaxation of the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy on multi-brand retail trading (MBRT), by easing main contentious riders on such money.
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Reliance starts wind project
In Vashpet of Maharashtra, Reliance Power commissioned its wind power facility of 45 MW. Built with an investment of Rs 300 crore, the power from this project would be sold to Reliance Infrastructure for distribution to Mumbai in line with regulated tariff structure of Maharashtra
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IOCL to invest Rs 50 bn on gas terminal project
Indian Oil Corporation chose Dhamra coast in Odisha's Bhadrak district for setting up a natural gas terminal at an investment of Rs 5,000 crore. In future, IOC plans to raise the capacity of the terminal by above 10 mn mtpa per annum. IOCL and the state government would jointly promote necessary infrastructure in Odisha for distribution of natural gas for indu
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PE investors struggle to exit investment
A study by Deloitte India shows that private equity investment in India exceeded $100 billion since 1995, but only $25 billion of the investment has been withdrawn. In other words, in 80 per cent of investment, PE players have not got their money back, are struggling to find an exit and in some cases even written off their investment