HAC Prasad, Senior Economic Adviser to the Union Ministry of Finance stressed on the need to raise the share of private and PPP sector in the total investment in infrastructure to 50 per cent in the 12th five-year Plan. The share of private and PPP sector in the total infrastructure investment was a little over 30 per cent in the 11th Plan
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HPCL mulls LPG storage facility for Rs 700 cr
Media reports suggest that Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) is discussing the feasibility of a Rs 600-700 crore project to set up underground storage facility for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The company proposes to set up the facility, which would be its second one, in Mangalore and it is expected to arrive at a decision on the project in the next six
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APSEZ to use stake sale proceeds for east coast project
Media reports suggest that Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) would divest its stake in the Australia's Abbot Point port and use the sale proceeds to invest in its venture in the east coast of India. It is learnt that the Board of Adani Ports has in-principle decided to divest its significant stake in entities cont
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Investment by PE, VC funds decline in 2012
Private Equity and venture capital funds invested $7.6 billion across 415 deals in 2012, which is a fall of 21 percent from the year-ago period of $9.6 billion, global consultancy firm Ernst & Young said. The decline in the investment is mainly because of a significant fall in infrastructure sector investments $2.3 billion invested in 2011, compared with $774 million in 2012
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UP CM assures policy revamp to attract private investment
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav asked companies to invest in the state by assuring them that his government would revamp the investment related policies across sectors and create an enabling and business friendly environment. He made this appeal at the CII Partnership Summit in Ag
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Banker stresses on timely nod for projects
Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO of ICICI Bank stressed on the need to ensure that the projects under implementation get the necessary last mile clearances and linkages so that the assets become productive on schedule. She said this to a leading news agency when asked about banks' exposure to large infrastructure and indus
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Minister gives assurance on Posco’s $12 bn project
At a recent meeting with South Korean Minister Sukwoo Hong, India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma assured that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was personally monitoring the progress of PoscoÂ’s $12-billion steel project in Odisha. Sharma met his South Korean counterpart at the Partnership Summit organised by the CII to discuss bilat
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RIL to borrow $500 mn from foreign investors
In order to fund its exploration activity and also for the expansion of its petrochemical business, Reliance Industries (RIL) is in the process of borrowing up to $500 million (Rs 2,701 crore) through issue of perpetual bonds to foreign investors. The company decided to borrow abroad despite sitting on a cash pile of around Rs 75,000 crore because it wa
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RIL gets no order to stop work at KG block
Government has not ordered Reliance Industries (RIL) to stop work at any of its KG-D6 gas fields and other blocks that figure in the list of 14 areas that have been classified as "No-Go" areas by the Defence Ministry, company sources said. It may be noted that RIL's KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block is declared as "No-Go" as it overlaps with a prop
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SKS completes Rs 411 cr worth securitisation deal
So far in 2012-13, SKS Microfinance clinched five securitisation deals aggregating to Rs 411 crore with banks. The fifth one was a Rs 52.62 crore securitization deal that the bank entered into recently with a private sector bank and which is rated A1 {SO). Meanwhile, it may be noted that the company announced a net profit of Rs 1.2 crore during October-December 2012, after suffering losses in seven consecutive qua