The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has asked NHAI and states to striÂctly adopt e-tendering system for better transparency in highways projects, saying it is not being properly implemented.
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GMR to raise Rs 6,000 cr
GMR Infrastructure is planning to raise around Rs 6,000 crore over the next six months through domestic loans for a mega highway project.
More premium bids for NHAI
All 4 bids opened on negative VGF exceeding estimation by far. NHAI opened four National Highway bids (on BOT) over the past two working days--three on Friday, 18 November and one on Monday, 21 November. The four have all been on premium, also called negative Viability Gap Funding (VGF) of varying amounts.
Tax-free bonds of 4 firms
Government has allowed four firms to raise Rs 300 billion via tax-free bonds in the current financial year.
NHAI to build 1,000 km of expressways
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has planned to construct 1,000 km of expressways on build-operate-transfer (BOT) model.
NHAI earns over Rs 17,000 cr premium
Increasing interest by private players in the highways sector has helped NHAI award 17 projects worth over Rs 25,500 crore in the last six months, leaving the authority richer by over Rs 17,000 crore in the form of premium.
We need several $10 bn funds: Montek
FICCI’s infrastructure summit in New Delhi, marked by large participation from all sectors, did not witness remarkable announcements, but for the reiteration that infrastructure is likely to miss the 11th Plan target by more than 10 percent.How do we make banks’ infrastructure lending more long term with less mismatches? Well, create solutions outside bbanks, says Planning Commission’s high profile Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. Inaugurating the India Infrastructure Summit 2011
Banks' alternative to infra lending: Good step, but…
Finally, banks can get completely rid of their limits imposed by asset-liability mismatch (ALM). Although schemes like take out financing exist and there have been numerous attempts to revive the corporate bond market, most of the schemes and efforts seem to have gone in vain.
GMR bags first mega highway project
GMR Group has emerged as the selected bidder through international competitive bidding for six laning of 555-km long Kishangarh-Udaipur-AhmeÂdabad highway, the first brownfield mega highway project of the country.
GVK arm bags highway project in MP
GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd has announced that GVK Transportation Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, has been chosen through an international competitive bidding process to take up the four-laning of Shivpuri-Dewas section of National Highway No 3 in Madhya Pradesh.

