Ashish Agarwal, Director, Equirus Capital, explores the various avenues available for encouraging the flow of private funds into the infrastructure sector.
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Tag: NPAs
ICRA sees NPAs soaring by up to 5.9% in FY16
Domestic rating agency ICRA said gross non-performing assets (NPAs) in the system might jump to 5.9 per cent this financial year
Need of the Hour: Quick Dispute Resolution
PPP contracts, like any other contract, have several terms and conditions which govern the parties to the contract. Dispute Resolution Clause determines what a dispute is, when disputes arise
¨Raising large-scale infra funds is a difficult task¨
While the government and the RBI have eased norms and pushed for financing opportunities, actual benefits will take time to trickle down, says Vishwas Udgirkar, Senior Director, Deloitte India.
¨Bond market will see a face-lift in the near term¨
In an exclusive interview, Rajiv Lall, Chairman, IDFC says that the infrastructure sector is a complex industry and infra funding is an even more complex activity. I agree that that these alternate modes of finance are needed to see some momentum but modes such as infrastructure
We want to be part of Indias industrial growth
In an exclusive interview, Luis-Miguel GutiTrrez, Office Director, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH shares details on the bank´s growing interests in funding Indian infrastructure. Recently, Germany has shown interest in investing in the $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC).
Good Days Are Here…
The first 100 days of the Modi government have been encouraging. Now the Centre is firmly moving to mission mode. There´s much that the infrastructure sector can look forward to in the days to come. Let´s look at the various initiatives that the government plans to unroll.
Bankers are not mere lenders, they should be accepted as partners
Corporates should treat banks as partners, and that will help in solving many problems. MV Tanksale, Chief Executive, Indian Banks' Association, tells Rahul Kamat that with new banks coming in, there will be intense competition
There will be a second round of restructuring for infra projects
The alarming increase in bad loans from infrastructure was partly responsible for restructuring of bank loanks. B Sriram, Managing Director, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, which saw a fall in its profits in the quarter ending December,
Renewable: More NPAs?
Hindsight: FY 2013-14 was a mixed year. Compared to last year, the limited capacity addition what we are seeing in this financial year are either and the solar power plants under REC mechanism, or projects that were to be executed last year or allotments done last year for execution.
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