Sustainable Infrastructure: Debt Financing Shiva Rajaraman, CEO of NIIF IFL, discusses the changes in the infrastructure landscape in the country, policy back-ups and different sources of infrastructure finance that have opened up in the country. With a balance sheet of an impressive Rs.210 billion with zero per cent NPAs, NIIF IFL is an infrastructure debt fund...
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Indian Infrastructure: Attracting World Interest
Indian Infrastructure: Global Magnet Funds, policies, technologies and a winning attitude, this defines the Indian infrastructure financing sector today. The first assets created under this National Infrastructure Pipeline are now generating revenue, thus whipping up more investor interest. The bonds market has seen significant reforms. The government remains the largest driver, but the private sector...
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Power Finance Corporation to receive Rs 165 cr loan from Japan’s JBIC
This will ensure effective reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
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BSES secures crucial loan of Rs.4,905 crore
The Power Finance Corporation has sanctioned a loan of Rs 4,905 crore to cash strapped BSES discoms.
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Budget 2015: The chinks and the missing links
Budget 2015 echoes the need to foster the infrastructure ecosystem and outlines the policies and reforms which are expected to revive the growth of infrastructure which has remained tepid.
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PFC to extend Rs.1,112-cr loan to AP power sector
Power Finance Corporation has agreed to extend a Rs. 1,112-crore loan to Andhra Pradesh´s power sector, which includes Rs 1,000 crore to bridge the fund requirement post the division of the State and Rs 112 crore for setting up 4,000 solar pump sets.
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Power Ministry cancels UMPP bids
The Ministry of Power has decided to cancel the two-year-long bidding process for two ultra mega power plants (UMPPs) in Tamil Nadu and Odisha. The decision comes in the wake of private companies pulling out of the process, with public sector units NTPC and NHPC emerging as the only bidders.
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Stocks & Barrels
It´s raining good news for the Indian economy. Credit Suisse has said that India will witness the fastest dollar nominal growth in 2015. And falling oil prices are proving to be a major windfall for the country.
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AP to enhance power output, expedite projects
The Andhra Pradesh (AP) government is banking on Central government support and funding from Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation (RFC)
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Infra sector will regain momentum only in medium-to-long term
It seems controllable and uncontrollable factors have converged on the infrastructure sector, causing lenders and investors to step back in their plans. Ranjit Manjarekar, COO Infrastructure Finance, Tata Capital, tells Infrastructure Today that lack of visibility of returns, stemming from uncertainties, is a big dampener, but tells us how his firm is manoeuvring around the roadblocks to identify the right segments to go after.