Toll road securitisation, as an alternative means of infrastructure financing, is gradually gathering momentum. Securitisation could be a panacea to the nationĆĀ“s highly capital deficit sector and its growing requirement for long-term funding.
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Atlanta eyes Rs.2,000-crore road projects
With the government expected to bid out nearly Rs 50,000 crore worth of road projects in the next 12 months, EPC firm Atlanta is eyeing around Rs 2,000 crore contracts, according to a senior company official.
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Maharashtra formulates new tender norms
The Maharashtra government has decided that no new tenders would be issued for road projects unless 90 per cent land acquisition is completed.
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India requires a deep market for IDFs to be tradable
I believe that the annual fund requirement of these projects will not go beyond Rs 50,000 crore as this will be done in phases, hence planning should be proposed accordingly.
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India has the capacity to fund projects more than Rs.1 lakh crore annually
In a candid interview, finance veteran Arun Purwar, Chairman of IndiaVenture Advisors Pvt Ltd & PHL Finance, suggests that since the bond market is deep enough to take care of funding requirements of infrastructure projects, the government must encourage infrastructure fund raising through the bonds.
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Gammon Infra to exit road projects
Gammon Infrastructure and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have mutually agreed to terminate concession agreements of two NHAI road projects, as they remained non-starters due to lack of land clearances,
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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
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Rs 1.5k cr road projects on deck
India is home to several bad roads be it the metropolitans, the cities or the villages. Bad road conditions are nothing new to India and the problem is being addressed since the last 30 years. However, of lately, many road projects have been sanctioned by the government and are up for bidding.
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Govt hopeful to award big highway projects soon
The Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes has said that he expects road projects worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, which have been stuck for long, are to start moving from next month as a concrete decision on the rescheduling of premium paid by developers is expected by the end of this December.
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Govt looks to Japanese aid for highway projects
The Union government is trying to tie up Japanese funds for road projects in the North-East that had difficulty in attracting private sector investment in the past, sources in the government said.