With the right safeguards and incentives, India can lay the groundwork for a truly aatmanirbhar (self-reliant) infrastructure financing ecosystem—one where citizens don’t just contribute to the nation’s development but actively co-build and co-benefit from it, argues Shivam Bajaj. Once marred by mounting non-performing assets, regulatory gridlock, and land acquisition hurdles, the Indian infrastructure industry was...
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Debt Financing: Funding Sustainable Infra
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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Strengthening Infrastructure
Two-thirds of the infrastructure investment, as per the revised plan, was to be funded by the public sector (central and state governments) while the remaining one-third was to come from the private sector.
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India represents a $3.1 trillion climate investment opportunity
At the outset, Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist at the Washington DC-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group might appear to be demure, even reticent.
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With municipal bonds, ULBs will be accountable
There are many sources to fund projects envisaged by selected smart cities. One of the important means is grants by governments-state and central. In fact, the smart cities can structure themselves to monetise some of the assets under their possession and identify revenue-generating projects.
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Crystal Logistic Cool Chain raises funding from NEEV Fund
Private equity firm Neev Fund, which is backed by IndiaÂ’s largest lender State Bank of India, has struck its second deal this year in a cold chain logistics service provider, a person familiar with the development has told VCCircle.
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Bonding with the Best
With 89 Smart Cities having initiated the credit rating process for municipal bonds, and instruments worth Rs.3,000 crore on the issue horizon, the fiscal future looks ideal for these prime urban spaces.
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Infra-vestment | Follow the Money
India will need $1.5 trillion of investment in infrastructure over the next 10 years. Of this nearly $10 billion is required in sewage treatment plants. Similarly, about $8 billion is required to be invested in ensuring regular drinking water supply.
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India Grid Trust to go in for IPO
India Grid Trust has filed its draft red herring prospectus with SEBI for a proposed IPO of Rs 2,650 crore. The investment trust, sponsored by Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Ltd, owns inter-state power transmission assets in India.
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MEP Infra may file papers for InvIT
MEP Infrastructure Developers hopes to file initial documents in December to launch its infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), according to MEP's Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Jayant Mhaiskar.