Union Railway Ministry and Gujarat government will set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for expediting the State´s rail projects.
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Railways forms SPVs with States
The railways has started forming special purpose vehicles with State governments such as Odisha to undertake railway development in States.
5/25 scheme may benefit projects with stable cash flows
We must understand project finance in the traditional sense. Project finance works only when all material approvals for a particular project are in place and the same is then handed over to a successful bidder like the bidding for UMPP was done in India. The bidder can then straightaway proceed for financial closure. This will ensure there are no time and cost over-runs on account of delay in approvals.
Cell for Iran´s Chabahar port project
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New SPV to develop last-mile port connectivity
The Shipping Ministry is looking at setting up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for all major ports to provide last-mile rail connectivity.
Atlanta bags road project from NHAI
Atlanta has secured single order from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The project is for the operation and maintenance of a four-lane highway Guwahati Bypass-Nagaon-Daboka-Udauli section of NH-37, 36 and 54/54E from
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Govt to set up SPV for manufacturing advanced aircrafts
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Ministry trying to rope in firm for TAPI project
Union petroleum ministry continues to look out for a global company that can lead a consortium for implementing the 1,680-km TAPI pipeline project. The proposed pipeline will start from the South Yolotan-Osman field in Turkmenistan, passing through the troubled Herat, Helmand and Kandahar regions in Afghanistan via Quetta and Multan in Pakistan and finally ending at Fazilka (Punjab) in
Govt may adopt SPV model for proposed port projects
According to some media reports, central government plans to develop two major ports, one each in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, through special purpose vehicle (SPV)-based model. The central government may contribute Rs 5,000 crore as equity for the two projects. Reports indicate that the central government may contribute 74 percent of the total project cost, while the respective state gove



