"Tenders for reservoir projects are likely to be called for,"says Tadipatri Municipal Commissioner

May 2018

At our recent Smart Urbanation Summit in Hyderabad, organised by Smart Cities Council India, Tadipatri was not just felicitated for its initiatives u...

Tags: Smart Urbanation Summit, Smart Cities Council India, Municipal corporation, S Siva Rama Krishna, Tadipatri Municipality, CCTV surveillance, UltraTech Cement, Swachha city award, ULB bonds

IL&FS to refinance Rs 6,000 crore debt

September 2017

Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) has reportedly planned to refinance nearly Rs 6,000 crore of their debt, which was taken for the ...

Tags: IL&FS, Chenani-Nashri road tunnel project, InvITs, green bonds, Jammu-Srinagar highway

Clean up your act

July 2017

On July 1, 2017 a new tax regime, in the works since over 15 years, designed as 'One Nation, One Tax', went live! Its impact on infrastructure will r...

Tags: One Nation, One Tax, Infrastructure, GST, NPA disease, IBC, NCLT, Jaypee Group, DLF, Essar Steel, Bhushan Steel, Jyoti Structures, HAM, Dilip Buildcon, J Kumar

Revision in Masala Bonds Norms

June 2017

The credit policy has fixed the maximum all inclusive cost for masala bonds. CARE Ratings has put together some information on companies which have b...

Tags: Masala bonds, CARE Ratings, Framework, Maturity period, Masala bonds, NTPC, Power Finance Corporation, MCLR

GMR Hyderabad plans $300 mn offshore bond

April 2017

GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) will raise Rs 1,660-2,000 crore by selling offshore bonds. The GMR Group is contemplating a variety of fu...

Tags: GHIAL, Selling offshore bonds, GMR Group, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Bonding with the Best

March 2017

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 f...

Tags: Smart Cities, Municipal bonds, Narendra Modi, ULB, Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Government of India, SEBI, Smart City, PMC, Kunal Kumar, SBI Capital, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Ramya Bhatt, Isher Judge, Smart Cities

Making Indian Infra Work

January 2017

Though Public-Private Partnership contracts are the mainstay of infra projects, evidence of PPP performance in terms of value-for-money and efficienc...

Tags: Public-Private Partnership, Sangeeta Lakhi, Rajani Associates, Warm and fuzzy, Highways, Airports, Urban transit systems, Ports, Infrastructure sector, Masala bonds, REITs, InvITs, NBFC, Construction, NHDP

Indiabulls raises Rs.1,330 crore via masala bonds

October 2016

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd (IBHFL) has said that it has raised Rs.1,330 crore by issuing its first masala bonds to overseas investors. The three-...

Tags: Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd, Singapore Exchange, First masala bonds, Investors, Instruments