Navi Mumbai general body turns down Smart City proposal

September 2016

The general body members of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) have rejected the Smart City proposal for the third time, reports the Times ...

Tags: Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Times of India, Smart City, NMMC, SPV, NCP, Netra Shirke

Smart Cities turn 60!

September 2016

According to a recent report by the Smart Cities Council India, traditional cities with unauthorised colonies, slum clusters, poor transportation, in...

Tags: Smart Cities Council India, Smart City Mission, SPV, PMC, M Venkaiah Naidu, Golden Temple, Ujjain, Tirupati, NAREDCO, Parveen Jain, Guy Perry, Essel Infra And Utilities, Infrastructure, Safra Catz, Oracle Corporation

SEBI nod to launch infra investment trusts for GMR, MEP Infra and IRB Infra

September 2016

More than two years after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had issued guidelines for infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs), the ...

Tags: SEBI, InvIT, IRB Infrastructure, GMR, MEP Infrastructure, REIT, Investment vehicle, SPV

INFRA PLANNER

September 2016

Sanjay Ubale, Managing Director, Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd (TRIL) is planning big. With the objective to build a larger infrastructure platf...

Tags: Sanjay Ubale, Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd, Transport, Airports, Highways, Roads, SPV, Standard Chartered

RB Infra plans to raise Rs.6,000 crore through InvITs

September 2016

In what could be the first fund-raising exercise through Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), toll road builder IRB Infrastructure Developers i...

Tags: Infrastructure Investment Trusts, IRB Infrastructure Developers, DRHP, Arun Jaitley, SPV

RB Infra plans to raise Rs 6,000 crore through InvITs

August 2016

In what could be the first fund-raising exercise through Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), toll road builder IRB Infrastructure Developers i...

Tags: IRB Infrastructure Developers, InvITs, SPV, Arun Jaitley, Distribution, BOT, National Highways Authority of India, Road projects

Rental Housing | A missing link in the housing shortage dilemma?

August 2016

As urbanisation strengthens its foothold in India, the housing shortage problem becomes more prominent. The rural poor flocking to Tier-I cities and ...

Tags: Pankaj Kapoor Urbanisation, MNC, Tier-I cities, Tier-II cities, RCA, Commercial, EWS, LIG, MIG, NDA government, NURHP, PPP, REIT, SPV, JNNURM

Sembcorp's AP unit ready for operations

July 2016

Sembcorp Gayatri Power has synchronised the first 660 MW unit of its 1,320 MW power plant in Andhra Pradesh to the grid....

Tags: Sembcorp Gayatri Power, Krishnapatnam, Nellore district, SPV Thermal Powertech Corporation India, Power plant