CRISIL launches a new credit rating system for infra projects

January 2017

CRISIL recently assessed that India’s infrastructure sector needs Rs 43 lakh crore of investments over five years ending March 31, 2020, and that dom...

Tags: CRISIL, Investments, Infrastructure, Ministry of Finance, Somasekhar Vemuri, LGD, CRISIL INFRA EL1, CRISIL INFRA EL7

REITs, InvITs may help to raise Rs 50,000 crore

January 2017

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) can help raise close to Rs 50,000 crore in the near-term, given c...

Tags: Real Estate Investment Trusts, InvITs, NBFC, ASSOCHAM, CRISIL, Vehicles, Real estate Infrastructure

PropTiger and Housing.com merge to become India’s largest digital real estate company

January 2017

PropTiger.com and Housing.com, two of India’s leading online real estate service providers, will come together to become India’s largest online real ...

Tags: IREA Group, News Corp, SoftBank, Real estate sector, Investment, PropTiger.com, Housing.com, SoftBank Group Corp, REA Group, Henry Ruiz, Raju Narisetti, Ravi Adusumalli, Prashanth Prakash, Accel Partners

Startup Investment Fund For Real Estate and Smart City technologies by Lodha Group

January 2017

Lodha Group has announced the launch of its maiden investment fund for startups focused on smart city solutions and the overall real estate sector. W...

Tags: Lodha Group Startup Investment Fund, CRM, Abhishek Lodha, Lodha Group, Housing for All, Demonetisation, RERA, Pathbreaking solutions, Smart City technologies

Banks must pass on rate cuts to revive real estate growth

January 2017

The Modi government’s demonetisation exercise will hit the real estate sector hard- in short lived – as it has consistently seen a very large compone...

Tags: Real estate growth, Black money, Cash transactions, Anuj Puri, JLL India, M3M Group, EMI, Mahindra Lifespaces, Tata housing, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, Assetz property Group, Puravankara Projects, investment Atul Bansal, Nisus Finance Services, Bank Eagle Capital

State focuses on agro-based industry

January 2017

The Assam Government is working on a new industrial policy to attract more investment and harness its core strengths. The state is seeking investment...

Tags: Government of Assam, Investment, Food processing, Bamboo, Pastic, Petrochemicals

NTPC board okays investment in its first wind power project

January 2017

The board of power giant NTPC has approved an investment of Rs 323.35 crore in the PSU´s first wind power project of 50 MW at Rojmal. NTPC has drafte...

Tags: Power giant, NTPC, Rojmal, PSU, Renewable resources, Investment, Wind power project

More doubts on Adani project subsidies

January 2017

Doubts have emerged over the eligibility of Adani´s rail link for public funding as the company pushes ahead with plans for the controversial Carmich...

Tags: Adanis rail link, Carmichael coal project, Investment, Adani Enterprises