Infrastructure Finance

Covid-19 has jolted the economy. While the nationwide lockdown disrupted economic activity, the recovery seems to be quick for many sectors. Taking a long-term view, the investor and lender community continues to bet on the […]

India and China share deep economic ties. There are high trade volumes between the two countries, with a mammoth imbalance in China’s favour. Following a border clash in which several soldiers on both sides were […]

The economy is going through unprecedented times. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the infrastructure sector, particularly transport, has been severe. Construction activity has slowed down, albeit for a short period of time. On […]

As the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has released a roadmap for the infrastructure sector to provide the economy with a much-needed stimulus. Through this, it aims to improve project preparation and attract […]

The year 2020 will go down in history as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic that brought the world economy to a virtual standstill. With about 200 countries and territories being affected by the deadly […]

As the country’s fiscal deficit is expanding, the need for divestments has increased. The government has set a disinvestment target of Rs 2.1 trillion for 2020-21 to help meet its ambitious target of restricting the fiscal […]

Hyderabad metro rail is a public-private partnership (PPP) project developed by L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad Limited. The metro network spans about 69.2 km in length with three elevated corridors, connecting Miyapur to L.B. Nagar, Jubilee […]

Indian ports handle almost 90 per cent of the country’s international trade volume. Of this, 55 per cent is handled by the major ports and the remaining by non-major ports. The prominence of the latter […]

The government, through the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), envisions creating new and upgrading existing infrastructure to achieve the target of a $5 trillion economy by 2025. To achieve this target, the country needs to spend […]

The airport business is complex in nature. It requires capex at periodic intervals for expansion of existing infrastructure and has a high level of fixed costs with variable costs being rather low. Meanwhile, the aeronautical […]

Infrastructure debt funds (IDFs) have gained traction in the past four to five years. The instrument has an advantage over bank credit in the sense that IDFs provide longer-tenor loans, typically for 20-22 years, to […]

Climate finance is the new buzz word these days and climate change was the major theme during the recent G20 summit, where India stood firm on the Paris Agreement. Green bonds, blue bonds, green corridors […]

The government’s promise of “Sab ka sath, sab ka vikas”’ hinges significantly on the economy’s high growth for the next few years. This growth, in turn, will be driven by increasing investments in transport, energy, […]

During the past year, there have been a number of policy amendments to ease financing from alternative sources such as bonds, external commercial borrowings (ECBs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs). Indian Infrastructure tracks key developments […]

During the past three to four years, the government’s programmes and push to the infrastructure sector have started bearing fruit with some pick-up in financing activity. Infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) have started gaining wider acceptance […]