Infrastructure Finance

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 […]

The journey of infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) has been a rewarding one. In a span of two years, the country has achieved what had been under discussion for two decades – to have long-term capital […]

Private equity (PE) investments in infrastructure have surged in the past three years. While roads and renewables continue to be the preferred sectors, other areas such as logistics, transmission lines, telecom and airports are also […]

With the country facing an annual infrastructure financing shortage of Rs 2 trillion, lending needs to move beyond traditional bank credit. Further, as banks are stepping back, tapping alternative financing instruments has become a necessity […]

Since 2011, infrastructure sectors have been struggling to secure funds, both debt and equity. In a major departure, while arranging equity has become even more difficult, financing of debt has eased to some extent in […]

India’s logistics sector has been a favoured investment avenue for both domestic and foreign private equity (PE) firms. Increasing demand from the e-commerce, fast moving consumer goods, third-party logistics, consumer durables and manufacturing sectors along […]

The high level of stress in the power sector has been a contentious issue for a long time. At a recent India Infrastructure conference, panelists share their views on measures taken to crack down on […]

Registered in December 2015, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) was created by the government on the concept of a sovereign wealth fund. The fund showed caution in its first year of operations. Activity […]

Infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) were conceptualised three years ago and are the one of the fastest financial products to be brought to fruition. The product has had a great start. There have been three InvIT […]