Infrastructure Finance

From the perspective of the number and the overall value of projects, India has emerged as one of the major public private partnership (PPP) markets within South Asia. The government has considered the PPP route […]

The fledgling market for real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) has seen many regulatory changes in recent months. Despite the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) continuous efforts towards making […]

“MIGA expects to invest around $2 billion in India in the coming years” Set up about 30 years ago, the primary objective of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is to promote foreign direct investment […]

The government’s plan outlay for the infrastructure sector for 2017-18 has been pegged at Rs 3.96 trillion. While financiers continue to remain cautious of investing in the sector on account of stressed assets in the […]

The past year witnessed a host of measures and initiatives taken by the government, the apex bank and the capital market regulator to ease financing and expand the investor base for infrastructure projects amidst constrained […]

During the past year, the government has taken various measures to resolve the manifold issues plaguing the infrastructure sector and revive investor confidence in the space. The high level of toxic loans, the majority of […]

Traditionally, infrastructure investments have been financed with public funds. Governments were the main actors in this field, given the inherent “public good” nature of infrastructure and the positive externalities often generated by such facilities. However, […]

Banks have been the primary financiers of the infrastructure sector in the country, supported by the equity market. The domestic debt market is dominated by government securities with the penetration of corporate bonds at a […]