Reliance Communications (RCOM) has presented a fresh plan to recast its Rs 450 billion debt. The plan includes converting Rs 70 billion of debt into equity by banks and handing over the majority stake to […]

SPML Infra Limited has implemented the Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets for converting Rs 5.46 billion of its Rs 11.17 billion debt into optionally convertible debentures (OCDs). The OCDs have a tenor of […]

The State Bank of India (SBI) may partner with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) to set up a credit enhancement fund that will provide guarantees to […]

Powergrid Corporation of India Limited plans to raise up to Rs 40 billion through domestic bonds by September 2016. The funds will be utilised to meet the company’s working capital expenditure. This would be the […]

Indian Telephone Industries [ITI] Limited has received approval from SEBI to float a follow-on public offer (FPO). This move will help ITI Limited in meeting the minimum 25 per cent public shareholding norm. ITI had […]

The India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) will launch its Rs 30 billion qualified institutional placement (QIP) soon. The fundraising will help the infrastructure investment trust acquire new assets in the power transmission space. The process is […]

The Andhra Pradesh Power Finance Corporation (APPFC) is in the process of raising Rs 50 billion through bonds after permission from the state government. APPFC has decided to raise funds by issuing redeemable non-convertible power […]

Oil India Limited has raised debt of $550 million by means of an overseas bond issue. The bond issue carries a 5.12 per cent fixed rate and has a 10-year tenor. The bonds are listed […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed bidders of insolvent companies to raise external commercial borrowings (ECBs) and use the proceeds to repay the rupee loans of the insolvent companies they are keen on […]

RBI has drawn up a new ECB framework allowing all eligible borrowers to raise up to $750 million per financial year under the automatic route, replacing the existing sector-wise limits. The central bank has also […]

The Karnataka government has allocated Rs 100 billion for development of 7,940 km of roads under the State Highway Development Project as part of the state budget 2019-20. Further, works for improvement and upgradation of […]

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has released Rs 1.93 billion for two sections of the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway. For the 120.74 km Kalewa-Yagyi road section, it has released Rs 1.88 billion of […]

The central government has signed a Rs 24.7 billion loan agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Chennai Peripheral Ring Road project. The ring road, spanning a total length of 133.65 km, […]

A consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India (SBI) has agreed to provide Rs 220 billion (of the Rs 260 billion required) for construction of the Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway. SBI will provide the […]

Hyderabad-based Mytrah Energy Limited has raised Rs 18 billion from the Piramal Group’s financial services companies in the form of non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The NCDs, carrying a tenor of seven years, will be invested in […]

Public sector lender Indian Bank has raised Rs 20 billion through the issue of long-term bonds to finance infrastructure and affordable housing. The amount raised is part of the bank’s Rs 50 billion fundraising plan […]

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has introduced guidelines that allow listed infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) to raise capital by way of preferential allotment to institutional investors. InvITs can now allot units to […]

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) will act as anchor investors in the IndInfravit Trust, sponsored by L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Limited (L&T IDPL). CPPIB will invest approximately CAD […]

Cochin Shipyard Limited has hired a consortium of merchant bankers led by SBI Capital Markets Limited to manage its IPO. The other members of the consortium are JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited and Edelweiss Financial […]

Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) is listed on the exchanges at Rs 540 per share, up 28 per cent from its issue price of Rs 421 per share. The country’s second largest compressed natural gas (CNG) […]

The Power Finance Corporation’s (PFC) plan to buy a 52 per cent stake in the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has been approved by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The government is expected to acquire […]

SBI has signed an MoU with cash-strapped Jet Airways to convert its outstanding debt to equity. According to reports, SBI will hold about 15 per cent equity stake in the airline (based on the value […]

Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary Airtel Networks Kenya Limited has signed an agreement with Telkom Kenya Limited to merge their mobile, enterprise and carrier services businesses in Kenya and establish a new entity, Airtel-Telkom, with enhanced scale […]

KNR Constructions Limited has entered into a share purchase agreement with Cube Highways and Infrastructure III Private Limited for KNR Tirumala Infra Private Limited and KNR Chidambaram Infra Private Limited, pursuant to which the company […]

Aditya Birla Asset Reconstruction Company [ARC] Limited has agreed to acquire part of the debt that RattanIndia Power Limited owes its lenders for a 1,350 MW thermal power plant in Amaravati. The deal is part […]

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has decided to file for insolvency as its lenders have received zero proceeds from its proposed asset monetisation plans even after a period of 18 months. The move comes after RCOM’s asset […]