Infrastructure financing has received a fresh lease of life with the government’s National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) initiative and its asset monetisation drive. Taking cognisance of the importance of patient capital for infrastructure projects, the government […]
The road ahead for infrastructure financing in India looks promising despite the macroeconomic headwinds. A number of alternative and long-term funding avenues are being explored in addition to traditional sources. In an interview with Indian […]
The bank credit growth has remained tepid in recent years as it was impacted by lockdowns and associated restrictions to contain and mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, deposit growth maintained an upward […]
As per the Economic Survey 2018-19, India needs to spend 7-8 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on infrastructure annually (about $200 billion). However, actual investments are limited and constitute only 50-55 per […]
With the aim of becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25 and $10 trillion by 2030, India is taking a series of initiatives focused on economic growth. One such initiative is the National Infrastructure Pipeline […]
India has taken rapid strides in recent years in building out its infrastructure network. Public sector or public funding has been the driving force in most of these cases. One of the key aspects of […]
The Government of India is strongly focused on increasing investment in infrastructure development in the country. Towards this end, the National Infrastructure Pipeline envisages an infrastructure investment of Rs 111 trillion over a five-year period from […]
The government has been actively looking at disinvestment for raising capital from the market. While the government overachieved its targets in 2017-18 and 2018-19, the target for 2020-21 was significantly scaled down owing to the […]
Private equity (PE) firms have been playing a crucial role in financing infrastructure companies and projects. Their journey in the Indian market has been interesting, evolving from providing growth capital to making control investments. The […]
Infrastructure projects are vulnerable to business, maintenance, commercial and political risks at every stage of development because of their high capital expenditure and extended gestation periods. An economy’s ability to mobilise and allocate resources relies […]
The Indian economy is going through a period of decelerated growth. The GDP growth rate slid to 4.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2019-20, the lowest since 2013-14. This is also the sixth […]
As per the Economic Survey 2018-19, India needs to spend 7-8 per cent of its GDP on infrastructure annually that translates into an annual infrastructure investment of $200 billion. However, the country’s annual infrastructure spend […]
The infrastructure sector has started receiving due attention from commercial banks once again after a prolonged period of credit deceleration. Although lending from this important source is not at the required level, it is nevertheless […]
For a number of years now, banks have had limited headroom to extend fresh credit to the infrastructure sector, and this has pointed towards the need for a well-developed bond market. A common source of […]
For the past couple of years, foreign investors have perceived India as a rapidly growing market replete with opportunities. From a wait-and-watch mode to making controlled investments, private equity (PE) investors are upping the ante […]
Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), which play a prominent role in India’s infrastructure financing, are passing through a difficult phase. The Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) crisis in 2018 and the subsequent defaults by a […]
After a slow start, infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) are finally making inroads in the infrastructure financing space. The past 12-18 months have been quite eventful in this regard. A slew of regulatory measures have been […]
The Indian economy has exhibited resilient growth and a steady performance in the past two years. GDP grew at 6.7 per cent in 2017-18, recovering from the jolt caused by demonetisation and the introduction of […]
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