What would it take for private sector DFIs to succeed in today’s IndiaGiven that a private sector DFI will have limited availability of capital, it’s better that it supports infrastructure lending by way of pr...
25 Feb, 2021, 10.07 PM IST
DFIs to play important role in infrastructure funding: HDFC Bank's Rakesh SinghThe present banking system needs to be supplemented with DFIs that will bring in pools of long-term capital as compared to NBFCs and smalle...
16 Feb, 2021, 09.33 PM IST
Must tackle fiscal deficit carefully: Nirmala SitharamanThe government has projected fiscal deficit of 6.8% for 2021-22 in the Union budget presented last week. It has also set a glide path to re...
09 Feb, 2021, 07.41 AM IST
Will transfer Rs 2.2 lakh crore NPAs to ‘bad bank’: Financial services secretaryFinancial services secretary Debasish Panda is responsible for implementing some of the key measures – from privatising two banks and a gen...
05 Feb, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
Government to set up Rs 20,000 crore DFI to promote infra financingUnveiling the Union Budget 2021-22, the Finance Minister said that a professionally-managed DFI to be set up to provide, enable and catalyz...
01 Feb, 2021, 10.21 PM IST
View: Some of Budget's boldest moves happened in financial sectorThe government has followed a consultative approach as a number of suggestions made by various industry forums over time have found accepta...
01 Feb, 2021, 07.24 PM IST
Can DFI be solution for long-term greenfield infra project financing?The earlier DFIs were created during the pre-economic liberalisation era. During that period, given the controlled nature of the economy an...
11 Jan, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Government plans to set up a development finance institution in 3-4 months: DFS SecyAbout 7,000 projects have been identified under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) with projected investment of a whopping Rs 111 l...
22 Dec, 2020, 05.49 PM IST
Microfinance industry groups seek PM Modi’s help to secure repayment moratoriums on term loansBoth Sa-dhan, India's largest microfinance industry body with 212 members, and Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), the industry group...
15 Apr, 2020, 08.26 AM IST
MFI industry seeks more refinance from DFIs in budgetMany of 200-odd MFIs operating in the country work as BCs for the banks for credit disbursements for which an 18 per cent GST is levied on ...
27 Jan, 2020, 12.48 PM IST
View: What India needs is a corporate bond market, not a new DFIThe demand for a term-lending institution to fund infrastructure is pure nostalgia and has little to grounding in reality.
14 Jan, 2020, 03.29 PM IST
Regulators including RBI and Sebi discuss ways to implement Budget proposalsThe sub-committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), headed by RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, reviewed the major deci...
09 Aug, 2014, 09.17 PM IST
Global DFIs investing directly in social ventures for increasing opportunitiesGlobal development finance institutions (DFIs) are looking to raise their exposure in India by investing directly in social ventures to bet...
19 Nov, 2012, 12.26 PM IST
PE funds like Pragati Fund, Samridhi Fund, Aavishkaar India Fund II targeting larger equity investments in 7 statesConventional PE funds expect an RoI of 25% a year. LIS-focused funds are happy with 8-12% and social goals.
03 May, 2012, 07.03 PM IST
- DFIs train their sights on private banks here
India’s financial sector is set to see the emergence of a new class of investors - multilaterals.
08 Dec, 2006, 03.01 AM IST
- Banks need to hone financing skills
Bracing for the squeeze, the government wants commercial banks to hone their skills in project financing.
26 Feb, 2005, 12.23 AM IST
- Govt to throw a lifeline for IDBI, IIBI
NEW DELHI: After IDFC, IFCI and Indian Bank, the government has decided to bailout the country's largest and smallest development finance i...
11 Mar, 2002, 12.21 AM IST