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RBI offers concessional swaps for PSUs, NRI deposits to drive forex inflowsThe Reserve Bank of India has introduced new foreign exchange measures. These include offering special swap facilities to encourage state-o...
Bond won't help this time: Why RBI should hike interest rate, instead of unleashing forex mobilisation schemes as in the pastReserve Bank of India's past emergency tools for raising foreign currency are no longer effective. Global interest rates have changed the f...
IRFC to raise ECB loan worth $2 billion to finance large infra projectsIndian Railway Finance Corporation is set to raise USD 2 billion through external commercial borrowing. This funding will primarily be in J...
ECB filings halve to USD 5.43 billion in March: RBIIndian companies and lenders saw foreign borrowing filings drop significantly in March. This reduction occurred amidst global financial mar...
India Inc reduced overseas bond issues on local liquidity, rupee fallIndian companies scaled back overseas bond issuances as improved domestic liquidity and a weaker rupee made local fundraising more attracti...
ECM pipeline strong, rupee likely oversold say Citi bankersCitibank bankers expect India’s equity capital markets to stay strong in 2026, driven by high valuations, active IPO pipelines and private ...
Cos can approach SWFs, pension funds for ECBs: RBI draftIn order to encourage overseas funding, RBI proposed to allow domestic companies to borrow money from pension funds, sovereign wealth funds...
RBI relaxes external commercial borrowings normsAt present, the choice of security to be provided to the overseas lender or the supplier for securing ECB is left to the borrower.
RBI finds 154 cases of misuse of ECB fundsReliance Communications, Huawei Technologies and Walt Disney Company have misused raised from abroad under the ECB route
Sistema, Uninor seek changes in external commercial borrowing norms for spectrum auctionsRussia's Sistema and Uninor, majority owned by Norway's Telenor, have asked the government to amend ECB guidelines to enable them to raise ...
- ADAG cos get govt nod for foreign borrowing
The government has decided to allow companies belonging to the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) to borrow from abroad.
- Let ADAG raise funds abroad: FM tells RBI
The finance ministry has asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to reconsider applications from the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) to ra...
- NTPC wants relaxation of ECB norms
The power ministry has sought waiver of new external commercial borrowings (ECB) norms for the power sector to allow it to use funds raised...
- FinMin not to revise ECB norms
Finance Ministry is not in favour of revising norms for External Commercial Borrowing or hiking the limits beyond $500 million in near futu...
- RBI pulls up companies for taking ECB route for working capital
Corporates continue to be lured into borrowing overseas to fund their working capital needs, overstepping RBI norms on end-use of external ...
- Cos' gain, banks' loss
Given the new ECB guidelines, several issuers led by RIL, NTPC, Punjab National Bank, Exim Bank Essar Steel and Hutch stand to gain.
- Govt puts ECBs up to $500 mn on auto pilot
Hardly a month after imposing severe restrictions on accessing external commercial borrowings (ECBs), the government today reversed the ECB...