RBI relaxes infrastructure debt funds guidelinesThe Reserve Bank of India has relaxed regulations on Infrastructure Debt Funds to expand infrastructure financing. IDFs will now be able to...
Govt waives 3-year lock-in period on investments made by NRIs in IDF bondsIDFs are investment vehicles to accelerate the flow of long-term debt to the sector.
IDFs yet to make a mark even two years on: ReportIn the wake of stress in the infrastructure sector, there are few operational projects with track record of satisfactory performance of one...
Infrastructure debt funds expected to stage a comeback this fiscalRBI nod to raise up to 10 per cent of outstanding borrowings via shorter-tenure loans to help companies reduce their cost of funds
RBI permits IDFs to issue less than 5-year tenure bondsRBI today allowed Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) to raise resources through bonds and commercial papers of less than five-year maturity.
RBI allows IDF-NBFCs to raise short term capitalReserve Bank of India has allowed these entities known as IDF-NBFC to issue short term bonds and commercial papers (CPs) to help them their...
IIFCL plans to raise Rs 2,000 crore from bonds this quarterThe entire fund raised will be utilised for funding environmentally sustainable infrastructure projects like renewable energy.
RBI allows banks to invest in long-term infrastructure bonds to boost investmentIn a bid to boost infrastructure investment, the Reserve Bank today allowed banks to invest in long-term infrastructure bonds issued by oth...
NBFC infrastructure debt funds take off; India Infradebt, L&T Infra Finance raise Rs 550 croreThese funds want to buy assets that are generating cash, and so with lower risk, but banks would like to sell the ones that are stuck.
Steps on the anvil to promote infrastructure funding: Arvind MayaramThe government is working on various steps to promote debt & equity investment in infrastructure sector, finance ministry official said.
Infrastructure debt funds need to tap insurance, pension sectors: FMFM Chidambaram has said resources should be mobilised from insurance and pension sectors for infrastructure debt funds.
EPFO all set to invest in infrastructure debt fundsIDF is govt's big idea to provide funds to infra projects, and finance ministry has been trying to route pension savings into these funds.
- IIFCL gets Sebi approval for $1 billion infrastructure debt fund
IIFCL today said it has got Sebi nod for floating $ 1 billion (about Rs 5,000 crore) infrastructure debt fund (IDF), which will be operatio...
- Goverment to soon finalise norms for Infrastructure Debt Fund
"IDF note will go before Cabinet shortly and we will announce it after it is approved," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
Non-resident investors can invest up to USD 10 billion in IDFsThe move that will help in channelising funds for the infra sector which needs about USD 1 trillion during the 12th Plan period.
- ET in the classroom: Infrastructure debt fund
Infrastructure debt fund is a debt instrument being set up by the finance ministry in order to channelise long-term funds into infrastructu...
- Core debt funds allowed to take shape of MF, NBFC
The government has been finding it difficult to raise debt funds for infrastructure for want of appropriate institutions.