Accelerate asset monetisation in railways, roads: Sebi chief Tuhin Kanta PandeyCapital markets regulator Sebi's chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday said there is a need to "accelerate" monetisation of government-held ...
18 Sep, 2025, 07.08 PM IST
Why is NaBFID choosing bank loans over bond market this year?NaBFID is prioritizing bank loans over bond markets this year due to lower interest rates and significant borrower prepayments exceeding ₹1...
18 Sep, 2025, 06.13 AM IST
No new tax-free bonds issued since 2016. Here’s how to tap existing ones for tax-free incomeTax-free bonds, last issued in 2016 by PSUs, remain attractive due to their post-tax returns exceeding those of fixed deposits. Investors c...
13 May, 2025, 07.52 AM IST
Will NaBFID successfully navigate offshore bond market?The last time an Indian public sector entity tapped the dollar bond market was in September 2024, when power sector financier REC raised $5...
12 May, 2025, 06.20 AM IST
Budget 2025: NaBFID infra bond credit facility may run into RBI hurdleThe RBI's strict capital and investment norms might hinder the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure & Development from establishing a...
03 Feb, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Budget 2025 full speech: Read FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget address hereBudget 2025 Download full speech: The 2025-26 Budget introduces measures to accelerate growth, ensure inclusive development, and boost priv...
01 Feb, 2025, 07.05 PM IST
Revitalizing India's Infrastructure: Case for tax-free bonds in the upcoming BudgetIndia faces a significant challenge in balancing infrastructure development and fiscal responsibility. To meet the massive infrastructure n...
24 Jan, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
NaBFID can consider offering credit enhancement, CDS to projects: RBI DGThe National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) may offer partial credit enhancement and first loss default guarant...
13 Sep, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
NaBFID should provide credit enhancement for upping municipal bonds activity: Sebi EDThe National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) should provide credit enhancements for civic bodies which will help...
12 Sep, 2024, 06.47 PM IST
NaBFID seeks lower provisioning for credit enhancement playersNaBFID is in talks with the RBI to reduce capital requirements for financial institutions offering credit enhancement. This move aims to ma...
11 Sep, 2024, 12.00 AM IST
Greenko gets NABFID sanction for Rs 6200 cr; to prepay overseas bondsNABFID has sanctioned Rs 6200 crore from which Greenko will use to pay back foreign bond investors for bonds maturing in January and July n...
08 Jul, 2024, 12.26 AM IST
Why India needs an army of small infrastructure operators, not just a few big onesWhen the government offered multiple relief packages to the pandemic-hit economy in 2020, it left infrastructure out in the cold. All const...
20 Jun, 2023, 11.19 PM IST
Can the budget set India on the green pathway?Spending thrust is expected to persist, infrastructure development will continue to take centre stage, and the focus would be on boosting r...
30 Jan, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman's fourth Budget: The full speechIndia has pledged to spend more to fire up the key engines of economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, as it stages a world-beating...
03 Feb, 2022, 10.21 AM IST
RBI’s forex reserves derisk India from Fed action. Here's what it meansThe FM should stimulate demand in Budget 2022 by cutting oil taxes further, reducing income-tax for lower-income categories and offer housi...
19 Dec, 2021, 11.04 PM IST
Union Cabinet clears setting up of Development Finance Institution: Nirmala SitharamanUnion Cabinet has cleared the setting up of a Development Finance Institution (DFI), in acknowledgement of the realization that both develo...
17 Mar, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
Govt to hold at least 26% in DFI, offer guaranteesThe government is likely to have full ownership of the DFI to start with but over time may offer up to 74% stake to domestic and foreign fi...
04 Mar, 2021, 07.34 AM IST