Appraisal of financing infrastructure projects

Any credit facility provided to a borrower company engaged in an infrastructure facility is known as ‘infrastructure lending’.  The activities such as developing, or operating, and maintaining, or developing, operating, and maintaining any infrastructure facility of the following sector are called infrastructure projects. Public sector units registered under the Companies Act may be provided infrastructure…

Challenges in Managing Working Capital Finance

Working capital finance is vital for sustaining daily operations and ensuring a business’s financial stability. However, several operational and strategic issues can hinder its effective management. These include cash flow mismatches, suboptimal inventory control, inefficiencies in receivables and payables, and complications arising from external financing. Missteps in these areas can lead to liquidity constraints and…

Framework for project financing and provisioning in infrastructure and real estate sectors

The Reserve Bank of India issued draft guidelines to provide a harmonised prudential framework for financing projects in Infrastructure, Non-Infrastructure, and Commercial Real Estate sectors by regulated entities (REs). In the backdrop of a review of the extant instructions and analysis of the risks inherent in such financing, the Central Bank prescribed norms for restructuring…

Understanding non-fund limits like LC, LG (BG), DPG, and APG limits fixed by the banks

The credit facilities given by the banks where actual bank funds are not involved are termed as ‘non-fund based facilities’. Letter of Credit (LC), Letter Of Guarantee (Bank Guarantee), Advance Payment Guarantee (APG) comes under this category. The assessment Letter of Credit, Bank Guarantee (BG), or Letter of Guarantee (LG) limits are fixed by banks…