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Tata Realty and Infrastructure Ltd has taken a Rs 1,280 crore loan from DBS Bank India for a sustainable commercial project in Gurugram, a statement said. DBS Bank India acted as the sole advisor and green loan coordinator for this transaction. A green loan financing intends to fund or refinance projects that provide environmental benefits. The loan facility has been availed by Tata Realty's special purpose vehicle (SPV), which has developed commercial project 'Intellion Park' in Gurugram. This Grade A office campus has 2.1 million sq ft office spaces. The funds are being deployed towards certified green assets that meet globally recognised sustainability benchmarks. Santanu Mitra, Head of Large Corporate Banking, DBS Bank India, said, "Real estate and infrastructure is a key focus for DBS Bank India, and we have supported several innovative, sustainable projects being developed across the country." Sanjay Dutt, CEO of Tata Realty & Infrastructure Ltd said the loan facility ...
Reliance Power has become a debt-free company on a standalone basis clearing all outstanding dues to lenders, sources said. The company had a debt of around Rs 800 crore, which has been repaid to banks, they said. Between December 2023 and March 2024, Reliance Power signed multiple debt settlement agreements with various banks, including IDBI Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and DBS. The company has now repaid the entire debt to these banks, sources said. As a result of that, Reliance Power, on a standalone basis, has become a debt free company. In December 2023, Reliance power sold the development rights of its proposed 1,200 megawatt hydro-electric project in Arunachal Pradesh to THDC for Rs 128 crore. In March 2024, the company sold its 45 MW wind energy project in Vashpet, Maharashtra to JSW Renewable Energy for a consideration of Rs 132 crore. Proceeds from the sale of these projects were used to retire debt. With participation of over 38 lakh retail investors, Reliance Power has
The Reserve Bank is likely to hike benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points in its bi-monthly policy next month to bring down inflation within the central bank's comfort zone, DBS Group Research said on Monday. To contain the rising prices, the RBI has hiked interest rates by 250 basis points since May last year. The latest rate hike of 25 basis points in February took the benchmark policy rate to 6.50 per cent. In an online session on 'Growth resilience and sticky inflation', DBS Group Research Executive Director & Senior Economist Radhika Rao said the RBI may hike interest rates by 25 basis points in April and maintain a hawkish bias as retail inflation is still high. Retail inflation in January spiked to 6.52 per cent against 5.72 per cent in December last year. Rao, however, said inflation caused by supply-side constraints cannot be dealt with by monetary policy alone and is not enough to tackle inflation. "Weather conditions are important for farm output. The local weather .
In a bid to proactively adapt the new risk-free benchmarks on existing loans and derivatives, DBS Bank India has announced the first active transitioning of an existing loan and derivative to new reference rates.This is a key milestone for DBS and marks the bank's first active transition process in India - an integral part of the benchmark transition plan of the bank to ensure seamless adoption of new Alternative Reference Rates (ARR) as Interbank Offered Rates (IBORs) are phased out.DBS has successfully transitioned some of the existing loan and derivative contracts with two companies - Power Finance Corporation Ltd & REC Limited - to the new reference rates. Existing contracts were benchmarked to Swap Offer Rate (SOR) [a legacy SGD floating benchmarked IBOR], and post this transition, all loans and derivatives have now moved to Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA), the new risk-free rate.Speaking on the development, Ashhish Vaidya, Managing Director & Head of Markets,