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State Bank of India explores ways to debt finance start ups

State Bank of India on Wednesday said it is trying to work out a way to debt finance start ups as current rules allow banks to fund only profitable companies. Start ups raise equity fund to run their business and promoters are forced to dilute stake as debt funding is not available for the sector because they are loss making in the initial years, a senior official of the bank said. We are struggling to debt fund start ups. Bank norms and rules allow debt funding to profitable ones. As initially startups are loss making, they are to be funded based on the viability of the idea only. We are trying a way out, SBI Managing Director - International Banking, Technology & Subsidiaries, Ashwini Kumar Tewari said at the annual general meeting of The Bengal Chamber. He said the bank was doing equity funding through a subsidiary SBI Ventures and recognized that the country needs to support the start up culture. The number of government recognized start ups under the 'Startup India' ...

Crisil upgrades Bharti Airtel debt programme rating to AA+, stable outlook

Crisil Rating on Tuesday said it has upgraded the long term rating on the bank facilities and debt programme of Bharti Airtel to AA+ with a stable outlook

Households in southern states more indebted than rest of India: Report

Among the major states, the lowest proportion of indebted households in rural areas were in Uttarakhand, and in urban areas in Chhattisgarh

HDFC sells part of invoked shares of Ansal Housing to recover dues

Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC) on Saturday said it has sold a part of the shares, invoked by it of Ansal Housing, to recover its dues. In August, HDFC had invoked 46,20,000 shares of Ansal Housing Limited (Ansal) aggregating 7.78 per cent of the paid-up share capital, for recovery of part outstanding dues against loans availed by pledgers/borrowers. "In this connection, we wish to inform you that out of this, the Corporation has in aggregate sold 12,67,504 shares, representing 2.13 per cent of the paid-up share capital of Ansal, including 1,57,939 shares representing 0.27 per cent of the paid-up share capital of Ansal which were sold on September 24, 2021," HDFC said in a regulatory filing.

China's debt-ridden Evergrande Group says it will make bond payment

The Chinese government, meanwhile, kept investors guessing about whether it might intervene.

China's realty giant warns of defaulting on $305-billion debt

The government is assembling accounting and legal experts to assess the finances of Evergrande, a potential precursor to a restructuring of the world's most indebted developer

Vedanta Resources reduces net debt by $300 mn in first half of FY'22

Expects to further reduce its debt by $500 million in the second half of FY'22

China's economy threatened by a property giant's debt problems

Real estate developer Evergrande once binged on debt. Now the music has stopped, investors are panicking and experts warning of an imminent failure

Bonds beckon as equity holdings get risky after rally, say experts

With interest rates expected to rise, it may be prudent to avoid long-term options, say experts

Quality of rated debt dips in August 2021: CARE Ratings

This was a second consecutive decline as CDQI print in June was 90.01

MIAL raises Rs 7,200 cr via NCDs and foreign loans, refinances debt

The capital raise happened last month and around Rs 6,500 crore of loans owned to domestic lenders were repaid

SAIL aims at reducing net debt to Rs 15,000-20,000 crore in FY22

Steel Authority of India Ltd is aiming at reducing its net debt to a range of Rs 15,000-20,000 crore in the current fiscal if the prices and demand for the commodity remain stable

Vodafone Idea in talks to refinance over Rs 6,000 crore of its debt

Fall in 4G customers is a concern as Airtel continues to increase its share

OIL looks to liquidate short term debt raised for NRL buy in current fiscal

The push to liquidate debt will mean no more acquisition or fund raising being planned this year

Lenders worry as troubled Future group works to keep payment deadlines

Group's financial metrics may deteriorate further in June quarter due to second wave

State-owned NTPC plans to raise term loans worth up to Rs 5,000 crore

State-owned NTPC on Wednesday invited proposals for raising term loans worth up to Rs 5,000 crore. The power producer has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for raising the amount and financial institutions can submit bids till 11 am on August 26, 2021. The bids would be opened the same day at 11.30 am, according to a letter by NTPC to financial institutions. The loans would be utilised towards capital expenditure for ongoing or new capacity addition programmes. These include takeover of projects, buying out Government of India's equity stake in PSUs under the disinvestment programme, renewable energy projects, coal mining & washeries, renovation & modernisation programmes of various projects, refinancing of loans and general corporate purposes. The minimum amount of loan offered by banks/ financial institutions shall be Rs 500 crore and in multiples of Rs 500 crore thereafter, as per the company. In case of two bidders quoting the same rates, preference will be given to ...

TN finance minister vows reforms as debt hits Rs 5.7 trn this fiscal

This is an over 4-fold rise from Rs 1.32 trillion in 2013-14, and nearly 10-fold over Rs 60,170 cr in 2006-07

Lenders to debt-laden Vodafone Idea look at swapping debt for equity

Over the years, Vodafone PLC has invested $30 billion in Vodafone India and has written off the entire investment

Beyond corporate deleveraging

India's growth drivers are under pressure

Vedanta consolidated Q1 PAT up four-fold at Rs 4,224 cr on revenue spike

Top line up 79% YoY at Rs 28,105 cr; lower base also spurs annual surge in bottomline