Here's what you must know about the IL&FS crisis
IL&FS plans to sell 25 assets and has received investor interest for 14 of them
With the rejig, Bhatia will relinquish his responsibilities as the firm's CFO
IL&FS's outstanding debentures and commercial paper accounted for 1 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively, of India's domestic corporate debt market as of March 31
Debt-equity ratio jumped to 14.5x in FY18 against sector average of 5.6x
Mumbai, 20 SeptemberBankruptcy proceedings have been instituted for the first time against an IL&FS group company, a Tamil Nadu-based thermal power unit. Lenders to the entity have taken it to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), after it defaulted on loan payments.The parent company, IL&FS itself, is facing a massive cash crunch and will default on loan repayments by this month-end, unless its shareholders come forward with cash by way of equity or debt infusion. IL&FS at a consolidated level has debt of Rs 910 billion, making it one of the most indebted of corporate groups in the country.IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd operates a 1,200 Mw imported coal-based plant at Cuddalore. Around Rs 106 billion has been invested in the project, financed by Rs 60.8 bn of loans from public sector banks (PSBs) and Rs 45.6 bn in equity by IL&FS Energy Development, a group subsidiary. The project saw a cost overrun of about Rs 42 bn. The first phase was commissioned in ..
A large part of the blame for the episode, say experts, lies with the rating agencies, who should have started downgrading IL&FS and its affiliates earlier
The gross debt of IL&FS Ltd stood at Rs 910 billion
Icra, CARE and India Ratings - have been monitoring the activities of IL&FS, a holding entity of group, and its subsidiaries for long
As of 31 March 2018, debts incurred by ILFS in the form of bank loans accounted for around 0.5 per cent - 0.7 per cent of overall banking system loans
A line of defence by IL&FS is that the mounting dues from various agencies were the prime reason for its liquidity woes
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd., which helped fund India's longest tunnel, started missing deadlines on short-term debt instruments late last month
Financially strained unlisted holding company IL&FS has sought the Central government's support to avert a looming default crisis.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that the IL&FS' board and its stakeholders will deal with the debt crisis facing the company.
IL&FS has extracted a heavy toll by playing on the nation's desperation for infrastructure
Suspense over funds infusion continues
Crippled infrastructure development and finance company IL&FS has claimed that if funds worth Rs 16,000 crore stuck with concession authorities were released on time, it wouldn't have landed in the mess it is currently in. In a letter to its employees, a copy of which is with PTI, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), which earlier this month had defaulted on a Rs 1,000-crore loan from Sidbi, has claimed that around Rs 16,000 crore of group liquidity is stuck in claims and termination payments. "Our monies were used to fund the cost and time overruns caused by concession authority delays in handing over right of way. It is our case that if concession authorities released our monies, which is around Rs 16,000 crore of IL&FS group liquidity and stuck in claims and termination payments, we would not be in the situation that we are in," IL&FS said in its letter. The management also claimed that sufficient clarity will emerge after the ...
SIDBI has asked IL&FS for a repayment plan within 10 days
Investments in group assets under spotlight; company assures it will be able to repay IDF investors
The solvency situation of IL&FS will have an impact on insurance companies