The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on 27
October 2005, is planning to clear the Rs.10,000 crore special
purpose vehicle to finance infrastructure projects.
The SPV, announced in the Union Budget for
2005-06, will be called India Infrastructure Finance Co Ltd. The following are
some highlights of the new SPV:
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Private companies executing
infrastructure projects in power, roads, airports, etc. can avail funds from the
SPV only for re-financing
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Private ventures, not falling under the
public-private partnership (PPP) ambit, will not be able to avail funsd from the
SPV
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The total lending to private projects
would be limited to 20 per cent of the SPV's corpus.
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The SPV will be registered as a non
banking finance company under the Indian Companies Act, 1956.
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The SPV will have a seven-member board of
directors, with one nominee each from the finance ministry and Planning
Commission
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The authorized capital of the SPV will be
Rs.10 crore and its lending limit, Rs.10,000 crore.
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Only those projects cleared by the Inter
Institutional Group (IIG) will be eligible to access funds from the SPV
Also See:
Widened scope for
core sector SPV (17-Oct-05)
What is IIG?
The Inter Institutional Group
is an informal gathering of six lending institutions -- Infrastructure
Development Finance Company, State Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation,
IDBI Ltd, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda.