With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to ensure that their funds are directed to sustainable investments. In a country like India, where...
To, Shri. M.M. Kutty Executive Director, India Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank March 14, 2018 Subject: AIIB’s proposed investment in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Dear Shri M.M. Kutty, We are writing with regard to the AIIB’s...
A latest report has asked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to “tread carefully” on National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF), a fund of fund that seeks to create long-term value for domestic and international...
February 2, 2018, Amsterdam, and New Delhi: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) must “tread very carefully” before approving a new USD 200 million deal with India in April 2018, for fear of turning the key on some highly controversial...
Financing the future? AIIB and India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Thirteen years after communities from Odisha’s Dhenkanal district filed a complaint at the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) accountability mechanism
The spotlight shines on transformative initiatives as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveils the Blue Economy 2.0 and bolsters the Sagarmala program in the interim budget for 2024-2025.
While the climate disaster is only worsening with each passing year, one more conference of world leaders is being convened. COP28- the biggest climate summit of the year. Soumya Dutta, noted environmentalist, reports from...
The infrastructure continues to be the focus to push the economic growth rates in India. This month’s update provides the developments around the financial institutions such as India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), Rural...
The infrastructure sector has been a very dynamic space in the last few years given the push by the government on creation of infrastructure for businesses as well as to meet SDG targets. This...
Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of April 2023 covers majorly the developments from the national financial institutions for infrastructure building like the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF), National Bank for Financing Infrastructure Development...
An extension of the coal reduction policy to all lending will act as a strong impetus for Indian financial institutions to strengthen their own policies on coal reduction.
Previous policy allowed the IFC’s financial clients to support new coal projects as long as they exited coal by 2030, but the new update explicitly rules out new coal.
The infrastructure finance update for the month of March 2023 covers mostly updates from the sectors of roads and highways, smart cities, ports and logistics. The government is making significant investments and working to...
The infrastructure sector has been highlighted by the government agencies and the financial institutions to be a key driver for the Indian economy, propelling India’s overall economic development. Infrastructure development enjoys intense focus from...
