Rbi On Infra Bonds

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  RBI Guidelines on Credit Enhancements by Banks Soon

  Mundra also said RBI a few months ago allowed banks to issue long-term infra bonds, and certain exemptions were given to them so as to support growth in the bond market.

• Andhra Bank's Rs 1,000-Crore Infra Bond Gets 'Stable' Rating

  Earlier this month, the RBI had revised regulations on long-term bonds, with a minimum maturity of seven years, for financing infrastructure projects and affordable housing, issued by banks.

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  Banks Not Allowed to Trade in Bonds for Infra Lending: RBI

  The RBI last week allowed lenders to issue bonds for infrastructure lending, but barred the banks from holding each other's bonds.

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  Sensex Rises Over 1 Per Cent on Infra Boost

  The BSE Sensex rose over 1 per cent on Wednesday, gaining for the second consecutive session, as lenders and infrastructure-related companies such as IDFC Ltd surged after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) exempted long-term bonds raised for the sector from reserve requirements.

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  HDFC Shares Down on Infra Bond Impact Worries

  UBS downgrades HDFC to "neutral" from "buy" and cuts price target to Rs 1,075 from Rs 1,100.

• RBI For Allowing Banks to Provide Partial Credit Enhancement for Infra Loans

  The central bank said banks can provide partial credit enhancement by a maximum of two notches or twenty percent of entire bond issue and has asked banks to send their feedback on the draft guidelines by June 30.

• Govt may cut withholding tax on rupee infra bonds: RBI deputy governor

  A reduction of the withholding tax on rupee infrastructure bonds from 20 per cent to 5 per cent is high on the government's agenda, the Reserve Bank of India's Deputy Governor H.R. Khan said on Friday, on the sidelines of an industry event.

• SREI Infra yet to decide on second trench of tax-free bond issue

  SREI Infra expects a 25-30 per cent growth in disbursements this fiscal.

• RBI raises FII cap on bonds,debentures by infra cos by $20 bn

  In a bid to boost investment in the infrastructure sector, the Reserve Bank today hiked the limit on FII investment in listed non-convertible debentures and bonds issued by core segment companies by $20 billion. Till now, the limit for such investment was $15 billion in corporate debt, with an additional limit of $5 billion in bonds with a ...