Aman Malik

A physicist turned career journalist who has been covering the infrastructure sector for more than a decade and a half, Aman writes on the intersection between business and policy.

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Has Temasek-backed Sembcorp's India energy unit really turned a corner?

Infrastructure

17 September, 2019

Has Temasek-backed Sembcorp's India energy unit really turned a corner?

In February last year, Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries Ltd decided to reorganise its India energy operations into a single...

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Finance

16 September, 2019

How India's most vulnerable companies can worsen the debt woes

India Inc.’s battle with high debt levels could potentially get tougher in coming years as companies that owe almost Rs...

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Finance

11 September, 2019

India Inc shifts capex cycle into higher gear, but can it keep up the pace?

Indian companies’ capital expenditure (capex) cycle, a harbinger of growth, picked up pace in the last financial year buoyed...

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Infrastructure

03 September, 2019

Can ACME Cleantech squeeze past policy and payment woes to avoid liquidity concerns?

Solar power developer ACME group is battling policy flip-flops, low tariffs and a payments backlog that have strained cash flow...

Finance

30 August, 2019

Govt unveils big-bang plan to merge state-run banks

The government will merge 10 state-run banks into four as part of a big consolidation drive to clean up the ......

Infrastructure

29 August, 2019

Adani to acquire Essel's solar energy projects for $181 mn

Billionaire Gautam Adani-controlled Adani group said on Thursday it will acquire 10 operating solar energy assets of the beleaguered...

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Infrastructure

28 August, 2019

In numbers: How NIIF is building its war chest and infrastructure portfolio

In December 2016, the Indian government set up National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd as part of efforts to ......

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Infrastructure

26 August, 2019

How Cube Highways emerged as one of the top foreign buyers in India's roads sector

In December 2014, infrastructure-focussed private equity firm I Squared Capital struck a deal to acquire a toll road that connects...

Economy

23 August, 2019

Govt rolls back super-rich tax on foreign portfolio investors, local institutions, HNIs

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the reversal of a Budget proposal to levy enhanced surcharge on capital...

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Infrastructure

21 August, 2019

Faced with regulatory uncertainty, can ReNew Power assault its mountain of debt?

ReNew Power Ltd’s new chief financial officer (CFO) has his hands full as he onboards India’s largest renewable energy...