May

21

Reliance Industries Gets Govt Approval For Piped Gas Deal

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Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has received government approval to sign agreements with firms supplying gas to households and car owners in major cities.

RIL got Indian govt approval for the allocation of gas from RIL’s Krishna-Godavari basin to gas distribution firms (CGD) in Delhi as well as Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Agra, Indore and Ujjain.

This move is significant for the following reasons.

  • The natural gas used in a compressed form or supplied to homes through pipes is a far cheaper alternative than LPG, diesel or petrol. This move by the government will result the distribution firms in the form of adding more consumers and generate more revenue once the gas becomes available.
  • The cost of transport for the commuters will drop, who are using buses, taxis and auto rickshaws using CNG. This is expected to benefit RIL in a big way.
  • RIL is already selling natural gas to fertilizer and power firms and the addition of CGD firms will help increase its revenue and profitability. [source : Asian Cerc]

May

1

World Bank $400m to India for Small Business Loans Financing

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Good news for Small Business Loans in Indian. The World Bank has approved 400 million dollar additional financing loan to the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), to improve access to finance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

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World Bank country director for India, Roberto Zagha, said: The project is part of a larger program of support in response to India’s request for funding in light of the financial crisis. It is targeted particularly at SMEs, to help address the credit slowdown that has resulted from the financial crisis.

This will help scale up the fully disbursed original project which had been approved by the World Bank on November 30, 2004, the bank said in a statement.

We believe this is happening at the right time (hopefully its not too late). The small businesses in India have been under great pressure in the last 6 months, and the export oriented units have been the worst hit.

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