IDBI Bank sanctions Rs 5,000 crore loan to BSES

15 Feb 2012 Evaluate

IDBI Bank, public sector lender has sanctioned a loan of Rs 5,000 crore to Reliance Infrastructure-backed discom BSES. The company is going to use the amount to pay up its outstanding dues to a number of power generation and transmission utilities.

The bank has sanctioned the loan after the discom deposited a security deposit of Rs 1,020 crore. Reliance Infrastructure infused Rs 520 crore and the total amount of Rs 1,020 crore was deposited with IDBI Bank as security deposit for getting the loan. The bank had conditioned granting the loan to BSES arranging at least 20% of the total amount.

IDBI Bank has a large portfolio of MSME sector units and is desirous of expanding its lending to this MSME sector in view of the fact that this sector is a key driver of Indian economy in terms of contribution to GDP, employment and exports and also the pronouncements in the Government's MSME policy.

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