ADB to grant $240 million loan for infrastructure development

22 Mar 2012 Evaluate

The Government of India, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) have signed a $240 million loan agreement to stimulate infrastructure development through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investments. The loan has a 25-year term with a grace period of 5 years and interest would be determined in accordance with ADB’s LIBOR-based lending facility.

The fund will be used to expand road networks in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Jammu & Kashmir. It will also help connect far flung communities to markets. A power project in Gujarat will also receive funding. The loan is the third and final tranche of the second India Infrastructure Project Financing Facility (IIPFF II) to stimulate infrastructure development through PPP investments. In 2009, ADB had agreed to provide a $700 million multi-tranche financing facility to help IIFCL provide long-term funding for infrastructure development.

The first and the second tranche of $460 million were allocated to finance subprojects for improving roads and highways in Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, National Capital Region of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and to partially fund a power project in Kutch district in Gujarat.

As per government officials, long term funds for infrastructure financing will improve financial viability and sustainability of the project companies and generate employment directly. The absence or inadequacy of infrastructure is most critically felt by the vulnerable section of population. This loan is expected to benefit economically disadvantaged people directly through improved access to various infrastructure services, lowering of input costs, opening of opportunities for entrepreneurs and increase in employment opportunities.

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