2007 REPORTS > INDIA - February 17, 2007
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The partner of choice for developing India  
In 1997, several domestic and foreign groups formed the Infrastructure Development Finance Co. (IDFC) as a private-sector enterprise that would finance and oversee major infrastructure projects in the country.

As structures and regulations evolve in this burgeoning market, IDFC has become an important partner in development because of its strong relationships with government agencies and international institutions, such as the Asian Development Bank.

Its wholly owned subsidiary IDFC Private Equity, the country's largest infrastructurefocused private equity fund, manages resources amounting to $630 million.

In the past two years, IDFC has financed projects to add 3,600 MW to India's power generating capacity, 1,000 km of new roads, and 3.5 million TEUs (twenty-feet equivalent unit) of new container handling in the country's ports.

IDFC participated in 25 of around 75 road projects awarded under public-private partnership financing structures while it took part in six of the 12 projects bid out by state maritime and major ports on a BOT (buildoperate-transfer) basis. Of the five airport privatization schemes, IDFC participated in three.

In the last five years, IDFC's loan book and balance sheet have grown by about 50 percent and 40 percent, respectively, every year.

As of today, it is the single largest debt and equity financier of privately sponsored infrastructure in the country.

www.idfc.com

 
 
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