The government has cleared Rs 2 lakh core debt restructuring proposal for state electricity boards. Raaj Kumar of GMR Infra says Tamil Nadu owes significant amount to the company, in the region of Rs 600-700 crore. "We expect to receive this money soon, as soon as next month only," he adds.
GMR Group will be able to garner around Rs 4,000 crore from stake sale in its holding company, GMR Infrastructure, from 72% suggest media reports. The Bangalore---based company is also looking for strategic partners to sell upto 49% stake in GMR Highways, one of the three infrastructure holding companies besides GMR Airports and GMR Energy.
A Subba Rao, group chief financial officer of GMR Infrastructure tells CNBC-TV18 that the customs duty reduction will help save 10% cost on coal imports.
A Subba Rao, group CFO, GMR Infra is skeptical about improvement in the capex cycle in the power sector, despite positive sentiment.
"The tariff determination process for airports’ business is underway," said A Subba Rao, Group CFO of GMR Infrastructure. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Rao said the company's losses have risen primarily because the Delhi airport tariff has not been fixed.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sidharath Kapur, chief financial officer of Airport, GMR Group talks about the media report against the company, which appeared in the Maldivan press.
In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sidharath Kapur, CFO – airport, GMR Group says the development fees, which was levied in 2009 and suspended from June 1, 2011, will now finally be effective from December 1, 2011.
A Subba Rao, group CFO, GMR Infrastructure said, the company is substantially insulated from current high interest rate environment. He expects the Delhi Airport to breakeven in fiscal year 2013.
A Subba Rao, Group chief financial officer, GMR Infrastructure expects Vemagiri plant to be ready for generation by last quarter of the current financial year.
GMR Infra saw onsolidated net sales jump 51.4% to Rs 1,864 crore from Rs 1,231 crore in the year ago period. In an exclusive interview to CNBC-TV18, the management of the company said that improved footfalls at airports aided overall revenue growth.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered GMR (the operator of the Delhi international airport) to stop collecting ADF from passengers for at least three weeks. For now, the operator has suspended collection of the fee, confirmed chief financial officer of airports Sidharath Kapur.
GMR Infrastructure has witnessed a quarterly loss (consolidated) of Rs 1,007 crore in Q4 FY11 mainly due to stake sale in its British energy firm InterGen. However, group CFO A Subba Rao doesn't see it impacting the company going forward since this is a one-time loss.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18's Udayan Mukherjee and Mitali Mukherjee, A Subba Rao, Group CFO of GMR Infrastructure said that the company is likely to close the USD 200 million FDI deal in two weeks.
GMR's group chairman GM Rao has pledged to create an endowment worth USD 340 million in favour of the GMR Varalakshmi Foundation for charitable activities to serve the needs of the under-privileged sections of society.
Gearing up for the budget which is scheduled on February 28, the infrastructure sector is hopeful that the government will approve policies and allocate funds for its growth.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, A Subba Rao, group CFO of GMR Infra, spoke about his reading of the IIP numbers and his outlook for the economy.