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India plans Rs 50,000 cr power sector debt fund (livemint.com)

28 July 2010072010
livemint.com,

New Delhi: In an attempt to bridge a funding shortfall and help banks avoid asset-liability mismatches, the government plans to create a Rs50,000 crore debt fund that will raise low-cost and long-term resources for re-financing power projects.

"The fund is in the process of being formulated. Takeout financing is what we are looking at," said Union power secretary P. Umashankar.

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