SBI signs $152-mn export pact with Japanese bank
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State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday signed a loan agreement with the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) to set up an export credit line in two currencies worth $152 million. The total amount in the export credit line consists of 13.5 billion yen and $21 million, a release said, adding the loan is co-financed with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU).
This credit line will be utilised by Meja Urja Nigam to finance the procurement of steam turbine generators from Japan’s Toshiba Corp and its Indian subsidiary to construct a super-critical pressure coal-fired power plant (660 Mwx2 units) in Meja, Uttar Pradesh. The plant is an equal joint venture between NTPC, a Central PSU, and UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam. The agreement was signed by SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya and JBIC Governor Hiroshi Watanabe in Tokyo. "India has a strong appetite for infrastructural development and I see a greater role for JBIC in supporting Indian commercial banks and infrastructure companies,” Bhattacharya said.
This credit line will be utilised by Meja Urja Nigam to finance the procurement of steam turbine generators from Japan’s Toshiba Corp and its Indian subsidiary to construct a super-critical pressure coal-fired power plant (660 Mwx2 units) in Meja, Uttar Pradesh. The plant is an equal joint venture between NTPC, a Central PSU, and UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam. The agreement was signed by SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya and JBIC Governor Hiroshi Watanabe in Tokyo. "India has a strong appetite for infrastructural development and I see a greater role for JBIC in supporting Indian commercial banks and infrastructure companies,” Bhattacharya said.
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