Technical Assistance for Government Debt & Infrastructure Finance - India IFT

$431.8K USD

Funder	Department of the Treasury
Recipient Organization	Personal Services Contractors - Treasury
Country	India
Start Date	Sep 17, 2022
End Date	Jun 10, 2027
Duration	1,727 days
Number of Grantees	137
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`144241-75`

Grant Description

OTA's engagement in India supports infrastructure development through its collaboration with the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).

With NIIF, OTA's focus will be to support India's infrastructure finance and investment goals by facilitating dialogue around best practices to attract international financing, project financing and investment advisor selection.

The second aspect of OTA's engagement in India supports infrastructure development through its collaboration with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and potentially other financially viable subnational governments who are interested in issuing municipal bonds.

OTA intends to provide technical advice towards on the following: (1) Preparation of a funding options analysis for various infrastructure projects (2) Identification of available revenue streams to finance project and/or repay debt, including revenue stability, potential for growth, and credit quality implications. (3) Development of a debt capacity analysis, if required, for general obligation type bonds. (4)Various bond structuring options and provisions that are most likely to succeed given the credit quality of the issuer, legal and re