Tata Sons to pour in Rs 975 crore in Pune IT City Metro rail project
By MYBRANDBOOK
Tata Sons is pouring an amount of Rs 975 crore in Pune IT City Metro Rail, a special purpose vehicle that has won the contract to construct, operate, and maintain the project connecting Shivaji Nagar and Hinjewadi in the city.
Tatas has a stake of 74% in SPV and the rest is owned by Siemens Project Ventures. The Rs 7,420-crore, 23-km project is being financed through debt-to-equity of 1.8 times and the entire debt has been tied up, and the envisaged equity commitment is supported by Tata Sons, said a banking source. With a stake of 50% each, the Pune metro rail is being developed by the Maharashtra and Union governments.
Tata Sons subsidiary, Tata Realty and Infrastructure (TRIL) is making this investment in Pune metro rail.
TRIL is planning to sell its recently commissioned roads and ropeway projects to raise funds and retire its own debt.
Bankers said Tata Sons is focusing on increasing the contribution of its digital, electronics and aviation businesses to the group’s profitability, and some of the entities like the Pune metro SPV may require funding from Tata Sons as growth capital because TRIL is focusing on retiring its debt. Tata Sons is likely to raise additional debt for these projects, apart from investing its own cash, which is expected to flow in as dividend income in the ongoing financial year.
As of March this year, Tata Sons has a standalone debt of Rs 30,000 crore and is planning to raise funds via issuing non-convertible debentures. Tata Sons is also looking at listing its satellite TV broadcasting arm, Tata Play, to raise around Rs 3,200 crore. “Tata Sons also owns stakes in profit-making insurance companies and may look at raising funds by selling part of their stakes,” the banker said.
TRIL is expecting a boom in the infrastructure sector mainly due to the Indian government’s increased impetus on infrastructure development, especially under the Parvatmala initiative for ropeways.
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