Long Term Project Finance Mechanism: Need For A Re-look
The long-term Project Finance for infrastructure and industrial sectors essentially involves a limited recourse to financial structure, since project debt and equity utilized for constructing the project are paid back from the cash flows generated by the project itself. This implies financial engineering of lending, solely against the cash flows of the project, not relying upon any other securities. A detailed evaluation and thorough analysis of the various risks involved are undertaken and the mitigation steps are identified for the prospective lenders, promoters, and other parties involved. The term loans for large projects are generally repayable in up to 20-25 years depending upon the economic life of the project, after the initial moratorium during the gestation period. The current unprecedented situation arising out of covid-19 disruptions and responses from the regulators has provided us with a lot of learning inputs, necessitating a re-look at the funding me...