Rating Rationale
January 27, 2023 | Mumbai
IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited
Ratings upgraded to 'CRISIL AA-/Stable/CRISIL A1+'
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.2559.89 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL AA-/Stable (Upgraded from 'CRISIL A/Positive')
Short Term RatingCRISIL A1+ (Upgraded from 'CRISIL A1')
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has upgraded its ratings on the bank facilities of IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited (IRBIDL) to ‘CRISIL AA-/Stable/CRISIL A1+' from ‘CRISIL A/Positive/CRISIL A1’.

 

The upgrade reflects substantial improvement in IRBIDL’s financial risk profile post equity infusion of Rs 5,347 crore by GIC (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund) and Cintra (subsidiary of Ferrovial, S.A – a Spanish multinational infrastructure company) in the third quarter of last fiscal and consequent significant reduction of debt.  Of the Rs 5,347 crore, ~Rs 3,250 crore was utilised to prepay IRBIDL’s long term debt, thereby reducing its debt levels which had risen to support the funding of under-construction projects and working capital requirements. Net worth is expected to increase to Rs ~10,000 crore as on March 31, 2023 (CRISIL Ratings adjusted) from Rs 3,421 crore as on March 31, 2021, and debt is expected to almost halve by March 31, 2023 from Rs 6,997 crore as on March 31, 2021. Consequently, IRBIDL’s capital structure will improve significantly with TOL/TNW ratio expected at below 0.5 time in the medium term from 2.5 times as on March 31, 2021. The debt-to-EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) ratio has improved materially to 3.1 times as on March 31, 2022 from 6.7 times as on March 31, 2021. Further, the ratio is expected to improve to ~2.5 times in the near to medium term.

 

Significant reduction in debt levels as well as demonstration of large equity raise from marquee investors has materially improved the financial flexibility of the company. The financial flexibility is also underlined by a strong track record of raising debt in both the domestic as well as overseas markets. Furthermore, the company is a sponsor of two InvIT (infrastructure investment trust) platforms – IRB InvIT Fund (publicly listed InvIT launched in May, 2017) and IRB Infrastructure Trust (private InvIT launched in fiscal 2020) – which have supported capital unlocking in the past through asset monetisation and the company is expected to benefit from the same in future as well. The company’s strategy is to sell the HAM projects on completion to IRB InvIT Fund or third party. In line with this strategy, IRBIDL transferred its operational HAM asset, VK1 Expressway Pvt Ltd (VK1; ‘CRISIL A+/Positive’) to the public InvIT unlocking equity capital of Rs 342 crore. The rating upgrade also factors in demonstrated ability of the company to raise equity in large under construction projects, thereby reducing the capital requirements in the near to medium term. The company has executed definitive agreements with GIC for 49% shareholding in Meerut Budaun section of Ganga Expressway (Uttar Pradesh) project and Palsit Dankuni (West Bengal) is getting executed through Private InvIT where GIC is 49% partner.

 

The business risk profile of IRBIDL is also witnessing traction with executable order book of around Rs 10,900 crore as of September 30, 2022 (including operations and maintenance [O&M] orders for next three years only i.e., Rs 2,097 crore). This has resulted in improvement in order book-to-revenue (of fiscal 2022) ratio to 2.7 times as of September 2022 from below 2.0 times earlier. The order book position has improved with two large BOT orders and three HAM (hybrid annuity mode) projects awarded in fiscal 2021 and 2022. However, the order book is skewed towards one large state BOT-Toll project i.e., Meerut Budaun (Rs 4,981 crore as on 30th September 2022 and 46% of executable order book position), exposing the company to the execution risk and timely execution of the large order will remain a key sensitivity factor. While the company has not won any orders in fiscal 2023 till date, it is expected to bid for and win orders in upcoming pipeline of awards from authorities. In absence of new order inflows, the order book to revenue ratio of the company may gradually decline and diversification in order book may not be achieved. Hence, it remains a monitorable from credit perspective.

 

The ratings continue to reflect the company’s established track record in the roads and highways sector, backed by prudent project selection, strong execution capabilities and moderate working capital management. These strengths are partially offset by exposure to under-construction special-purpose vehicles (SPVs) with concentration on large projects at initial stages, receivables from claims in private InvIT SPVs and susceptibility to intense competition and cyclicality in the roads and highways sector.

Analytical Approach

CRISIL Ratings has fully consolidated the business and financial risk profiles of IRBIDL with that of Modern Road Makers Pvt. Ltd (MRMPL), and moderately consolidated with that of the SPVs. MRMPL is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) arm of the group and a wholly owned subsidiary of IRBIDL. Furthermore, IRBIDL has extended an unconditional and irrevocable corporate guarantee for the bank facilities availed by MRMPL. IRBIDL has outstanding corporate guarantees for some of its operational and under-construction projects. CRISIL Ratings expects these corporate guarantees to fall-off once the minimum debt service coverage ratios are met or on refinancing of the debt in these projects as seen with other projects in the past.

 

Cost overrun in five of the nine assets that have been transferred to the private InvIT (IRB Infrastructure Trust) resulted in receivables of Rs 3,517 crore as on March 31, 2022. Recovery of the receivables will be through settlement of claims with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI; ‘CRISIL AAA/Stable’), which management is confident of recovering over the course of time. As part of the analytical treatment, CRISIL Ratings has adjusted net worth to the extent of 50% of the receivables.

 

CRISIL Ratings has also treated unsecured loans received from SPVs as neither debt nor equity as the repayments on these loans are flexible depending on available surplus.

 

Please refer Annexure - List of entities consolidated, which captures the list of entities considered and their analytical treatment of consolidation.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

  • Significant improvement in financial risk profile

IRBIDL’s financial risk profile substantially improved post equity infusion of Rs 5,347 crore by GIC and Cintra in fiscal 2022. Of the Rs 5,347 crore, ~Rs 3,250 crore was utilised to prepay long term debt, thereby reducing its debt levels which had risen to support the funding of under-construction projects and working capital requirements. Net worth is expected to increase to Rs ~10,000 crore as on March 31, 2023 (CRISIL Ratings adjusted) from Rs 3,421 crore as on March 31, 2021, and debt is expected to almost halve by March 31, 2023 from Rs 6,997 crore as on March 31, 2021. Consequently, IRBIDL’s capital structure will improve significantly with TOL/TNW ratio expected at below 0.5 time in the medium term from 2.5 times as on March 31, 2021. The debt-to-EBITDA ratio is also expected to improve materially to ~2.5 times in the near to medium term. Financial flexibility is also supported by company’s strong track record of refinancing loans both in the domestic as well as overseas market.

 

  • Established track record in the roads and highways sector

Established in 1998, IRBIDL is one of the largest players in the domestic roads and highways sector. Over two decades of experience has helped the company establish strong relationships with its stakeholders, which include NHAI, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and state government departments.

 

The company was one of the early entrants in the build-operate-transfer (BOT) segment of the road sector, and is one of the largest BOT players in India. It has 12,000 lane kilometre (km) of projects in operational (includes projects transferred to InvITs) or under-development stages.  The company also has O&M contracts for 11projects, which includes ten projects under Private InvIT and Meerut Budaun section of Ganga Expressway, and six projects under its public InvIT (IRB InvIT Fund – where it holds 15.97% stake) as project manager.

 

IRBIDL has ~20% share in India’s Golden Quadrilateral. A strong in-house EPC division managed by MRMPL undertakes project implementation for all the BOT/HAM road projects. Prudent project selection and strong execution capabilities help the company maintain strong operating margin of over 25%.

 

  • Moderate working capital management 

Despite inherently large working capital requirement in the roads and highways sector, IRBIDL’s working capital cycle is supported by moderate inventory and receivables. The company executes BOT/HAM projects for its SPVs, and hence, all the inventory and receivables are towards or from its SPVs, helping maintain its working capital cycle. While the gross current assets (GCA, net of cash) stood at 216 days as on March 31, 2022, it was largely due to high inventory and debtor days. GCA (net of cash) improved to 188 days as on September 30, 2022 and is further expected to improve.

 

  • InvIT platforms to support capital unlocking

Demonstration of large equity raise from marquee global investors, and track record of raising debt in both domestic as well as overseas markets has materially improved the company’s financial flexibility. IRBIDL is a sponsor of two InvIT platforms – IRB InvIT Fund (publicly listed InvIT launched in May 2017) and IRB Infrastructure Trust (private InvIT launched in fiscal 2020) – which have supported capital unlocking in the past through asset monetisation and the company is expected to benefit from the same in future as well. The company’s strategy is to sell HAM projects on completion to IRB InvIT Fund or third party. In line with this strategy, IRBIDL transferred VK1 (operational HAM asset) to the public InvIT unlocking equity capital of Rs 342 crore. The company has demonstrated ability to raise equity in large under construction projects, thereby reducing the capital requirements in the near to medium term. The company has executed definitive agreements with GIC for 49% shareholding in Meerut Budaun section of Ganga Expressway (Uttar Pradesh) project and Palsit Dankuni (West Bengal) is getting executed through Private InvIT where GIC is 49% partner. The InvIT structure helps to upstream surplus cash flow to the sponsor from the beginning of operations, providing flexibility in managing the investment requirement.

 

Weaknesses:

  • Concentrated order book with exposure to initial stage projects

The company had executable order book of around Rs 10,900 crore as of September 30, 2022 (including O&M orders to be executed over next three years only). This has resulted in improvement in order book-to-revenue (of fiscal 2022) ratio to 2.7 times as of September 30, 2022 from below 2.0 times earlier. While order book position has improved with two large BOT orders and three HAM projects awarded in fiscal 2021 and 2022, it is skewed towards one large state BOT-Toll project i.e., Meerut Budaun (Rs 4,981 crore as on September 30, 2022 and 46% of executable order book position), exposing the company to concentration and execution risks given the nascent stage of construction. Timely execution of large orders will remain a key sensitivity factor.

 

Further the company has not won any EPC orders in fiscal 2023 till date, it is expected to bid for and win orders in upcoming pipeline of awards from authorities. In absence of new order inflows, the order book to revenue ratio of the company may gradually decline and diversification in order book may not be achieved. Hence, it remains a monitorable from credit perspective.

 

  • Large exposure to project SPVs with pending claims settlement

The company has made large investments in its project SPVs. Loans from surpluses of operational SPVs of Rs 2,526 crore as on March 31, 2022 mitigate part of the investment exposure. Although the company undertook HAM projects in 2018 and thereafter (where the equity requirement is lower than for BOT projects), its focus is on building a BOT/TOT portfolio, which will keep equity commitment high. However, a substantial part of the incremental equity requirements were funded through the inflows from preferential equity allotment. Further, IRB and GIC has agreed to explore future opportunity for BOT and TOT projects together in ratio of 51:49. This reduces IRBIDL’s equity contribution to 51% and the same was witnessed in Palsit Dankuni and Meerut Budaun section of Ganga Expressway project.

 

Receivables of over Rs 3,517 crore as on March 31, 2022, from projects transferred to the private InvIT will be recovered through settlement of claims with NHAI. Realisation of these claims will be a key monitorable.

 

Furthermore, one of the BOT project SPVs, IRB Ahmedabad Vadodara Super Express Tollway Pvt. Ltd has filed claim for compensation against revenue losses arising on account of competing road. The SPV approached the Hon’ble Bombay High Court in March 2019 and received an order in its favour conferring protection from contingency of default in premium payment for initial period of 3 months and then the Hon’ble Delhi High Court later awarded that this relief shall continue until arbitration proceedings under Section 17 of the Act are completed. The arbitral proceedings began in December 2020, the Hon’ble Tribunal further directed that interim relief granted by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court continues. Subsequently, the Hon’ble Tribunal declared an interim award in October 2021 in favour of the SPV. Later, NHAI challenged the interim award in the Hon’ble Delhi High Court which was subsequently dismissed by the Court in July 2022. The arbitration proceedings are in progress, in the meanwhile, the SPV filed its updated claim of Rs 2,123 crore (as of September 30, 2022) in December 2022. The claim for revenue loss is recurring as it will continue till end of concession period along with the accrued interest, resulting in an increase in the claim amount.

 

In case of the favourable outcome of the arbitration, the SPV shall be compensated against the competing road by NHAI on recurring basis as per the terms of the Concession Agreement until the breach is cured. Therefore, the toll revenue plus the compensation receivable from NHAI would be sufficient to meet the premium obligations. In case of SPV being unsuccessful in the arbitration, pursuant to the direction of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court, the unpaid premium has be paid to NHAI on the principle of "premium deferment scheme" of the central government earlier agreed in Supplementary Agreement dated June 6, 2014. Under the said scheme if cash flows are insufficient to make premium payments, the same will be accrued and paid post completion of debt servicing (as the project has a long tail period post receipt of extension in concession period). Hence, no support is expected from IRBIDL towards this project. Moreover, corporate guarantee extended by IRBIDL towards this SPV has fallen off post the SPV reaching threshold debt service coverage ratio of 1.15 times. Any change in this understanding is a rating sensitivity factor.

 

  • Susceptibility to intense competition and cyclicality in the roads and highways sector

IRBIDL’s outstanding orders are almost entirely from the roads and highways segment. This exposes it to intense competition and sectoral concentration risk. Although the company diversified into the HAM segment in 2018 and thereafter from a pure-play BOT and TOT player, its ability to execute orders, grow revenue, and sustain profitability is susceptible to competition in the sector, changes in government regulations and economic conditions. Limited diversity in revenue will keep IRBIDL susceptible to intense competition and cyclicality inherent in the construction industry.

 

Competition may intensify further (particularly HAM space) with relaxation in bidding norms by NHAI. However, given IRBIDL’s continued focus in the BOT-toll space where competition is limited, operating margin is expected to remain stable over the medium term.

Liquidity: Strong

Liquidity is supported by healthy cash accrual, unutilised bank limits and strong cash and equivalents. Total fund based facility of Rs 1,930 crore (including the overdraft [OD] facility of Rs 1300 crore backed by fixed deposits [FD]) was utilised to an extent of 69% as on September 30, 2022. Cash and equivalent stood at Rs 1,926 crore as on September 30, 2022, of which unencumbered cash stood at around Rs 107 crore (excluding Rs 1,300 crore FDs earmarked for the OD facility). Furthermore, the company holds 15.97% unencumbered stake in the public InvIT (stake is valued at Rs 553 crore as on September 30, 2022), supporting liquidity.

 

The company has a strong track record of refinancing loans, which will continue to support liquidity. IRBIDL had raised overseas bonds of Rs 2,184 crore in fiscal 2021 with nil repayments for 7 years and a put option at the end of 3.5 years. Moreover, the company prepaid its majority of long term debt (other than the overseas bonds) with the proceeds from equity infusion which will result into minimal maturing debt obligation till fiscal 2025 thereby enhancing liquidity.

 

ESG Profile

CRISIL Ratings believes that IRBIDL’s ESG profile supports its already strong credit risk profile.

 

The construction sector has a significant impact on the environment as a result of high emissions, waste generation and impact on land and biodiversity. The impact on social factors is indicated by labour-intensive operations and safety issues on account of construction-related activities. IRBIDL has a continuous focus on strengthening various aspects of its ESG profile.

 

Key ESG highlights:

  • The company engages regional and local suppliers for sourcing products and services.
  • The governance structure is characterised by effectiveness in board functioning, presence of investor grievance redressal mechanism and extensive disclosures.

 

There is growing importance of ESG among investors and lenders. IRBIDL’s commitment to ESG principles will play a key role in enhancing stakeholder confidence, given the sizable share of market borrowings in its overall debt and access to both domestic and foreign markets for raising funds.

Outlook: Stable

IRBIDL will benefit from significant improvement in the financial risk profile post equity infusion, healthy business risk profile, supported by an established track record in the roads and highways sector and strong execution capabilities.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Significant diversification in order book
  • Substantial and sustained growth in revenue while maintaining operating margins
  • Maintenance of healthy financial risk profile with TOL to TNW ratio remaining below 0.4-0.5 time on a sustained basis

 

 Downward factors:

  • Larger-than-expected investment or working capital requirement towards project SPVs thereby weakening the financial risk profile
  • Significant delays in completion of sizeable under-construction projects or deterioration in performance of operational projects
  • No significant order inflows resulting in order book-to-revenue below 2 times for a prolonged period
  • Significant stretch in the working capital cycle due to pending claims

About the Company

Incorporated in 1998 and promoted by Mr Virendra D Mhaiskar, IRBIDL is an infrastructure development and construction company in India with extensive experience in the roads and highways sector. The company is also into other business segments in the infrastructure sector, including maintenance of roads, construction, airport development and real estate.

 

At end-December 2022, IRBIDL had a portfolio of two BOT Projects {Ahmedabad-Vadodara (100% stake) and Ganga Expressway- Package I (51% stake)}, one toll-operate-transfer (TOT; Mumbai-Pune Expressway) and three HAM projects (post transfer of VK1 Expressway to IRB InvIT fund).

 

IRBIDL has a 51% holding in a private Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) that houses 10 BOT projects of which nine projects are in the operational BOT space and one project is under the tolling and construction phase, aggregating to 6,275 lane kms. IRBIDL also holds a 15.97% stake as a sponsor in a public InvIT (IRB InvIT Fund), which has five BOT and one HAM project in its portfolio, of around 2,447-lane km. The company also has O&M contracts for the 11 projects, which includes ten projects under private InvIT and Meerut Budaun section of Ganga Expressway,  and six projects under its public InvIT (IRB InvIT Fund – where it holds 15.97% stake) as project manager. The company operates largely as a holding company, while construction activities are carried out through its EPC arm, MRMPL.

 

IRBIDL became a listed company in 2008 by listing its shares on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE). In September 2016, IRBIDL received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India to set up an InvIT. The company listed six of its operational assets through InvIT on BSE and NSE on May 18, 2017. It then transferred another asset to the InvIT on September 28, 2017. The concession period of two projects has ended and they have been handed over to the authority. The present portfolio comprises of five operational BOT assets and one operational HAM asset (VK1) in the InvIT. IRBIDL undertakes maintenance of these projects and holds 15.97% of the unit capital in the InvIT.

 

IRBIDL made an announcement of the definitive agreement entered into on August 6, 2019, with GIC for investment in IRBIDL’s road portfolio through a private InvIT. On February 26, 2020, the company had set up the InvIT, IRB Infrastructure Trust and transferred nine of its BOT assets in fiscal 2020 and another project (Palsit-Dankuni) transferred in April 2022 into the trust, in which it holds  51%, while GIC holds the remaining 49%. Out of these ten projects, nine operational projects are already operational and one project i.e. Palsit Dankuni is under the tolling and construction phase. IRBIDL is responsible for project management activities of these projects, including maintenance.

Key Financial Indicators

As on / for the period ended March 31*

 

2022

2021

Revenue

Rs crore

4158

3936

Profit after tax (PAT)

Rs crore

534

323

PAT margin

%

12.8

8.2

Adjusted debt / adjusted net worth

Times

0.32

1.38

Interest coverage

Times

1.89

1.69

*The financials represent the consolidated financials of IRBIDL and MRMPL, adjusted for CRISIL Ratings internal adjustments

Any other information: Not applicable

Note on complexity levels of the rated instrument:
CRISIL Ratings` complexity levels are assigned to various types of financial instruments and are included (where applicable) in the 'Annexure - Details of Instrument' in this Rating Rationale.

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN

Name of instrument

Date of

allotment

Coupon

rate %

Maturity

date

Issue size

(Rs crore)

Complexity

level

Rating assigned

with outlook

NA

Long Term Loan*

NA

NA

Mar-29

410.0

NA

CRISIL AA-/Stable

NA

Long Term Loan*

NA

NA

Jun-23

200.0

NA

CRISIL AA-/Stable

NA

Long Term Loan*

NA

NA

Dec-28

249.89

NA

CRISIL AA-/Stable

NA

Proposed Long Term

Bank Loan Facility

NA

NA

NA

500.0

NA

CRISIL AA-/Stable

NA Bank Guarantee NA NA NA 1200.00 NA CRISIL A1+

 *Repaid in December 2021

Annexure – List of entities consolidated

Entity consolidated

Extent of consolidation

Rationale for consolidation

Modern Road Makers Pvt Ltd

Full

Corporate guarantee extended by IRBIDL

IRB MP Expressway Pvt Ltd

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cash flow mismatches during operations

IRB Ahmedabad Vadodara Super Express Tollway Pvt Ltd

Moderate

To the extent of support towards cash flow mismatches during operations

Yedeshi Aurangabad Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Solapur Yedeshi Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Kaithal Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards cash flow mismatches during operations

IRB Sindhudurg Airport Pvt Ltd

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

VK1 Expressway Pvt Ltd @

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

VM7 Expressway Pvt Ltd

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

IRB Westcoast Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

CG Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Udaipur Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Kishangarh Gulabpura Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

AE Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

IRB Hapur Moradabad Tollway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Palsit Dankuni Tollway Pvt Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Meerut Budaun Expressway Ltd*

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Pathankot Mandi Highway Pvt Ltd

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

Chittoor Thachur Highway Pvt Ltd

Moderate

To the extent of support towards equity commitment and cost overrun during construction and cash flow mismatches during operations

*Project transferred / to be transferred to private InvIT as part of GIC deal with IRBIDL holding 51% stake in the InvIT

@Successfully transferred to the public InvIT

Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2023 (History) 2022  2021  2020  Start of 2020
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 1359.89 CRISIL AA-/Stable   --   -- 03-12-21 CRISIL A/Positive 10-09-20 CRISIL A/Stable CRISIL A+/Watch Developing
      --   --   -- 22-07-21 CRISIL A/Stable 28-08-20 CRISIL A/Stable --
      --   --   -- 25-06-21 CRISIL A/Stable 05-03-20 CRISIL A+/Stable --
Non-Fund Based Facilities ST 1200.0 CRISIL A1+   --   -- 03-12-21 CRISIL A1 10-09-20 CRISIL A1 CRISIL A1/Watch Developing
      --   --   -- 22-07-21 CRISIL A1 28-08-20 CRISIL A1 --
      --   --   -- 25-06-21 CRISIL A1 05-03-20 CRISIL A1 --
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Bank Guarantee 300 IDFC FIRST Bank Limited CRISIL A1+
Bank Guarantee 196 Punjab National Bank CRISIL A1+
Bank Guarantee 165 Bank of Baroda CRISIL A1+
Bank Guarantee 105 Andhra Bank CRISIL A1+
Bank Guarantee 94 Bank of India CRISIL A1+
Bank Guarantee 50 Corporation Bank CRISIL A1+
Bank Guarantee 290 Canara Bank CRISIL A1+
Long Term Loan* 249.89 Andhra Bank CRISIL AA-/Stable
Long Term Loan* 200 Canara Bank CRISIL AA-/Stable
Long Term Loan* 410 Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited CRISIL AA-/Stable
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 500 Not Applicable CRISIL AA-/Stable

This Annexure has been updated on 27-Jan-23 in line with the lender-wise facility details as on 06-Dec-21 received from the rated entity.
 *Repaid in December 2021

Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
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The Infrastructure Sector Its Unique Rating Drivers
CRISILs Approach to Financial Ratios
Rating Criteria for Construction Industry
Rating Criteria for Toll Road Projects
CRISILs criteria for rating annuity and HAM road projects
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
CRISILs Criteria for Consolidation

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