NEW DELHI: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has sanctioned a Line of Credit (LoC) of Euro 200 million to M/s Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) to be utilized for financing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects in India. The total loan period is 20 years. The LoC is secured by a sovereign guarantee from Government of India.
Agreement for availing the LoC of Euro 200 million from EIB, was signed by Shri Debashish Majumdar, Chairman and Managing Director, IREDA and Mrs. Magdalena Alvarez Arza, Vice President, EIB in New Delhi today in the presence of Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy.
Speaking on this occasion, Mrs. Magdalena Alvarez Arza, Vice President, EIB said that European Investment Bank started funding Indian project in 1993 and in this period of two decades, India has now become the second largest recipient of EIB fund.
Dr. Satish B Agnihotri, Secretary, MNRE said that this LOC of Euro 200 million will facilitate in IREDA’s financing of existing and new projects of renewable energy.