Team News Rivering
New Delhi, September 26
REC Limited has signed an MoU with Punjab National Bank (PNB) to jointly explore the possibility of funding projects in the Power Sector and Infrastructure and Logistics Sector under a consortium arrangement.
REC and PNB will associate with each other to co-finance loans amounting to Rs 55,000 crore over the next three years.
Executive Director (Infra and Logistics), REC, T S C Bosh, and CGM (Corporate Credit Division), PNB, Rajeeva signed the MoU in Gurugram on Tuesday in the presence of Director Finance, REC, Ajoy Choudhary; Director (Projects), REC, V K Singh and other senior officials from REC and PNB.
REC Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, was established in 1969 and provides long-term loans and other finance products for Power sector, comprising Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Renewable Energy and new technologies like Electric Vehicles, Battery Storage and Green Hydrogen.
More recently, REC has also diversified into the Non-Power Infrastructure sector comprising Roads & Expressways, Metro Rail, Airports, IT Communication, Social & Commercial Infrastructure (Educational Institutions, Hospitals), Ports and Electro-Mechanical (E&M) works in respect of various other sectors like Steel and Refinery. The loan book of REC exceeds Rs 4,54,393 crore.
Punjab National Bank (PNB) is a Public Sector Bank and is involved in banking business across the country with worldwide presence including in the funding of infrastructure Projects. Founded in 1894, PNB is one of the largest Public Sector Banks in the country with Global Gross Business at Rs 22,14,741 crore.
