PPP model
Canadian infrastructure companies have gained great expertise in the field and are very keen to participate in the many projects coming up in Andhra Pradesh in the aftermath of bifurcation. It will be mutually beneficial for local companies to tie up with their Canadian counterparts, according to Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner (South India), Stanley [...] Continue Reading »
There is some true good news for the real estate industry and infrastructure industry as the government today proposed tax incentives for two new investment instruments -REITs and InvITs- . This is expected to attract long term funds from foreign and domestic investors, including the NRIs. The new investment products, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) [...] Continue Reading »
Presenting the Budget 2014-15 on Thursday, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a number of steps which will fast-track infrastructure projects being developed via public-private partnership (PPP) process. Giving infrastructure in PPP a notable push in the Budget, Jaitley drew attention to the fact that PPP has effectively delivered iconic infrastructure – including highways, ports [...] Continue Reading »
In a move which is the first of its kind for the Mangalore Urban Development Authority (Muda), residential apartments will be built by Muda on the public-private partnership (PPP) model. Muda’s decision to count on the PPP model for constructing residential apartments marks the agency’s foray into a hitherto unexplored territory. According to Muda officials, [...] Continue Reading »
The ailing road building and infrastructure sector is to get a new lease of life by the highways ministry’s decision to float Cabinet notes on the three key issues that have blocked these projects. These three action areas are: the liberty to choose the mode of project implementation, the power to make changes in the model [...] Continue Reading »
The government is considering about some major moves to give an upward thrust to the infrastructure projects in the country. It is considering about allowing infrastructure players to renegotiate already bid public-private partnership (PPP) projects. Discussions have begun on creating a ‘resolution panel’ and this will include all the global best practices to provide a cushioning [...] Continue Reading »
In order to ensure that there is an increase in the number of public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the metro and rapid rail arena, the new Government plans to make the remunerative aspect of investments more lucrative by providing more viability gap funding (VGF). According to sources, the new Government is apparently planning to provide [...] Continue Reading »
‘’Acche Din Ane Wale Hain’’ (The good days are here) was the main mantra of the BJP campaign. Looks like the CM of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has taken it seriously and has planned to set up low cost hospitals at all districts of U.P under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model. In a meeting held [...] Continue Reading »
The Election Commission have ordered to defer the process of privatisation of the operation and management of six airports of the state run Airports Authority of India (AAI) till the completion of the Lok Sabha poll process, civil aviation ministry sources said. The six airports are Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jaipur, Guwahati and Ahmedabad. The EC [...] Continue Reading »
According to the experts, Liquidity constraints, approval delays and the economic slowdown have forced the developers not to take up large infrastructure and road projects on PPP basis. An expert also mentioned that the government gives attention on developing infrastructure projects on public private partnership model to minimize its burden and to motivate private sector to participate in [...] Continue Reading »
