Source: The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Public-private-partnership (PPP) projects, that have been languishing in most infrastructure sectors despite supportive tools like viability gap funding (VGF), are likely to gather fresh momentum in the current fiscal which could be sustained next year also, thanks to speeding up of approvals for NHDP projects, concrete plans to set up 18 new port terminals and projects being lined up for city-side development of 24 airports, as per finance ministry sources.

The sources said the Jawahar Nehru Urban Renewal Mission for spurring investments in urban infrastructure could also see PPP model fructifying in a big way. If NHAI complies with the North Block directive to design larger projects involving road stretch of at least 100 km, the current problem in attracting FDI could be surmounted, they say.

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Posted by pichu at April 27, 2007 11:23 PM