public private partnership
Govt plans to modify debt-equity ratio for Metro, rapid rail projects
The central government is planning to alter the current equity-to-debt ratio for metro and rapid rail projects in order to increase private investments in these projects. It has proposed an equity-to-debt ratio of 20:80 while the prevailing ratio is 30:70. Metro projects are highly capital-intensive and an equity-to-debt ratio of 30:70 requires a high investment […]
NHAI not opposed to the PPP model for BOT projects
Since FY10, the NHAI has awarded more than 150 projects on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) under the Model Concession Agreement (MCA), with most of these projects being in various stages of implementation. However, there has been a reversal in trend since FY13, with a large number of PPP projects failing to evince any positive response from […]
