Amitabh Kant, chief executive officer of government’s policy think tank NITI Aayog, has said that the government entities needs to adopt the model of build, operate and transfer (BOT) for maintenance and operations of infrastructure projects, including the big ones like dedicated freight corridor and national highways. He also said that these projects then should be given to private companies as the government is incapable to handle them. He also noted that it’s high time that the government should start the process of reverse BOT, must sell out projects and let the private sector handle it.
Apart from this, Kant has stated that the government should let private sector take charge of schools, airport, jails and colleges too. He also said that even running trains should be handed over to the private sector and government should restrict its role to planning and developing infrastructure. Adding further, he said that India needs to move into new areas of public private partnership (PPP). He pointed out that at least experience of many countries like Canada and Australia shows that private sector is capable of doing very good work in creation of quality infrastructure over a long period of time in social sector.
He also observed that there were huge opportunities for the private sector in India like station re-development projects, port construction and Sagarmala projects. He noted that there is no shortage of money in the market and the country can use the opportunity by de-listing its projects. He also mentioned that need of the hour is to market these projects well and added that even the freight corridor being built should be privatised.
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