Govt estimates Rs 56 lakh crore investments in current plan

20 Dec 2012 Evaluate

Recognizing that inadequate infrastructure is a major constraint on rapid growth, the government has estimated an investment of about Rs 56.32 lakh crore in infrastructure, during the Plan period 2012-17, mainly to provide an impetus to investments through policy and structural reform of the economy. Earlier, the government during the 11th Plan period (2007-12) had set an investment target of Rs 20.56 lakh crore in various infrastructure projects.

Emphasizing the need for massive expansion in investment in infrastructure, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Planning Rajeev Shukla said, government has taken various steps to accelerate pace of infrastructure development in the country. By adding further he said, the government in March 2012, launched country's first Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) of $2 billion and few more IDFs are also proposed to be launched soon and by the end of 2012 at least two IDFs are expected to be functional.

This IDF structured as a non-banking finance company with an initial equity share of Rs 300 crore is envisaged to expand the availability of debt to infrastructure projects. Further, a High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure has also been constituted to assess the existing framework for financing infrastructure and to make recommendations in this regard.

Earlier, in June 2006, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister, a Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) was constituted to review and approve policies and projects across infrastructure sectors.

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