PM targets Rs 1.5 lakh crore investment in PPP projects in next six months

01 Jul 2013 Evaluate

In a move to boost the growth of infrastructure sector, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set an investment target of Rs 1.15 lakh crore for PPP (public private partnership) infrastructure projects in rail, port and power in the next six months. The decisions were taken at a meeting, which was held by Prime Minister to finalise infrastructure projects for 2013-14 and was attended by Finance Minister, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and ministers of power, coal, railways, roads, shipping and civil aviation.

The Prime Minister stressed the need for ramping up investment in infrastructure to revive investors’ sentiment and said that a steering group is being formed to monitor the award and implementation of projects on priority basis to meet the set target.

The main proposals of the investment target include Mumbai elevated rail corridor (Rs 30,000 crore), power and transmission projects (Rs 40,000 crore) and two international airports in Bhubneshwar and Imphal (Rs 20,000 crore). The meeting also decided that the proposal for creating a rail tariff authority will be brought before the cabinet soon.

The government has identified the development of infrastructure as a most crucial to boost the economy’s growth. Recently, it has set up the Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI) to clear the bottlenecks holding back mega infrastructure projects. For the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17), the government has set the $1-trillion investment target for the infrastructure sector and has entered into the 'Public Private Partnership (PPP)' programme in order to bring in adequate resources for setting up of a sound and efficient infrastructural base.

© 2026 The Alchemists Ark Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. MoneyWorks4Me ® is a registered trademark of The Alchemists Ark Pvt. Ltd.

×