Indian government aims to raise nearly $81 billion in next four years via ‘monetisation’ of infra assets

Aug 24, 2021

By: BI India Bureau

Roads

Aims to achieve revenue worth ₹1.60 lakh crore through monetisation of road infrastructure such as highways.

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Railways

Targets to collect ₹1.52 lakh crore through sale of a few railway stations.

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Power transmission

Plans to make ₹85,032 crore in the power sector including ₹45,200 crore through sale of transmission lines and ₹39,832 crore through sale of power generation assets like hydro, solar and wind assets.

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Natural gas pipeline

Aims to sell ₹24,462 crore worth of assets in natural gas pipelines like those of GAIL’s including ₹22,504 crore of product pipeline and others.

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Telecom

To target collection at ₹35,100 crore mostly through sale of telecom towers of BSNL and MTNL.

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Warehousing

To collect ₹28,900 crore via sale of warehousing assets such as Central Warehousing Corporation and National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) among others.

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Mining

Aims to collect ₹28,747 crore through sale of mining assets.

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Aviation

Looks to raise ₹20,782 crore via sale of 25 airports and the stake of the union government in existing airports.

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Ports

To collect ₹12,828 crore through sale of infrastructure assets in the shipping sector.

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Stadiums

Targets to raise ₹11,450 crore by monetising mostly 2 national stadiums and 2 regional centres.

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Urban real estate

To raise ₹15,000 crore by monetising redevelopment of colonies and hospitality assets.

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