Asset monetisation is the only way the country will move forward: Niti Aayog CEO
3 years, 4 months ago

Asset monetisation is the only way the country will move forward: Niti Aayog CEO

India Today  

The government’s ambitious National Monetisation Pipeline plan has been criticised by the Opposition as a move to benefit private players. Amitabh Kant explained how asset monetisation is the only way the country will move forward. Excerpts: Q: The Opposition says it’s about a revenue-strapped government desperately hiving off valued public assets Asset monetisation is nothing new; it’s been going on for a really long time. Roads have been privatisedThe Maharashtra government has just done asset monetisation of the Pune-Mumbai Expressway; and it’s got a lot of resources out of that. Q: The Congress says this is organised loot and plunder; you’re going to sell away scarce resources, particularly land Whoever says this has a very poor understanding of asset monetisation; and it’s been done all through the Congress period.

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Budget 2023: Things To Watch Out For In Last Full Budget Of Modi Government
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023: Things To Watch Out For In Last Full Budget Of Modi Government

ABP News  

The Union Budget preparations have been in the full swing in the North Block. Asset Monetisation In the last fiscal the government targeted the national asset monetisation pipeline to accumulate Rs 1.62 lakh crore. According to various accounts, in this Budget the government may link budgetary allocation to infrastructure ministries to the progress and performance these ministries achieve in the …

Decoding India’s asset monetization gambit
3 years, 2 months ago

Decoding India’s asset monetization gambit

Live Mint  

KOTTAYAM : In the early 1990s, after being repeatedly frustrated by the jumbled and circuitous rail routes along India’s western coast, the Indian Railways decided to construct a new independent rail network along the Konkan coast. To recover the ₹3,600 crore spent on the Konkan line, the Indian Railways effectively hiked the freight rates by using a formula called “chargeable …

OPINION: Demystifying National Monetisation Pipeline and Why India Needs It
3 years, 3 months ago

OPINION: Demystifying National Monetisation Pipeline and Why India Needs It

News 18  

India’s National Infrastructure Pipeline envisages an infrastructure investment of Rs 111 lakh crore over a period of five years. One of the strategies among them is ‘asset monetisation’ and the government has paved the way for preparation of a National Monetisation Pipeline of potential brownfield infrastructure assets to provide a medium-term roadmap for monetisation and give potential investors a ready …

How the National Monetisation Pipeline works
3 years, 3 months ago

How the National Monetisation Pipeline works

Hindustan Times  

Union minister for finance and corporate affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, recently launched the asset monetisation pipeline of central ministries and public sector entities: ‘National Monetisation Pipeline ’. The pipeline has been developed by NITI Aayog, in consultation with infrastructure line ministries, based on the mandate for ‘Asset Monetisation’ under Union Budget 2021–22. The Report on National Monetisation Pipeline has been structured …

Don't let asset monetization end up as a Potemkin show
3 years, 3 months ago

Don't let asset monetization end up as a Potemkin show

Live Mint  

Asset monetization is not a new concept in India. With its debt nearing 60% of gross domestic product, India’s government has no option but to look for alternate means of raising capital to fund infrastructure development. While the finer details of the model that India’s government plans to adopt are still unknown, New Delhi has stated that it intends not …

Asset monetisation — execution is the key
3 years, 3 months ago

Asset monetisation — execution is the key

The Hindu  

The government has announced an ambitious programme of asset monetisation. In asset monetisation, the government parts with its assets — such as roads, coal mines — for a specified period of time in exchange for a lump sum payment. First, under-utilised assets Two important statements have been made about the asset monetisation programme. Editorial | Risks and rewards: On asset …

OPINION: Asset Monetisation a Viable Route to Push Infrastructure Investment
3 years, 3 months ago

OPINION: Asset Monetisation a Viable Route to Push Infrastructure Investment

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the roadmap for Rs 6-trillion asset monetisation plan. The NDA government had earlier announced that it would unveil a plan to monetise brownfield infrastructure assets but a war of words has erupted after the FM’s recent press conference. In the current situation, since brownfield assets are to be monetised, the ownership will always remain …

Finance Minister to unveil monetisation pipeline today
3 years, 4 months ago

Finance Minister to unveil monetisation pipeline today

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: As part of the government's plan for monetising assets, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will launch the National Monetisation Pipeline, or NMP, on Monday. Announcing the plan, the government think-tank Niti Aayog on Sunday said that the NMP comprises a four-year pipeline of the central government's existing infrastructure assets. In her Budget speech, Sitha-raman had said that monetising operating …

Nirmala Sitharaman interview: ‘Important to back asset creation’
3 years, 10 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman interview: ‘Important to back asset creation’

Hindustan Times  

Hours after presenting the Union Budget 2021-22, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke to HT’s R Sukumar and Doordarshan’s Ajay Mishra, on some of its key highlights. She discussed the increase in health allocation in the times of the coronavirus disease; said that the privatisation of banks was on the agenda since the government was keen to operate only healthy public …

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