India plans Rs 35,000 crore highway asset monetisation in FY27The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has prepared a list of the highway stretches for monetisation with Haryana accounting for t...
Road InvITs AUM to grow 30 pc this fiscal, led by asset monetisation surge: ReportRoad InvlTs assets will grow 30 percent this fiscal year, leading to an impressive Rs3.9 lakh crore in assets managed by March 2027. The gr...
Centre allows big funds to bid for BOT highway projectsIndia's Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is opening build-operate-transfer road projects to large institutional investors. This poli...
Multi Lane Free Flow toll system to lower the operation cost for toll collection to 3-4% from 12-15%: GadkariSpeaking at the launch of the Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system at the Mundka–Bakkarwala Toll Plaza, Delhi, days after the country...
Venture capital and pension funds can now participate in highway PPP projectsNew government policy now permits financial entities like venture capital and pension funds to bid for highway projects. This move aims to ...
India clears path for big funds to bid directly for road projectsIndia has opened the door for pension and sovereign wealth funds to directly bid on greenfield toll-road projects, aiming to boost private ...
CDPQ to buy Ashoka's BOT toll road assets for Rs 4,500 croreCanadian pension fund CDPQ is poised to acquire five BOT toll road assets from Ashoka Concessions for ₹4,500 crore. The assets will be purc...
Revised model concession agreements for toll projects will safeguard interest of all stakeholders: CareEdge RatingsRevised model concession agreements (MCAs) for toll projects aim to bolster investor confidence and safeguard stakeholders' interests. The ...
Road ministry amends model concession agreements for BOT and TOT projectsSome of the key amendments for capacity augmentation on BOT, aimed at incentivising the private sector, include construction support to the...
MoRTH confident of achieving highway construction target of 12,000 km this fiscal: Secretary Alka UpadhyayaThe ministry has constructed 4,766 km of National Highways up to November 2022-23 compared to 5,1.18 km constructed till November 2021-22. ...
Government allows ownership change for BOT toll projects after one year of operationsThe Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has approved changes in Model Concession Agreement (MCA) of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT...
- Lanco Infra commissions BOT toll road project, stock up
Shares of Lanco Infratech continued to move higher after Lanco Devihalli Highways commissioned a BOT toll road project from Bangalore to Ma...
Operational BOT toll road projects to offer 22% return: CrisilToll road projects that were awarded on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis, before 2009, could earn an average equity return of 22%, a repo...
- More bidders, high cost to trim return on BOT projects: Crisil
Aggressive bidding & higher premium being quoted by developers for new toll road projects on BOT basis are expected to bring down average r...
- Road contractors to follow BOT model; bigger developers to benefit
An empowered GoM on infrastructure has decided that 95% of road projects awarded in current year should be through build -operate- transfer...
- New Cabinet proposal to allow single bids for road projects
The road transport and highways ministry is working on a Cabinet proposal that will permit single bid projects to go through. The move foll...
- Govt proposes EPC route for J&K, N-E road projects
The ministry of shipping, road transport and highways has recommended that road projects in Jammu & Kashmir and the North-Eastern region be...