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TMI BlogGOVERNMENT TO STEP UP FUNDING FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINEX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP FUNDING FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE - Budget Dated:- 1-2-2021 - News - GOVERNMENT TO STEP UP FUNDING FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (DFI) PROPOSED TO BE SET UP PROVISION OF ₹ 20,000 CRORE TO CAPITALIZE DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTION SUITABLE AMENDMENTS IN RELEVANT LEGISLATIONS FOR DEBT FINANCING OF InVITs A ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ND REITs BY FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS LAUNCH OF NATIONAL MONETIZATION PIPELINE FOR MONETIZING OPERATING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS While presenting the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today the Union Minister for Finance Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman announced that in order to achieve the target of National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) in the coming years the Governme ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nt proposes following three steps : Creation of institutional structures A big thrust on monetizing assets Enhancing the share of capital expenditure in Central and State budgets The Finance Minister informed that NIP launched in December 2019 with 6835 projects has now expanded to 7,400 projects and around 217 projects worth ₹ 1.10 lakh crore under some key infrastructur ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e Ministries have been completed. Infrastructure financing - Development Financial Institution (DFI) The Union Finance Minister announced that a sum of ₹ 20,000 crore has been provisioned in the Union Budget to capitalise Development Financial Institution (DFI). The Minister informed that a Bill will be introduced to set up DFI which will act as a provider, enabler and cat ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... alyst for infrastructure financing. The ambition is to have a lending portfolio of at least ₹ 5 lakh crore for this DFI in three years time, the Minister added. The Minister further stated that in order to enable Debt Financing of InVITs and REITs by Foreign Portfolio Investors suitable amendments will be done in the relevant legislations. The move is expected to help in augmenting fund ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s for infrastructure and real estate sectors. Asset Monetisation The Union Finance Minister announced launch of a National Monetization Pipeline of potential brownfield infrastructure assets stating that Monetizing operating public infrastructure assets is a very important financing option for new infrastructure construction. The Minister informed that an Asset Monetization dashboard wil ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... l also be created for tracking the progress and to provide visibility to investors. Some important measures in the direction of monetisation are as follows: (a) National Highways Authority of India and PGCIL each have sponsored one InvIT that will attract international and domestic institutional investors. Five operational roads with an estimated enterprise value of ₹ 5,000 crore are bein ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... g transferred to the NHAIInvIT. Similarily, transmission assets of a value of ₹ 7,000 crore will be transferred to the PGCILInvIT. (b) Railways will monetize Dedicated Freight Corridor assets for operations and maintenance, after commissioning. (c) The next lot of Airports will be monetised for operations and management concession. (d) Other core infrastructure assets that will be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rolled out under the Asset Monetization Programme are: (i) NHAI Operational Toll Roads (ii) Transmission Assets of PGCIL (iii) Oil and Gas Pipelines of GAIL, IOCL and HPCL (iv) AAI Airports in Tier II and III cities, (v) Other Railway Infrastructure Assets (vi) Warehousing Assets of CPSEs such as Central Warehousing Corporation and NAFED among others and (vii) Sports Stadiums. - News - Press re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... lease - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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