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TMI BlogInfra investment needs to be scaled up in next 2 decades: Eco SurveyX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Infra investment needs to be scaled up in next 2 decades: Eco Survey X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... vestment over the next two decades to sustain a high rate of growth," the survey said. In the first quarter of FY25, the constraints on new approvals and spending during the general elections, coupled with heavy monsoon in many regions, affected the progress of the infrastructure spending, said the latest survey. However, the speed of capex picked up between July and November last year. The ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... capital expenditure of the Centre for the current fiscal has been budgeted at about 3.3 times the capex for FY20, the document said. It further said that disaster-resilient urbanisation, public transport, preservation and upkeep of heritage sites, monuments and tourist destinations, as well as rural public infrastructure, including connectivity, call for greater attention. "Our net zero commit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ments entail added stress on creating renewable energy capacities," it added. Stating that there are binding budget constraints to the different tiers of government, it said private participation should speed up in many critical infrastructure sectors in many ways like programme and project planning, financing, construction, maintenance, monetisation and impact assessment. "Our infrastructure ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... programme supports a variety of PPP models like build-operate-transfer (toll and annuity), design-build-finance-operate-transfer, hybrid annuity model and toll-operate-transfer," it said. The government has instituted many debottlenecking and facilitatory mechanisms like the National Infrastructure Pipeline, National Monetisation Pipeline and PM-Gati Sakti that have made progress. Financial ma ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rket regulators have introduced reforms to encourage private participation, it said, adding that still the uptake of private enterprise is limited in many core sectors. The strategy to step up private participation needs coordinated action of all stakeholders involved like governments at different tiers, financial market players, project management experts and planners, and the private sector. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... "Capacities to conceptualise projects, develop sector-specific innovative strategies for execution, and, develop high-expertise areas such as risk and revenue sharing, contract management, conflict resolution and project closure need to improve substantially," it said. The efforts of the Centre need to be supplemented with wholehearted acceptance of the need for public-private partnerships in i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nfrastructure across the country. PTI SID HVA X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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