India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, Aug 23: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced the Centre’s Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) and said the government will unlock value in infrastructure assets across sectors ranging from power to road and railways.
She also said the asset monetisation does not involve selling of land and it is about monetising brownfield assets. Projects have been identified across sectors, with roads, railways and power being the top segments.
“NMP estimates aggregate monetisation potential of Rs 6 lakh crores through core assets of central government over the four-year period from FY 2022 to FY 2025,” she said.
The government is also looking to monetise 25 AAI-managed airports, including Varanasi, Chennai, Nagpur and Bhubaneshwar, over the next four years, which could bring in investments worth Rs 20,782 crore.
Further, divestment of Airports…
