Date: 25/08/2021
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23 unveiled an ambitious Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) that included unlocking value by involving private companies across infrastructure sectors -- from passenger trains and railway stations to airports, roads and stadiums. Projects have been identified across sectors, with roads, railways and power being the top segments. Here's all about Modi govt's Rs 6 lakh crore monetisation plan. A total of 400 stations, 90 passenger trains, railway stadiums and colonies, and the famed Konkan and hill railways are among the assets identified by the government for monetisation. Railway is the second biggest sector, after road, identified in the ambitious national monetisation plan. Monnetisation of railways' brownfield infrastructure assets would garner over Rs 1.52 lakh crore in four years till fiscal 2025. Railway assets would contribute 26 per cent of the Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP).
