Infranomics: Stride towards Venkatram

Charan
$5trillion economy-with focus on Ponna Venkatesh
Thejas
Railways Shashikant
Where we stand now?
Status of different sectors in India

Roadblocks in our infrastructure growth

Drawing lessons from other countries

 Indian Railways Current Scenario

❖ Passenger operations
❖ Freight operations
 Roadblocks in Indian Railways
Infrastructure

❖ Poor Maintenance
❖ Delayed Modernisation
❖ Slow adoption of technology
❖ Lack of focus on PPP models
 Comparison with other Countries

❖ UK model
Reforms to boost Railway
Infrastructure
Existing Models & policies

SPV Model

Non-Government Railway

Capacity Augmentation

PPP model- competitive bidding

 Mobilising Finances

❖ Scarce Resources & Credit Risks

❖ Sovereign Financing
❖ Project Financing
❖ Corporate Financing
 Way Forward

❖ Building institutional capacity for timely execution of PPP projects.

❖ Make Indian Railways financially viable with robust infrastructure.
Thank You