Gajendra Haldea is the man behind India’s Electricity Act, the model concession agreement for highways and several other critical documents in India’s infrastructure sector. Understandably, many blame the advisor to the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission for holding back various projects.
So, at the CII National Highways Development Conclave, CII National Council on Infrastructure Chairman Vinayak Chatterjee introduced Haldea saying, “Now, I would welcome the man on whose doorsteps the entire non-performance of the sector (roads) rests.” Haldea smiled and the audience was in splits.
