Monetisation of government assets

Leasing government-owned land would be easier and should be accorded higher priority

The 2021-22 Union Budget, presented in Parliament on February 1, highlights the central government’s ambition to invest Rs 111 trillion in infrastructure between FY2020 and FY2025. Six months later in August 2021 the Niti Aayog released a study titled “National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP)”. Volume I of the NMP document outlines the raising of Rs 6 trillion from private sources over FY2021-2025 by leasing out government owned assets. Volume II of the NMP includes the amounts each category of assets is expected to bring in. The sources of funding for Indian infrastructure projects are usually about: 20 per cent from the