New Delhi, June 9 || To unlock the value of operational National Highway assets, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday released its first ever ‘Asset Monetization Strategy for the Road Sector’.
The move is aimed at increasing public private partnership (PPP) in India’s infrastructure development.
The strategy aligns with the government’s objective under Assets Monetisation Plan - 2025-30 and represents a pivotal shift towards sustainable, market-driven infrastructure financing.
According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the strategy presents a structured framework that provide a robust blueprint to mobilise capital through toll-operate-transfer (ToT), infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs), and securitisation models.
These instruments have helped NHAI raise over Rs 1.4 lakh crore across more than 6,100 km of National Highways under the National Monetisation Pipeline.
The strategy is anchored on three core pillars that include value naximisation of government road assets, transparency of processes and dissemination of investor-relevant information, and market development through deepening the investor base as well as promoting stakeholder engagement.