Lok Sabha Question No. 2500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-16
Subject: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  wants  to  auction  the  road  projects identified  under  the  Toll  Operate  Transfer  (TOT)  mode  to  monetize  India's  public  funded national highways, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to lease as many as 75 national highway projects under the TOT mode, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is contemplating to award operational highway projects to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) in a Government-to-Government (G2G) deal or to auction them, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the pact aiming to put together the administrative structure for the management of funds  from  the  ADIA  and  India's  National  investment  and  infrastructure  fund  has  been materialized, if so, the details of projects identified for investment; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2500

ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2017

## ABU DHABI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY

2500.   SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) The  CCEA  has  approved  the  Toll  Operate  Transfer  (TOT)  model  allowing monetization of public funded NH projects which are operational and are collecting toll for at least two years after the COD (commercial operation date). In TOT Model, toll fees would be collected by the  TOT  concessionaire and  project  O&M  (Operation  &  Maintenance)  is concessionaire's responsibility for a concession period of 30 years. The concessionaire makes an upfront payment of a lump-sum amount to NHAI.

| Sl. No.   | State          |   No. of projects |
|-----------|----------------|-------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh |                 8 |
| 2.        | Bihar          |                 6 |
| 3.        | Gujarat        |                 5 |
| 4.        | Jammu &Kashmir |                 1 |
| 5.        | Jharkhand      |                 3 |
| 6.        | Karnataka      |                 6 |
| 7.        | Madhya Pradesh |                 6 |
| 8.        | Maharashtra    |                 4 |
| 9.        | North East     |                 1 |
| 10.       | Odisha         |                 5 |
| 11.       | Punjab         |                 1 |
| 12.       | Rajasthan      |                 2 |
| 13.       | Tamil Nadu     |                 5 |
| 14.       | Telangana      |                 5 |
| 15.       | Uttar Pradesh  |                10 |
| 16.       | West Bengal    |                 7 |
|           | Total          |                75 |

(c) to (e) Under the TOT model, the concessionaires for the project(s) are to be appointed through open, transparent and competitive bidding process within the ambit of a pre-defined and approved implementation framework.

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