Lok Sabha Question No. 1100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Scheme for Financial Support to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Infrastructure
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  FEBRUARY 2025

## SCHEME FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs) IN INFRASTRUCTURE

## 1100. Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao:

## Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has any consolidated list of sectors eligible for Viability Gap Funding under Scheme for Financial Support to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Infrastructure;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of proposals for Viability Gap Funding (VGF) received and approved during the last five  years,  especially  from  Andhra  Pradesh under  PPPs,  Statewise;
- (d) the  details  of  the  current  physical  and  financial  status  of  these  projects  and timeline for completion; and
- (e) the details of the fund allocated under sub-scheme 1 and sub-scheme 2 during the last five years, especially from Andhra Pradesh, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a and b): The consolidated list of sectors eligible for Viability Gap Funding under the Scheme for Financial Support to Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure (Viability Gap Funding Scheme) is at Annexure I .

(c and d): The details of infrastructure projects given final approval for Viability Gap Funding during the last five years (FY 20-21 to FY 24-25) are at Annexure II .

- (e): The  Viability  Gap  Funding  support  under  this  scheme  is  given  to  projects

proposed by the project sponsoring authorities subject to fulfilling the conditions of the scheme and appraisal by the Empowered Committee. The details of the project given final approval for Viability Gap Funding under Sub-scheme 1 and 2, during the last five years (FY 20-21 to FY 24-25) are at Annexure III .

## ANNEXURE I

## Consolidated list of sectors eligible for Viability Gap Funding under Scheme for Financial Support to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Infrastructure :

- a) Roads and bridges, railways, seaports, airports, inland waterways;
- b)  Power;
- c) Urban transport, water supply, sewerage, solid waste management and other physical infrastructure in urban areas;
- d) Infrastructure projects in Special Economic Zones and internal infrastructure in National Investment and Manufacturing Zones;
- e) International convention centres and other tourism infrastructure projects;
- f) Capital investment in the creation of modern storage capacity including cold chains and post-harvest storage;
- g) Education, health and skill development, without annuity provision;

Provided  that  Viability  Gap  Funding  would  be  provided  to  Medical  Colleges  setup  in PPP mode by being attached to an existing district hospital subject to the condition that:

- i. States fully allow the facilities of the hospital to the medical college; and
- ii. States provide land to the medical college at a concession.
- h) Oil/Gas/Liquefied  Natural  Gas  (LNG)  storage  facility  (includes  city  gas  distribution network);
- i) Oil and Gas pipelines (includes city gas distribution network);
- j) Irrigation (dams, channels, embankments, etc);
- k) Telecommunication (Fixed  Network) (includes  optic  fibre/  wire/  cable  networks  which provide broadband /internet);
- l) Telecommunication towers;
- m)  Terminal markets;
- n) Common infrastructure in agriculture markets; and
- o) Soil testing laboratories.

## ANNEXURE II

List of projects given final approval for VGF support under Scheme for Financial Support to Public  Private  Partnerships  (PPPs)  in  Infrastructure  in  the  last  five years (FY 20-21 to FY 24-25)

|   S. No. | Project Name                                                           | State       |   Total Project Cost (in Rs. Crore) |   GoI VGF (in Rs. Crore) | Physical Status 1            | Financial Status 1           | Timeline for completion 1                      |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Jharsuguda District | Odisha      |                               54.4  |                    46.32 | Under Construction           | 4.41%                        | Phase I: November 2026 Phase II: November 2029 |
|        2 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Bhadrak District    | Odisha      |                               54.4  |                    46.32 | Under Construction           | 2.79%                        | Phase I: November 2026 Phase II: November 2029 |
|        3 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Barbil District     | Odisha      |                              125.5  |                    73.93 | Under Construction           | 10%                          | Phase I: November 2026 Phase II: November 2029 |
|        4 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Angul District      | Odisha      |                              120    |                    73.93 | Under Construction           | 8%                           | Phase I: November 2026 Phase II: November 2029 |
|        5 | Development of Vizhinjam International Multipurpose Seaport Project    | Kerala      |                             4089    |                   817.8  | Commercial Operation started | Commercial Operation started | Commercial Operation started                   |
|        6 | Development of Food Grain Silos in Kaimur and Buxar District           | Bihar       |                               77.44 |                     7.65 | Under Construction           | 91%                          | March 2025                                     |
|        7 | Development of Pune Metro Line- III from Hinjewadi - Shivajinagar      | Maharashtra |                             7420.31 |                  1224.8  | Under Construction           | 69%                          | September 2025                                 |

ANNEXURE III

List  of  projects  given  final  approval  for  VGF  support  under sub-scheme 1/2 of the  Scheme  for  Financial  Support  to  Public  Private  Partnerships  (PPPs)  in Infrastructure in the last five years (FY 20-21 to FY 24-25)

|   S.No. | Project Name                                                           | State   | Sub Scheme   |   Total Project Cost (in Rs. Crore) |   GoI VGF (in Rs. Crore) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|       1 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Jharsuguda District | Odisha  | Sub Scheme 2 |                                54.4 |                    46.32 |
|       2 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Bhadrak District    | Odisha  | Sub Scheme 2 |                                54.4 |                    46.32 |
|       3 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Barbil District     | Odisha  | Sub Scheme 2 |                               125.5 |                    73.93 |
|       4 | Development of Affordable Healthcare Facilities in Angul District      | Odisha  | Sub Scheme 2 |                               120   |                    73.93 |