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NHAI launches strategy to monetise national highway assets

2025-07-03

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced its first Road Asset Monetisation Strategy, aimed at unlocking the value of operational national highway assets and expanding private sector participation through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). This move marks a major shift towards market-driven infrastructure funding and is part of the Government of India’s broader Asset Monetisation Plan for 2025–30. The strategy outlines a structured framework for capital mobilisation using models such as Toll- Operate-Transfer (ToT), Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs), and securitisation. To date, NHAI has raised over Rs.1.4 trillion through these mechanisms, covering more than 6,100 km of highways under the National Monetisation Pipeline.

Centred on three pillars—maximising asset value, ensuring transparency, and deepening investor engagement—the framework aims to reduce dependence on traditional financing while fostering a stable funding stream. It also promotes structured asset identification, investor confidence, and stakeholder participation