India: Infrastructure investment gains momentum

Private sector spend up 12-fold; IDFC plans to triple loans

Private investment in Indian infrastructure has risen almost 12-fold as a share of GDP over the past seven years, raising the prospect that the country is making headway in upgrading its power-generation capacity, roads, ports and railways.

Private promoters’ share of investment has risen from 0.3% to about 4% of GDP since 2003, accounting for nearly half of India’s total average annual infrastructure spend since that time. Overall infrastructure investment in India over the same period has doubled from 4% to 8% of GDP.

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