India, June 9 -- To unlock value of operational National Highway assets and increase Public Private Partnership in India's infrastructure development, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), today released its first ever 'Asset Monetization Strategy for the Road Sector'. 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 ?1.4 lakh crore across more than 6,100 km of National Highways under National Monetisation Pipeline.

The strategy is anchored on three core pillars that include Value Maximisation of Government Road Assets, Transparency of...