Overview:

Provision of quality and efficient infrastructure services is essential to realise the full potential of the growth impulses surging through the economy. There is now a widespread consensus that exclusive dependence on government for the provision of all infrastructure services introduces difficulties concerning adequate scale of investment, technical efficiency, proper enforcement of user charges, and competitive market structure. At the same time, complete reliance on private production, particularly without appropriate regulation, is also not likely to produce optimal outcomes. India, while stepping up public investment in infrastructure, has been actively engaged in finding the appropriate policy framework, which gives the private sector adequate confidence and incentives to invest on a massive scale, but simultaneously preserves adequate checks and balances through transparency, competition and regulation.

This conference attempts to examine the opportunities and threats embedded within this space, covering the areas of power, transportation, real estate, social infrastructure and construction & engineering services. This conference aims to bring all relevant stakeholders, including from the fields of legal, regulatory, advisory and fund managers, under one roof. In addition to this, it also aims at promoting networking and helping to facilitate deals between the fund managers and infrastructure project developers.