GS Paper 3 Context: NITI Ayog recommendations to achieve monetisation goal. NITI Ayog recommendations: to improve retail participation To make the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) a success, the government should give Income tax breaks to attract retail investors into instruments like Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). Though this will entail a cost in the form …
Context: The government has announced an ambitious programme of asset monetisation. It hopes to earn ₹6 trillion in revenues over a four-year period. At a time when the government’s finances are in bad shape, that is money the government can certainly use. Getting asset monetisation right is quite a challenge, though. Creation of …
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GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Infrastructure related issues. Context: The Centre launched the National Monetisation pipeline (NMP) in an effort to list out the government’s infrastructure assets to be sold over the next four-years. Key features: The four-year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) will unlock value in brownfield projects by engaging the private sector, transferring …
