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PPPs in infra are on the cusp of disaster. The country needs a different strategy to build public services infrastructure

Growth is back on the agenda, says the government. It is hoping that with pushy announcements foreign and Indian investment will miraculously start pouring in and infrastructure will be the name of the game once again. But this assumption ignores one crucial detail: currently, public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure are on the cusp of disaster. India needs a different strategy to build public services infrastructure.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2012
Sunita Narain [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
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India [4], Infrastructure Development [5], Water Supply [6], Public Transport [7], Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) [8], Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) [9], Sewage [10], Water Distribution [11], Delhi [12], Private Sector [13], Solid Waste [14], Development [15], CSE [16], Sunita Narain [17], Habitat And Urbanisation [18]

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