Conference on Infrastructure

Some facts  “To sustain economic growth of 9 per cent every year, India would need an investment of $475 billion during the 11th plan period to upgrade infrastructure at current prices against earlier estimate of $320 billion” --Finance Minister P. Chidambaram  The Confederation of Indian Industry, a leading business group, said in a study last year that India needs to invest US$330 billion (euro250 billion) in infrastructure over the next five years to keep the economy growing at its current rate of 8% a year.  But India currently spends only about US$36 billion (euro27 billion) a year on infrastructure development —much less than what experts say it needs, and much less then neighbor and economic rival China.

GLIMPSES OF INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE Status of power sector-  Energy deficit of 9% and peak deficit of 14%  Abysmal slow addition in capacity (India added 19GW in 9th and 10th five yr plans as compared to 200GW in last 3 yrs for China)  Huge losses during transmission and distribution (approximately 40%)  Global uncertainty in oil prices vis-à-vis growing Indian transportation

GLIMPSES OF INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE Telecom Sector  India ‘s mobile phone subscriber base is growing at a rate of 82.2%. But there are infrastructural problems like spectrum allocation issues to support such growth  China is the biggest market in Asia Pacific with a subscriber base of 48% of the total subscribers in Asia Pacific. Compared to that India ’s share in Asia Pacific Mobile Phone market is 6.4% which is very low.  Poor quality of Service (QoS) : inability to get through calls, calls drops, poor call quality (congestions at point of interconnect, avg. of 1 billing complaint per 100 bills issued, time taken for refunds to customers etc  Disparity in entry level charges between cellular and WLL players  Penetration of internet in India is very low (less than 5%) w.r.t Asian penetration 35.6%

GLIMPSES OF INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE Urban Infrastructure  60% of Indian GDP come from urban India but no proper Infrastructure  28% of population lives in urban areas which is expected to grow to 40% by 2020  Adequate infrastructure needed especially in the areas of water management, roads, transporatation, housing, sanitation etc

Issues for Conference  Present Scenario Present setup and its pitfalls Various Challenges: (Social, economical, legal) faced by Indian developers  Financing Infrastructure development PPP model revenue generation infrastructure funds and SPV role of government in monitoring and arranging

 Power and energy sector Demands of developing India w.r.t power status of power sector role of private players in distribution bottlenecks in power distribution Other viable sources of power irrigation(renewable, non- renewable) India’s plan of nuclear pact with US increasing global oil prices Can India become a oil refining hub of world? Discussion Issues …(Contd)

 Telecom and IT sector Growing demand and supply problems state of art technology issues spectrum issues disparity in infrastructure across urban and rural areas Indian telecom industry in 2020 Discussion Issues …(Contd)

 Transportation Sector Roads, railways, sea and airports status in India vis-à-vis China and other developing countries Logistics infrastructure for manufacturing industries development of inland waterways and shipping industry India as South Asian cargo hub Discussion Issues …(Contd)

 SEZ and real estates How to address land issue in SEZ success of SEZ models what else need to be incorporated choice of the areas for deployment pros and cons of SEZ city planning vis-à-vis growing population Discussion Issues …(Contd)

 Civic amenities and urban infrastructure basic needs for human in urban and rural water problem ; nationalization of rivers agricultural infrastructure (emergency system for monsoon failures) tourism infrastructure educational infrastructure health infrastructure(lack of qualified medical personnel) and its improvement PPP model for developing infrastructure pertaining to civic needs

Concern for Goa Industry Goa has some infrastructural problems relating Power Real estates Tourism Telecom Shipping and Air Infrastructure In Goa, Industry shows much concern regarding these issues. Will help bring Goa’s industry issues on a National platform

Gains for GIM  Exposing GIM to entirely new set of Infrastructure Corporate World  Brand visibility across new corporate sectors  Opportunity to collaborate with new partner -FICCI  Wide spectrum of speakers across different sectors will bring ample Media coverage.