OUR COMMITMENT

India deserves world-class infrastructure to

accelerate economic growth, remove unemployment,
minimize rural-urban divide, broadbase prosperity both
geographically and socially, and ensure a better life for every
citizen. Expanding and modernizing India’s infrastructure on a
war-footing is our solemn commitment. That the BJP can
think big and also implement big has been
demonstrated by two of Vajpayee Government’s dream
projects: the National Highway Development Project and the
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. We will be more
ambitious and result-oriented than any previous
Government in New Delhi.
India & China were comparable in infrastructure in 1980. China
has left India far behind due to misrule by successive
Congress Governments

Sector India China

Roads 8,000 km of 4-lane highway 53,600 km of 4-lane highway
Railways 63,300 km (2007) 79,000 km (2007)
65,300 km (2012 planned) 1,10,000 km (2012 planned)
Water Mumbai – 6 hr water supply Shanghai – 24 hr water supply
Power 7,000 MW added in 2007 100,000 MW added in 2007
Telecom and IT 2.8 crore PCs 16.2 crore PCs
0.54 crore Broadband users 8.5 crore Broadband users
5.2 crore Internet users 29.8 crore Internet users
Sewerage Urban sewage treatment 13% Urban Sewage treatment 58%
Vocational Training 5000 ITIs 500,000 ITIs

Across the nation as a whole, India's economic development is 13 years behind China, according to Morgan
Stanley (2004), and if they both keep growing at the same rate, India may never surpass its Asian rival.
The path-breaking infrastructure projects started by the Vajpayee
Government were stalled due to UPA’s dismal and corruption-ridden rule

NDHP implementation suffered UPA Government’s poor governance badly hurt infrastructure
badly during UPA rule (Courtesy INDIA TODAY)

-Delay has led to costs increasing by 20-40%

-Projects worth more than Rs 90,000 crore held up due to inefficiency
-UPA tactics discouraged private investment in infrastructure
-Faulty policy and legal framework reduce India’s competitiveness
-Corruption and political interference have paralyzed project delivery
Project Project
allocation rate completion rate -406 contracts awarded over a period of time are under litigation

Progress under the UPA has been particularly tardy… The most damning aspect is that the UPA has failed to
finish any of the highway projects in phases III, IV, V and VI, started in its own tenure.– India Today
NDA will adopt 100 Projects of National Importance (PNIs) and
ensure their time-bound implementation

What (democracy) makes India chaotic and frustrating may also be its saving grace. But it has huge challenges
to overcome if it is to catch up. - BBC
The PNIs will not only propel India’s economy in a sustainable
manner but will also strive towards a healthy environment

In the first 50 of Independence, India built highways at the rate of 11 km per year. The NDA Government (1998-
2004) achieved a rate of 11 km per day! The rate dropped to 5 km per day during the UPA rule.
The NDA will create an environment of top-level managerial
empowerment for the emergence of 100 Sreedharans who can
“make things happen”

Strengthen public sector to enable its fullest contribution

Create 5 National Institutes of Infrastructure Management

Fully leverage PPP by expanding their scope

Simplify procedures by introducing hassle-free single-window clearances

Revamp regulatory framework to promote consumer interests

Resolve land-acquisition issues by providing fair deal to farmers

E. Sreedharan
Managing Director, Delhi Metro
Attractive compensation and rehabilitation for Project-Affected-People

Provide incentive to states and firms for time-bound implementation

Almost a century ago Mahatma Gandhi disparaged a book about India by Katherine Mayo, an American
novelist, as a “drain-inspector’s report”. India needs to follow a simple mantra: “Fewer inspectors, more
drains”. – The Economist
NDA is confident of raising the $500 billion estimated investment
required for the realization of the infrastructure vision

Black money brought back from Swiss banks

Gross Capital Formation in infrastructure will be raised to 10% of GDP

India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves ($247.3 billion) will be tapped

Lower interest rates for PNIs

PSU banks will be recapitalized by Rs. 50,000 crores

ECB access to NBFCs lending to Infrastructure

Develop corporate bond market through necessary reforms

India’s infrastructure sector provides a large opportunity with potential revenues of $10 billion to $12 billion
between the financial years 2010 and 2014 – McKinsey & Co
NDA will recast and vastly expand the coverage of the Jawaharlal
Nehru Renewal Mission into four urban renewal missions

Jawaharlal Sardar
Nehru Metro Vallabhbhai
Renewal Patel District
Mission Mission

Pavitra
Netaji Bose
Bharat
Tehsil Town
Teerthasthan
Renewal
Renewal
Mission
Mission

The future of "India's New York" (Mumbai) appeared so bad that a 2003 report by the management consultant
firm McKinsey and Co. said if action wasn't taken now "it is in grave danger of collapsing completely."
“We will fulfill the infrastructure dream of Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.”

VANDE MATARAM!