Planning Minister Rajeev Shukla denied rumours that the United Nations suggested India to avoid public-private partnership (PPP) model for developing infrastructure.
It may be recalled that a recent study by the UN found that PPP model for infrastructure sector need not lead to improved disaster risk assessment and management.
In fact, the model may underplay disaster risks or lead to their transfer as shared costs to the public sector or to city residents, the study observed.
The study further found that “increasingly, in India, PPPs are emerging a preferred mode of investment for publicly managed construction.
Following this, a Lok Sabha member asked the minister whether the United Nations study, which is the 2013 GAR study on disaster risk reduction, advised India to avoid PPP mode.
The study is the third biennial report coordinated by the UN’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). It had analysed many of the country’s largest infrastructure projects for their risk exposure to natural and man-made calamities.
The study used a sample analysis of 136 port cities with populations of more than 1 million. The study was released in June.
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