In its bid to boost the ship-breaking industry in Gujarat, the state government has initiated a concerted move to develop, maintain and operate the Alang Ship Breaking Yard near Bhavnagar on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Join discussion...

Plans set out by think tank Reform Scotland propose a new model for funding building projects called Scottish Capital Partnerships. The proposal would replace the controversial public finance initiative (PFI) and variations which followed it. Join discussion...

The government has revised certain provisions of request for qualification document required in public private partnership projects. The model RFQ now provides that threshold technical capability shall be twice that of the total project cost. As regards eligible projects, the RFQ provides that these should not be less than 20% of the estimated project cost. In case of projects with an estimated project cost of INR 1,000 crore or above, this amount may be suitably reduced but not less than 10% in any case. Join discussion...

The government has revised certain provisions of “Request for Qualification” (RFQ) document required in Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) Projects. The model RFQ now provides that Threshold Technical Capability (TTC) shall be twice that of the Total Project Cost (TPC). As regards eligible projects, the RFQ provides that these should not be less than 20% of the estimated Project Cost. In case of projects with an estimated Project Cost of Rs. 1,000 crores or above, this amount may be suitably reduced but not less than 10% in any case. Join discussion...

The public-private -partnership (PPP) model introduced for the development of road projects to be taken up by the Union surface transport and highways ministry may not benefit states like Orissa. Join discussion...