Bjp's Infrastructure Vision For India

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) 65,300 km (2012 planned)

79,000 km (2007) 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 0.54 crore Broadband users 5.2 crore Internet users

16.2 crore PCs 8.5 crore Broadband 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 badly during UPA rule

UPA Government’s poor governance badly hurt infrastructure (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 allocation rate

Project 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 (19982004) 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

Attractive compensation and rehabilitation for Project-Affected-People

E. Sreedharan Managing Director, Delhi Metro

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 Nehru Metro Renewal Mission

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel District Mission

Netaji Bose Tehsil Town Renewal Mission

Pavitra Bharat Teerthasthan Renewal 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!