NHAI releases its first Asset Monetisation Strategy for the road sector
On 9 June 2025 in New Delhi, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) released its first-ever 'Asset Monetization Strategy for the Road Sector'.
Summary
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) released its first-ever 'Asset Monetization Strategy for the Road Sector' on 9 June 2025 to unlock the value of operational National Highway assets and increase public-private partnership. The strategy sets out a framework to mobilise capital through Toll-Operate-Transfer (ToT), Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) and securitisation; these instruments have already helped NHAI raise over ₹1.4 lakh crore across more than 6,100 km of National Highways under the National Monetisation Pipeline. It rests on three pillars: value maximisation of government road assets, transparency and dissemination of investor-relevant information, and market development. NHAI Chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav said it would give NHAI a steady stream of financing; the strategy aligns with the Asset Monetisation Plan 2025-30.
Key facts
- Document
- First-ever NHAI Asset Monetization Strategy for the Road Sector
- Models
- ToT, InvITs, securitisation
- Raised so far
- Over ₹1.4 lakh crore across 6,100+ km (National Monetisation Pipeline)
- Pillars
- Three: value maximisation, transparency, market development
- NHAI Chairman
- Santosh Kumar Yadav
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Who was the NHAI Chairman when NHAI released its first Asset Monetisation Strategy for the road sector on 9 June 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Santosh Kumar Yadav
PIB (MoRTH): NHAI Chairman Santosh Kumar Yadav commented on the release of the strategy document.
According to NHAI on 9 June 2025, monetisation instruments have helped it raise over ₹1.4 lakh crore across more than how many km of National Highways?
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Correct answer: C — 6,100 km
PIB (MoRTH): the instruments helped NHAI raise over ₹1.4 lakh crore across more than 6,100 km of National Highways under the National Monetisation Pipeline.
Consider the following statements about NHAI's Asset Monetisation Strategy released on 9 June 2025: 1. The strategy relies solely on Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs). 2. The strategy is anchored on five core pillars. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: D — Neither 1 nor 2
PIB (MoRTH): the strategy uses Toll-Operate-Transfer, InvITs and securitisation, and is anchored on three core pillars. So neither statement is correct.