NHAI launches strategy to monetise national highway assets
03 Jul 2025 CW Team
The National Highways Authority of India
(NHAI) has announced its first Road Asset
Monetisation Strategy, aimed at unlocking the
value of operational national highway assets and
expanding private sector participation through
Public-Private
Partnerships (PPPs).
This move marks a
major shift towards
market-driven
infrastructure
funding and is part
of the Government
of India’s broader
Asset Monetisation
Plan for 2025–30.
The strategy
outlines a structured
framework for
capital mobilisation using models such as Toll-
Operate-Transfer (ToT), Infrastructure Investment
Trusts (InvITs), and securitisation. To date,
NHAI has raised over Rs.1.4 trillion through
these mechanisms, covering more than
6,100 km of highways under the National
Monetisation Pipeline.
Centred on three pillars—maximising asset value, ensuring transparency, and deepening investor engagement—the framework aims to reduce dependence on traditional financing while fostering a stable funding stream. It also promotes structured asset identification, investor confidence, and stakeholder participation