NHAI Public InvIT Plan to Draw Retail Investors
Why in the news
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is looking at a public InvIT as a route for ordinary investors to join its asset monetisation drive.
Key facts
- Body: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
- Instrument: public infrastructure investment trust (InvIT).
- Purpose: wider retail investor participation in monetisation of highway assets.
- Framework: second National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), described as an aggressive pipeline.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Who | NHAI |
| What | Public InvIT under consideration |
| Why | Retail participation in monetisation |
| Under | Second NMP |
Exam angle
- Remember: InvIT = Infrastructure Investment Trust.
- NHAI explored this under the second National Monetisation Pipeline.
- Focus keyword: retail investors in highway monetisation.