TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE Edition : May - July 2017

IN THIS ISSUE : Major Activities Policy Advocacy Project Updates Forthcoming Events

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping

Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways

Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation

Dr A Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation

India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit (IITLS) 3rd to 5th May 2017, New Delhi

India Integrated Transport & Logistics Summit (IITLS) 2017 was organized by the Ministry of Road Transport, Highways & Shipping (MoRTH) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) from 3rd to 5th May 2017 in New Delhi. The Summit was attended by around 3000 delegates from India and abroad including stakeholders from road, rail, air & water modes of transportation and associated logistics.

Inaugural Session, IITLS 2017 at Vigyan Bhavan

Thirty-four MoUs amounting to around Rs 2 lakh crores were also signed in the summit between Government agencies, Government to Business and Business to Business. The summit provided an ideal platform for sectoral stakeholders including policymakers, public & private sector infrastructure developers, and global experts for understanding the various opportunities available in different segments of transport & logistics sector in India.

(Clockwise from top) Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping at the exhibition; Ms Leena Nandan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Mr Rohit Kumar Singh, Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at IITLS 2017

The three-day summit consisted of an exhibition organized by the Trade Fair Division of FICCI, conference seminars, live demonstrations, workshops and buyer-seller meets.

(R-L) Mr Rohit Kumar Singh, Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI); Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping; Mr Jawed Ashraf, High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore; Ms Debjani Chakrabarti, Director (Highways & NHAI), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ms Neerja Singh, Director, Transport Infrastructure, FICCI at IITLS 2017

(L-R) Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways and Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation at IITLS 2017

Railway Ministry Officials with Malaysian Delegates 5th June 2017, New Delhi

The Malaysian companies have expressed interest in being part of the Infrastructure projects in India, particularly station development projects of the Indian Railways. In view of this, FICCI had organized a preliminary meeting on 5th June 2017. The officials from the Ministry of Railways and Delegates from Malaysia held discussions and exchanged views regarding the station redevelopment projects in india.

Mr Rajiv Chowdhary, Adviser (Station Development), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways and Mr Vivek Saxena, Executive Director (Station Development), Ministry of Railways with Malaysian Delegation led by Mr Dato Sri Judin Abdul Karim, Chairman, CIDB Holdings

Mr Sushant Kumar Mishra, Advisor (CC) and Advisor (Infrastructure), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways with the delegates from Malaysia

Smart Railways Conclave 6th June 2017, New Delhi

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organized the ‘SMART Railways Conclave’ on 6th June 2017 in New Delhi to deliberate on topics related to modernization and expansion of railways in the country. The event focused on areas such as Smart Bullet Trains, Smart Railway Station via Railway Station Redevelopment, Smart safety solutions, Smart customer interaction & services, Smart Financing, and Smart Sustainability to enhance operational efficiency, safety and passenger comfort.

(L-R) Dr A Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI; Mr Nalin Jain, Co-Chairman, FICCI National Committee on Infrastructure and President & CEO, GE Transportation-Asia Pacific & China; Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister for Railways; Mr Mohd Jamshed, Member Traffic, Railway Board, Ministry of Railways and Mr Dato Sri Judin Abdul Karim, Chairman, CIDB Holdings at the SMART Railways Conclave 2017

(Clockwise from top) Ms Namita Mehrotra, Executive Director-Finance (RM), Railway Board, Ministry of Railways; Mr Nalin Jain, Co-Chairman, FICCI National Committee on Infrastructure and President & CEO, GE Transportation-Asia Pacific & China; Mr Mukul Jain, Director, High Speed Rail Corporation of India Ltd and Mr Subrat Nath, Director-India and Asia Pacific, Talgo

The SMART Railways Conclave brought together senior government officials and private sector players to have result-oriented brainstorming, insights & industry trends during the interactive sessions. The conclave was an overwhelming success which attracted over 300 representatives from India and overseas . The event was instrumental in highlighting the investment opportunities in Indian Railways and enhancing cooperation in transformation of the sector.

WINGS 2017 7th July 2017, New Delhi

The first edition of WINGS 2017 – “Sab Uden, Sab Juden”- Expanding Regional Connectivity was organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) in collaboration with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on 7th July 2017 in New Delhi. The event saw participation of 28 States and Union Territories and 19 of them made presentations. The states emphasized on the incentives or special packages that they are willing to provide to the airlines other than the support offered by Government of India under RCS-UDAN.

(L-R) Ms Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Mr Rajeev Nayan Choubey, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation; Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation; Dr. Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Mr Pratyush Kumar, Chairman, FICCI Civil Aviation Committee and Vice President - Boeing International & President - Boeing India at WINGS 2017

(Clockwise from top) Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation; Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation; Mr Pratyush Kumar, Chairman, FICCI Civil Aviation Committee and Vice President - Boeing International & President - Boeing India; Mr Palash Roy Chowdhury, Co-Chair, FICCI Civil Aviation Committee and Managing Director , Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines and Global Services India and Mr Rajeev Nayan Choubey, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation at WINGS 2017

INDIA PPP SUMMIT 2017 26th July 2017, New Delhi

The fifth edition of the India PPP Summit was jointly organized by FICCI and ICC India on 26th July 2017 at FICCI. The summit discussed critical issues on existing policy framework and regulations concerning PPPs, fostering partnerships to invigorate PPPs and innovative financing solutions. The event saw the participation of more than 250 people comprising Government officials, key policymakers, leading infrastructure developers, contractors, investors & financial institutions, legal experts and major financial institutions like World Bank, ADB, AIIB, IFC and IIFCL .

( L-R) Dr A Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI; Dr Junaid Ahmad Khan, India Country Director, South Asia, The World Bank; Mr K Ramchand, Chairman, FICCI National Committee on Infrastructure and MD, IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited; Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping; Shri Amitabh Kant ,CEO, NITI Aayog; Mr Subhrakant Panda, President, ICC India and Managing Director & CEO, Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited; Capt B V J K Sharma, Chairman, FICCI Taskforce on Ports and Shipping and Joint MD & CEO JSW Infrastructure Limited and Somesh Kumar, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP during the launch of the FICCI-EY Knowledge Report ‘Revival of PPP Momentum in the Transport Sector’ at India PPP Summit 2017

The India PPP summit 2017 consisted of three sessions focusing on various aspects of PPP in transport infrastructure. The first session provided an opportunity for the government officials to present Report Card for the PPP projects, review the existing PPP structure and share the initiatives that are going to be taken to build a strong PPP market. In the second session, the government officials and industry members had one to one discussion on the PPP scenario in the country while the third and the final session focused on means of innovative finance for infrastructure development.

(L-R) Ms Sharmila Chavaly, Joint Secretary (I & E), Department of Economic Affairs; Ministry of Finance, Mr Shailesh Pathak, CEO, CityInfra Capital LLP; Mr S Machendranathan, Chairperson, Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) and Mr A Janardhana Rao, MD, Indian Ports Association (IPA) at India PPP Summit 2017

(L-R) Mr E S Rao, Director and CEO, IIFCL Asset Management Company Ltd; Mr Bharat Salhotra, MD, Alstom Transportation India Limited; Mr Sidharath Kapur, President & CFO, GMR Group; Mr B V J K Sharma, Chairman, FICCI Taskforce on Ports and Shipping and Joint MD & CEO JSW Infrastructure Limited; Mr Amit Uplenchwar, President, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited and Sudip Sural, Senior Director, Infrastructure & Public Finance, CRISIL Limited at India PPP Summit 2017

(L-R) Mr Hemant Sahai, Founding Partner, HSA Advocates; Mr Shiva Rajaraman, National Head – Strategic Initiatives & Chief Executive, L&T Infra Debt Fund Limited; Mr Vikramjit Singh, Senior Country Officer – India, International Finance Corporation (IFC); Mr Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director – India Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank (ADB); Mr Dong-ik Lee, Senior Operations Consultant, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Mr P.R Jaishankar, CGM, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) at India PPP Summit 2017

(Clockwise from top) Mr K Ramchand, Chairman, FICCI National Committee on Infrastructure and MD, IL&FS Transportation Networks Limited; Mr B V J K Sharma, Chairman, FICCI Taskforce on Ports and Shipping and Joint MD & CEO JSW Infrastructure Limited; Ms Neerja Singh, Director, Transport Infrastructure, FICCI; Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Hon’ble Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping and Mr Manab Majumdar, Deputy Secretary General, FICCI at India PPP Summit 2017

FICCI- KNOWLEDGE REPORTS

FICCI-CRISIL report on ‘Indian Railways Reforms on Track’- Accelerating the Investment trajectory’ released at the SMART Railways Conclave. Link: http://ficci.in/publicationpage.asp?spid=20918

FICCI-BCG report on ‘Indian railways stations Redevelopment- Transforming Railways And Creating Win-Win Opportunities’ released at the SMART Railways Conclave. Link : http://ficci.in/publicationpage.asp?spid=20921

FICCI-EY report on ‘Revival of PPP Momentum in the transport sector’ released at the India PPP Summit 2017 . Link : http://ficci.in/publicationpage.asp?spid=20931

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

Metro Rail Conclave, November 2017 Conference on Infrastructure Contracts Management, January 2018. Infrastructure Delegation to the USA, March 2018

Neerja Singh Director – Transport Infrastructure (Civil Aviation, Railways, Ports and Shipping, Roads and Highways) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Federation House, 1, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001, INDIA Tel: +91-11-23765082 , +91-11-2348 414, +91-11-2348 7326 ; Fax: +91-11-2332 0714 Email: neerja.singh@ficci.com ,infra@ficci.com Web: www.ficci.in