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ToT road bundles under NMP
What it is
Toll-Operate-Transfer bundles operating highways and auctions the right to collect tolls for a fixed period, with the winner paying upfront. InvITs achieve the same recycling by holding assets and distributing cash flows to unitholders
NHAI has targeted large sums through asset monetisation to fund new construction
Impact on industries
- Recycles capital from completed assets into new construction, funding a meaningful share of the authority's requirement without fresh borrowing
- Transfers traffic risk to investors who want stable operating cash flows rather than construction exposure
- Realisation depends on traffic forecasts and interest rates, so monetisation value falls exactly when funding conditions tighten
- Bidder appetite has been uneven across bundles, so the programme delivers less predictably than the headline target implies