Bhubaneswar : Government of Odisha’s Industries Department and IFC, a member of the
Worid Bank Group today signed an MoU to support in implementation of the Asset Monetization & Recycling
Program (AMRP) for the state. This Program is a part of a wider World Bank Group Technical Assistance
to support the state in monetizing existing public sector assets and enhance the state’s economic growth.
The Program will facilitate and accelerate the monetization process in the state by unlocking the value from
large scale public investment in the brownfield infrastructure assets and bringing in private sector
efficiencies.
IFC will support the state in screening and developing a prioritized list of monetizable brownfield state owned assets for select sectors that can be further screened to identify and define bankable pilot projects
that may be taken to market for attracting private sector investments that can eventually be used for
demonstrating the benefits of brownfield-asset monetization and upgrading state’s infrastructure facilities.
Globally, developing countries have been adopting various forms of Asset Monetization and Asset
Recycling approach to generate funds for their economies. India’s infrastructure development pipeline has
an estimated funding requirement of $1.5 trillion until 2025.
To address this issue and to boost the economy, the Government of India (Gol) rolled out the National
Monetization Pipeline (NMP). States are also looking at this opportunity and projects in power transmission,
energy generation (including renewable energy and large hydro storage projects), highways and transport
related land infrastructure assets, warehousing etc. are on the list of pilot projects.
“With the impact of economic shocks limiting fiscal space in many countries, the need for innovation to fund
the infrastructure gap, particularly through crowding in private investments, is all the more crucial,” said
IFC’s India Country Head, Wendy Werner.
“India has a huge potential to monetize its brownfield infrastructure assets and upgrading it to international
standards for meeting the demands of a growing urban population. On this account, IFC is pleased to offer
its global expertise in attracting private finance for infrastructure and deep understanding of PPPs to the
Government of Odisha,” she added.
“We are pleased to partner with IFC in identifying assets that can be leveraged for attracting more private
sector investments in the state. This will help us bridge some of the financing gap improving and upgrading
state’s infrastructure” said, Mr Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, the Chief Secretary
“The Government of India’s Union Budget 2021-22 identified ‘Monetization of Public Assets’ as one of its
core strategies for enhanced and sustainable infrastructure financing. Under the “Scheme for Special
Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure” the Central Government is providing incentive to the States
in the form of 50-year interest free loan of equivalent amount of value of assets monetised. Hence, the
asset monetization program would create a new source of finances and mechanism to fund development
of core infrastructure projects”, added Mr Pradeep Jena, the Development Commissioner cum Additional
chief Secretary, P&C Department.
“Industries Department is the Nodal Department for this program and we would reach out the each and
every departments to identify monetizable assets and with help of the World Bank Group, we shall assist
in structuring the projects and making it ready for transaction.” added Mr Hemant Sharma, Principal
Secretary, Industries Department.
Shri Bhupendra Singh Poonia, MD IPICOL & Additional Secretary, Industries Department on behalf of the
State Government and from IFC Ms Roshika Singh, Senior Country Officer signed the MoU in presence of
Chief Secretary and other senior State Government Officials.
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