Overview

India has over two decades of experience in Public Private Partnerships (PPP), with PPPs being tried, tested and implemented across various sectors such as urban, transport, social, industrial and so on. Projects being developed through PPPs in sectors like roads and ports have been taken up through programmatic approach and the Government is looking forward to upscale urban and social sectors through programmatic approach. Developing projects through PPPs requires multi-disciplinary experience (in the field of law, finance, commerce, market research, technology, designing, etc.) among the public entities. Practitioners of PPPs within the Government at its different tiers across the country usually lack the competence and skill set to conceptualise, structure and implement projects. This PPP Guide for Practitioners would serve as a manual for practitioners to develop projects through appropriate PPP frameworks.

The PPP Guide is divided into 17 modules for ease of reference and better readability. Each module discusses a certain stage or concept in the PPP project development process. The Guide is interspersed with the following, with an intention to make the reading more interactive and experiential:

• Points to remember/ Take away - in the form of pointers

• Illustrations/ Best practices/ General practices/ excerpts from other documents - in boxes

• Case Studies - in the form of plain boxes titled 'Project'

• Flow charts/ diagrams for better understanding of concepts

• Web links to certain case studies/ reports to refer

A sample presentation of the key points to remember/ takeaways is given below:

A sample presentation of illustrations/ Best practices/ General practices/ excerpts from other documents is given below.

A sample presentation of a case study is given below:

In addition, there are Annexures to most of the modules that set out certain related and/or key features pertaining to the concepts discussed in the modules. The Bibliography to every module sets out the list of references made while drafting the specific modules. The section on 'For Further Reading' would provide the practitioners with a list of other documents and research materials which could be useful in their understanding of concepts.