1. India's Scheme for Financial Support to Public Private Partnerships in Infrastructure define PPP as:
"A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project means a project based on a contract or concession agreement between a Government or statutory entity on the one side and a private sector company on the other side, for delivering an infrastructure service on payment of user charges."
2. Andhra Pradesh Infrastructure Development Enabling Act, 2001 defines PPPs as:
"Public Private Partnership" means Investment by a Private Sector Participant in an Infrastructure Project of the Government Agency or the Local Authority in the State."
3. Karnataka New Infrastructure Policy, 2007, defines PPPs as:
"Public Private Partnership" means Construction/ Renovation/ Rehabilitation and Operation & Maintenance, or Operation & Maintenance of an Infrastructure Project of the Central Government or Government Agency for common use where a Private Sector Participant:
- has an investment; and
- Is responsible for such construction/ renovation/ rehabilitation and operation & maintenance, or operation & maintenance for a period of not less than 3 years, in each case."
4. Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Act, 2012, defines PPPs as:
"Public-private partnership" means an arrangement between a public agency and a private sector participant for the provision of infrastructure through investment made or through design, development, construction, maintenance or operation undertaken by the private sector participant, where risks are allocated between them such that the private sector participant takes on the risk beyond the stage of design and construction and the payment for the services are performance linked, in the form of user charges, annuities or unitary payment."
5. Australian National PPP Guidelines defines PPP as follows:
"A PPP is a long-term contract between the public and private sectors where Government pays the private sector to deliver infrastructure and related services on behalf, or in support, of Government's broader service responsibilities."
6. South African Regulations defines PPP as follows:
"Public Private Partnership" or "PPP" means a commercial transaction between an institution and a private party in terms of which the private party
a) performs an institutional function on behalf of the institution; and/or
b) acquires the use of State property for its own commercial purposes; and
c) assumes substantial financial, technical and operational risks in connection with the performance of the institutional function and/or use of State property; and
d) receives a benefit for performing the institutional function or from utilising
e) the State property, either by way of:
i. consideration to be paid by the institution which derives from a revenue fund or, where the institution is a national Government business enterprise or a provincial Government business enterprise, from the revenues of such institution; or
ii. charges or fees to be collected by the private party from users or customers of a service provided to them; ora combination of such consideration and such charges or fees."