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Govt may lease out infrastructure projects to private operators: Niti CEO

CEO Amitabh Kant blamed the private sector for the current crisis in PPP investment in India

Amitabh Kant
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NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant speaks at a plenary session on 'Start-ups and innovation which has social impact in India' at the 'Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017' at Bangalore. <b>Photo:PTI</b>

Press Trust of India
The government needs to exit infrastructure projects and even look at handing over jails, schools and colleges to the private sector as happens to be the case in countries like Canada and Australia, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said today.

At the same time, he was highly critical of India's private sector, terming it as "most irrational" and "insensitive".

Kant said it messed up projects by aggressive bidding and creating current crisis in the public private partnership (PPP) model.

"The government has done a lot of big projects but the government is not good at operation and maintenance. Therefore, the