 "Uptick in investments fueled by state govts' capex, not private sector")
Earlier this week, Brookfield Asset Management announced that it will buy RIL’s East West Gas Pipeline for just under $2 billion (Rs 13,000 crore). Then, global private equity giant KKR closed on a $530 million acquisition of industrial waste management company Ramky Enviro, marking the consummation of the first big infra-related acquisition in 2018. Both deals mark a stepping up of interest and deal-making in infrastructure.
According to the Economic Survey, India has a requirement of $4.5 trillion, which means that capital will have to be a mixed basket that includes domestic and international as well as private and state funds.
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