Policy on Public Private Partnership - The Assam Gazette (Government of Assam) (2008)

This policy document provides  a brief background and guidelines on the implementation of the Public Private Partnership (PPP)  in infrastructure development proposed by the Government of Assam.


The objectives of the policy include:

  • To leverage the resources of the state government to invite private sector investment in infrastructure that can be useful for the development of the state and the people of the state
  • To protect the interests of the users and secure value for public money
  • To set up an efficient administrative mechanism to ensure selection of private sector developer through
  • transparent bidding criteria
  • To bring uniformity in approach by cutting across various sectors and departments of the government
  • To prepare a shelf of projects to be offered for PPP under various departments and take them forward
  • for implementation
  • To put in place an effective and efficient institutional mechanism for obtaining various clearances for projects speedily
  • To provide a framework that clearly sets forth the risks, rewards and obligations for different participants
  • To create dispute redressal mechanisms to handle disputes between parties

The document describes the mechanism of implementation of the policy by highlighting the:

  • Infrastructure sectors covered
  • The institutional arrangements made
  • proceedures planned for selection and approval of the PPP projects
  • Process for selection of the developers
  • Process of making the state support agreements
  • Procuring project development funds
  • Settling of disputes

The original document can be viewed here on the Government of Assam website

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