Road: Funding in the form of capital grant, Operation & Management support, interest subsidy, etc. Support linked with predefined milestones. 48 new road projects worth US$ 12 billion are under construction. Development and up gradation of roads will require an investment of US$ 24 billion till 2008. Private sector participation in road projects will grow significantly. Existing road network of 3.3 million kilometres. 24,000 km of Highways being developed under National Highway Development Programme. Golden Quadrilateral : 5846 kms- 5000 kms completed. NSEW Corridor: 7300 kms – 784 kms completed, 3691 kms under implementation. Investment USD20 billion envisaged.

Policy and Incentive: FDI up to 100% is permitted for construction and maintenance of roads, highways, vehicular bridges, toll roads, vehicular tunnels. Ten year tax holiday for road and highway projects

Power: Addition of 100,000 MW planned over the next 10 years. The existing installed capacity to be       doubled. Another initiative to develop 50,000 MW of hydro electricity. Detailed project reports are being           prepared to facilitate private investment. New Electricity Act has further liberalized the electricity sector.    Special incentives and tax-breaks are given for certain sectors such as power, electronics, telecom,             software, hydrocarbons, R&D and exports.

Port: The Sagar Mala project envisages development of ports and shipping sector at an investment of over USD22 billion, largely in the private sector. 25 projects to upgrade the inland waterways identified. Techno-economic feasibility completed. Total investment in maritime sector expected at USD 3 billion in the next 20 years. Up gradation and modernization of airports will require US$ 33 billion investment in the next ten years. Airports Authority of India has set a target of investing 1 billion dollars for modernization of airports There is potential for investment in the expansion and modernization of ports, inland navigation and maritime transport. 100 percent FDI is permitted for construction and maintenance of ports. The Government is offering incentives to investors. While the government will take care of 15% of the investment, the rest will come from the private sector.

Telecommunication: Most experts expect increase of 100 million in the next 3-4 years. Provides immense opportunities for setting up manufacturing facilities. Landline phones connections have surged dramatically. Tele-density has already reached 7 per 1000. Tele-density could reach 20-25 by 2010 or even be earlier. Among the fastest growing telecom markets, 550,000 km of optical fibre cable laid. 2 million Cellular phones added every month. Among the lowest mobile tariff in the world. The telecom market, which is one of the world's largest and fastest growing, has an investment potential of US$ 20-25 billion over the next five years.