Dun & Bradstreet India is pleased to present the third edition of ‘India’s Leading Infrastructure Companies’. The publication ‘India’s Leading Infrastructure Companies 2009’ highlights some of the key achievements and issues related to the infrastructure sector in the country and create a valuable ready reference tool on India’s leading infrastructure companies. ‘India’s Leading Infrastructure Companies 2009’ provides information pertaining to some of the major sub segments of the country’s infrastructure sector viz. power, telecom, ports and construction.

Providing adequate infrastructure facilities to keep up with the growing pace of India’s economic development is among the top priorities of the government. Therefore it has been investing heavily in infrastructure in the last few years. However, despite the rapid strides that India has taken in the last few years, it is evident that the current levels of investments in infrastructure are not sufficient to bridge the gap between demand and supply. Historically, investments in infrastructure development have been mainly through Central and State Governments and therefore, private sector participation was negligible till a few years back. Increased efforts are now being made to enhance the participation of private sector players to plug financial and technical deficits and to ensure a faster rate of delivery of infrastructure projects. Conducive policies with a greater degree of transparency are being implemented to boost private investors’ confidence.

An investment of Rs 20,561.5 bn in the sector has been envisaged during the Eleventh Five Year Plan, which will be achieved through a combination of public investment, public private- partnerships (PPPs), and exclusive private investments. The private sector is expected to contribute approximately 30% of this total projected investment. The government has also proposed to increase its budgetary support to infrastructure – an indication of how important the sector is for the country.

‘India’s Leading Infrastructure Companies 2009’ showcases the performance and investment plans of some of India’s leading infrastructure companies. It also covers numerous development initiatives and proposed investments by the government in various segments of infrastructure facilities in the country over the next five years.

I hope you enjoy reading ‘India’s Leading Infrastructure Companies 2009’ and look forward to receiving your suggestions.

Kaushal Sampat
President & CEO - India
Dun & Bradstreet