Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

Roads (excluding
PMGSY)
245,000 54,400
Power 665,000 148,000
Ports 86,000 19,000
Airports 40,000 8,900
Railways 122,000 27,100
Urban Infrastructure 22,000 4,900
Others (Gas pipelines,
SEZs, and tourism)
420,000 93,300
Total 16,00,000 355,550
Source: Various Programs of GoI, Reports of various Committees and IMaCS analysis
1. Power: Ministry of Power, GoI, Kohli Committee Report
2. Roads: NHAI and Ministry of Shipping, Road and Highways, GoI, Transport Sector, Vision 2021, GoI,
www.infrastructure.gov.in, Report of the Sub-Group on State Roads for the 11 th Five Year Plan, MoSRTH
3. Railways: Conference on Building Infrastructure, Oct 7, 2006, The Hindu, Oct 8, 2006, National Conference on
Regulatory Performance in India: achievements, constraints and future action" Nov 9-10, 2006, and IMaCS
analysis
4. Ports: National Maritime Development Programme, www.shipping.nic.in
5. Airports: Financing Plan for Airports, Committee on Infrastructure, Jul 2006
6. Urban Infrastructure: Planning Commission norms, Zakaria Committee norms, Xth plan document, IMaCS analysis
7. Gas Pipelines: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, CII-IBEF
8. SEZs: Business World, Nov 2006, IMaCS analysis
9. Tourism: Investment Commission Report
* Assumption: INR 45 = 1 USD
According to our calculations, the envisaged infrastructure investment needs of India during 2006-07
to 2010-11 amount to about Rs. 16 lakh crore (USD 355.5 billion), of which the estimated investment
needs in the road sector are Rs. 245,000 crore, about 14% of the total. All sectors, especially roads,
represent a eas of opportunity for use of Geotextiles.
Road sector in particular represents the most obvious area of opportunity due to the direct
applicability as well as the sheer scale of projects. Roads were till recently, the largest consumer of
Geosynthetics in the small Indian Geotextile market. The origin of investment in the road sector in the
country started with the initiation of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) in the ‘90s.
The largest highway project ever undertaken by the country, this was initiated in a phased manner,
with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) being set up as the implementing agency, starting
with Phase I and II which focused on the Golden Quadrilateral and North-South-East-West Corridor
road development. The various phases of NHDP are outlined below:
Phases
Total Length
(in Km)
Phase Cost
Approved (Rs
Crore)