DFI Model for Infrastructure Financing- Need, Challenges, Way Forward
In the Union Budget 2021-22, the Finance Minister proposed the revival of the DFI model to meet the needs of infrastructure financing. The government has set a target of 5 lakh crore INR loan within 3 years. For this, the proposed DFI is to be capitalized with 20,000 crore INR. Given the importance of infrastructure development in the post-COVID world, there is a need to examine the viability of the DFI model and how it can be made to work in India.