With the economy battered by the Covid pandemic, the government has firmed up road map for capital investments of Rs. 111 lakh crore in infrastructure over six years, where the Centre (39 per cent) and the states (40 per cent) are expected to have almost equal share, with the rest going to the private sector.

Invest India, which is an investment facilitation joint venture between the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and India Inc, has shortlisted around 1000 global companies to which individual investment pitches will be made.

The UP government is planning to set up a new investment promotion and facilitation agency that will focus on bringing new investments and creating employment. A proposal to this effect had been received from 'Invest India', a body of the Central government, and the new agency s based on this.

The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has given investment approvals worth nearly $4.8 billion (Rs. 36,000 crore) for upstream oil and gas activities in India. Among the large investment proposals given approval are ‘work-plan budgets’ of projects in the Krishna-Godavari Basin, including projects of ONGC and Reliance Industries Ltd.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is considering a proposal to finance a $500-million project in India to strengthen country's national health care systems. The scope of funding will also include the purchase of equipment and detection capacity as country battles the Covid-19 pandemic.

Strengthening the clauses in Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to boost investor confidence, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has set up Renewable Industry Facilitation & Promotion Board to facilitate investment in the sector and is getting in touch with trade commissioners/representatives of various countries inviting them to invest in India.

ADB will invest of $100 million in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) of the India Fund of Funds (FoF). With this, FoF has now secured $700 million in commitments. The NIIF Fund of Funds was established in 2018 and invests in a variety of sectors and strategies through third-party managed funds.

The Union Cabinet has approved three schemes to enable large-scale electronics manufacturing and attract fresh investments worth at least Rs. 50,000 crore in the sector, including mobile phone manufacturing and electronics infrastructure with industry-specific facilities like common facility centres and ready-built factory sheds.

An investment of Rs. 6.16 lakh crore has been approved so far under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) and the committed central assistance is Rs. 1.65 lakh crore.