A policy on participative models for rail connectivity and capacity augmentation was issued in December, 2012 so as to encourage Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Railways. Model Concession Agreements for Non-Government line model, Joint Venture, Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) and Customer funded models have been issued. Till now under different PPP models, 9 projects have been implemented, 14 projects have been approved for implementation, besides 6 projects which have been given ´in principle´ approval.