[See Explanation to regulations 26(6), 31, 33(1)(b) and 41(2)(b)]
FACILITIES OR SERVICES INCLUDED IN THE TERM ―INFRASTRUCTURE
SECTOR
For the purposes of these regulations, the expression ―infrastructure sector shall include the following facilities/services:
(1) Transportation (including inter modal transportation), including the following:
(a) Roads, national highways, state highways, major district roads, other district roads and village roads, including toll roads, bridges, highways, road transport providers and other road-related services;
(b) Rail system, rail transport providers, metro rail roads and other railway related services;
(c) Ports (including minor ports and harbours), inland waterways, coastal shipping including shipping lines and other port related services;
(d) Aviation, including airports, heliports, airlines and other airport related services;
(e) Logistics services;
(2) Agriculture, including the following:
(a) Infrastructure related to storage facilities;
(b) Construction relating to projects involving agro-processing and supply of inputs to
agriculture;
(c) Construction for preservation and storage of processed agro-products, perishable goods such as fruits, vegetables and flowers including testing facilities for quality;
(3) Water management, including the following:
(a) Water supply or distribution;
(b) Irrigation;
(c) Water treatment, etc.
(4) Telecommunication, including the following:
(a) Basic or cellular, including radio paging;
(b) Domestic satellite service (i.e., satellite owned and operated by an Indian company for providing telecommunication service);
(c) Network of trunking, broadband network and internet services;
(5) Industrial, Commercial and Social development and maintenance, including the following:
(a) Real estate development, including an industrial park or special economic zone;
(b) Tourism, including hotels, convention centres and entertainment centres;
(c) Public markets and buildings, trade fair, convention, exhibition, cultural centres, sports and recreation infrastructure, public gardens and parks;
(d) Construction of educational institutions and hospitals;
(e) Other urban development, including solid waste management systems, sanitation and sewerage systems, etc.;
(6) Power, including the following:
(a) Generation of power through thermal, hydro, nuclear, fossil fuel, wind and other
renewable sources;
(b) Transmission ,distribution or trading of power by laying a network of new transmission or distribution lines;
(7) Petroleum and natural gas, including the following:
(a) Exploration and production;
(b) Import terminals;
(c) Liquefaction and re-gasification;
(d) Storage terminals;
(e) Transmission networks and distribution networks including city gas infrastructure;
(8) Housing, including the following:
(a) Urban and rural housing including public / mass housing, slum rehabilitation etc;
(b) Other allied activities such as drainage, lighting, laying of roads, sanitation facilities etc.;
(9) Services provided by recognised stock exchanges and registered depositories, in relation to securities
(10) Other miscellaneous facilities/services, including the following:
(c) Mining and related activities;
(d) Technology related infrastructure;
(e) Manufacturing of components and materials or any other utilities or facilities required by the infrastructure sector like energy saving devices and metering devices, etc;
(f) Environment related infrastructure;
(g) Disaster management services;
(h) Preservation of monuments and icons;
(i) Emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and rescue);
(11) Such other facility/service which, in the opinion of the Board, constitutes infrastructure sector.