Legal and Regulatory Issues in Infrastructure

Course details

Government officers having a role in policy formulation. Professionals in government, public and private sector dealing with infrastructure projects and PPPs.Regulators and senior managers from regulatory institutions.

Law professionals handling infrastructure. Personnel from NGOs and similar agencies dealing with environmental and rehabilitation issues.

Objectives

• Understand the legal issues involved in infrastructure development which are common to all the sectors. Examine the working of regulators in general and specific to sectors.
• Study the mechanism of dispute resolution through arbitration and litigation.
• Analyze the role of government in different infrastructure projects; the environment in which civil servants perform in the light of political expectations.
• Develop an understanding of the model concession agreements (MCA) of the Planning Commission and to appreciate the flexibility they provide.

Content

• Role of regulators: new dimensions. Working of the judiciary and role of courts in infrastructure projects: challenges ahead. Public Private Partnership: different mechanisms, project structuring,
• role of state and private players. Issues common to most of the sectors: environment, land acquisition. Sectoral issues in telecom, railways, ports, roads, power, Special Economic Zones.
• Public interest , public policy and public order Legal empowerment: PIL and RTI. Model Concession Agreements. Dispute Resolution . Arbitration (both domestic and international)