The Infrastructure Finance Secretariat (IFS) has been established under the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance with the idea of harmonizing policies and initiatives related to infrastructure financing and development. IFS has been set up to boost infrastructure development through a multitude of initiatives. These initiatives are directed towards promoting private investment in Infrastructure.

The Private Investment Unit (Erstwhile PPP Cell), now a part of the IFS was set up in 2006 in the Department of Economic Affairs. The Private Investment Unit is responsible for policy-level matters concerning PPPs, including Policies, Schemes, programs, Model Concession Agreements, and Capacity Building. The Private Investment Unit also acts as the Secretariat for Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC), and Empowered Committee (EC), and is also responsible for matters and proposals relating to clearance by PPPAC, Scheme for Financial Support to PPPs in Infrastructure (VGF Scheme) and India Infrastructure Project Development Funding (IIPDF) Scheme.

The Private Investment unit has developed this website to provide key information related to PPP initiatives in India and to share PPP best practices for PPP practitioners whether in the Government or the Private Sector. This website provides information on Institutional Mechanisms for the Appraisal of PPP projects and Schemes for financial support to PPP projects, the latest initiatives of PIU for promoting PPPs in India, and also acts as a readily accessible repository of policies, guidelines, model documents, guidance materials, reference documents and includes a database of key PPP projects.