The Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte inaugurated the Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum in New Delhi.
- Last year in June, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India and the Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment of the Netherlands.
- This forum was inaugurated in lines of that MoU.
- Mark Rutte appreciated efforts being made under the Namami Gange programme launched by the Modi Government.
- He also advocated waste-to-wealth approach to encourage sustainability of projects.
- He further mentioned that the local governments, the financial sector and the private sector, as well as communities, will need to join hands with the Indian and the Netherlands governments.
- The inauguration of the Indo-Dutch Ganga Forum was followed by a session during which issues like “Innovative Financing Models for Indo-Dutch PPP Projects” were discussed.
- The session included a detailed discussion on Hybrid Annuity based PPP mode.
