Primus Partners contributed to a high-level dialogue on one of India's most consequential infrastructure challenges, with Davinder Sandhu, Co-founder and Chairman, bringing the firm's infrastructure finance expertise to the roundtable's investment session.
Davinder Sandhu participated in the session, which examined why long-haul freight decarbonisation is often perceived as high-risk or unbankable and what commercial and institutional conditions would be necessary to build investor confidence. The session explored blended finance structures, risk mitigation mechanisms, cost of capital considerations, and the role of development finance in mobilizing capital across both rail and road freight systems.
Three structured thematic sessions followed, covering policy and regulatory alignment for modal integration, technology and infrastructure readiness across electric heavy-duty vehicles and solar-powered rail traction, and investment pathways to unlock systemic decarbonisation at scale.
The roundtable concluded with a synthesis of cross-thematic insights and a discussion on next steps for collaboration among policymakers, industry, and financial institutions. Key takeaways centred on the need for coordinated policy signals that create long-term demand certainty, targeted financing instruments to de-risk early movers in zero-emission freight, and an integrated planning framework that treats rail and road decarbonisation as a single system rather than parallel efforts.
