The report has been ranked fourth in Asia for the Joint Real estate Investment Trust (RIIT) of USD Lar and invited Market Capitalization by July 2025, India’s emergence as a global infrastructure investment hub.
With five listed RIITs and 17 invitations, India has quickly scaled its market in 2014, supported by strong structural costs and policy support.
Invites Reit outpaying in India
The total AUM of RITS and invitations has risen to $ 93.9 billion in fiscal year from $ 1.8 billion in FY 20. Underline their importance in financing large -scale infrastructure projects, invites to dominate with about 3.5X higher AUMs than REIT.
Shishir Baijal, president of Knight Frank India and Managing Director, said: “India’s invitation platform is on the threshold of a transformative growth phase. Today we are ready to reach the billion $ 73 billion AUM Base to 2030.
Driving forces behind growth
Infrastructure Push: Cost on the major infrastructure of the central government has increased by 6.2X in a decade to $ 75 billion in the fiscal year, with 2% of GDP now.
Private capital partnership: Brownfield invites capital recycling by channeling institutional and retail funds in operational property.
Policy Initiative: The National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) has speeded up the INR 6 trillion by FY 25, with NMP 2.0 targeted 10 trillions by 2030, creating new opportunities for invited-emerged projects.
Non -area
The report includes high potential parts of roads, renewable energy zones, telecoms, logistics and gas pipelines. For example:
Operating NHAI toll is under only 21% of the wealth invitations.
Solar invitations currently manage only 2% of the solar capacity installed, against the government target of 230 GW by 2030.
Telecom towers have reached one -third of the entry, with a significant expansion space.
Strong opportunities are also provided for the integration of emerging areas such as data centers, urban transport, water infrastructure, airports and ports.
Strategic priorities for the next stage
To make the next wave of growth unle Lock, Knight Frank indicates:
Expand the participation of retail investors through awareness campaigns and simple access cess.
Extensive contact with pensions and insurance funds, currently limited to 3-5%.
Currency offers hedging tools to attract higher foreign capital flow.
Various invitations in the new infrastructure category to enhance the investment base.
Rajiv Vijay, Executive Director – Government and Infrastructure Advisory, Knight Frank India noted: “The next chapter for India’s invitation market will be about depth and diversity. With policy stability, regulatory clarity and risk management equipment, India may give himself a prominent infrastructure.”
Global position
Globally, the $ 3 trillion market under the leadership of the US, Germany and Japan, is the $ 3 trillion market. India is one of the fastest growing markets, even though the smaller in the scale, which is in a good position to go to the top three in Asia in the next decade.
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