The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India is set to introduce a rating system for highway contractors, evaluating them on seven parameters: timely completion, quality, maintenance, safety, dispute resolution, sub-contracting, and overall performance. Timely completion and quality will account for 70% of the total rating, with penalties for poor quality. This initiative is designed to identify high-performing contractors and encourage all concessionaires to enhance their work quality. The rating will occur annually, with the first round of evaluations expected by March 31. Projects will be categorized based on their financial scale, and joint ventures will receive a collective rating. The ministry aims to use these ratings to incentivize or disincentivize contractors in future projects.