Leasing Vs Selling (National Monetisation Pipeline) Being an educator it's my responsibility to educate people to understand the difference between Leasing an asset and selling an asset. Before making difference between both let me clarify some basic terminology that needs to be understood before understanding the topic. Asset Monetisation- Monetising operating public infrastructure assets for new infrastructure construction. Capital Expenditure- Capital expenditure is the part of the government spending that goes into the creation of assets like schools, colleges, hospitals, roads, bridges, dams etc. Leasing- A contract between a lessor and a lessee for the hire of a specific asset for a specific period on payment of specified rentals . Selling of an asset- The action of government selling or liquidating an asset. Brown-Field Asset- Asset which already exists and the government is leasing it for the specific time period. So here I am going to explain the National Monetisati