Govt reveals Rs 102 lakh crore 5 year plan for mega infrastructure boost

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has unveiled infrastructure projects worth 102 lakh crore rupees that will be implemented in the next five years as a part of the government’s spending push to the infrastructure sector.

The Finance Minister informed this yesterday while releasing the Report of the Task Force on National Infrastructure Pipeline, NIP for 2019-2025. Ms Sitharaman said that in his Independence Day speech the Prime Minister spoke about investing 100 lakh crore rupees in infrastructure.

Ms Sitharaman said, energy projects worth nearly 25 lakh crore rupees have been lined up and another 20 lakh crore rupees in road and about 14 lakh crore rupees in railway projects have also been lined up.