₹100 trillion infrastructure plan to roll out over 5 years
2 weeks ago

₹100 trillion infrastructure plan to roll out over 5 years

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A grand plan to build India’s infrastructure to a new level is in the works. This person said the capital expenditure for infrastructure is likely to touch ₹100 trillion in five years, which would be used to transform India’s ports, airports, roads and other utilities. The blueprint would include a ₹20-trillion master plan to develop 50,000 km of expressways, ₹2 trillion towards development of port infrastructure, and a ₹10-12 trillion plan to upgrade the railway network, among others. A ₹20-trillion master plan to develop 50,000 km of these modern roads would be unveiled, with work on at least 25,000 km targeted for completion in the next five years, the second person cited above said. The blueprint echoes the vision of infrastructure creation previously set in motion by the first NDA government under the late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee between 1999 and 2004, the period that saw roll out of the Golden Quadrilateral project connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata as well as the flagship rural roads scheme.

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Capex support will continue for infrastructure development: Minister Chaudhary
1 week, 3 days ago

Capex support will continue for infrastructure development: Minister Chaudhary

Live Mint  

India's capital expenditure on infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, ports, airports, and telecommunications has been rising steadily over the years, and the government stands ready to make adequate funds available in next year's budget as well to maintain the sector's growth momentum, minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Friday. India aims to become a developed nation …

India’s infra ambitions to get a new X factor: The military
1 month, 1 week ago

India’s infra ambitions to get a new X factor: The military

Live Mint  

India’s infrastructure planning is set to get more extensive with the government preparing to include the military’s requirement to ensure civilian projects can also be made available to the armed forces if necessary. The initiative—planned under Prime Minister Gati Shakti, also known as the National Master Plan for Multi-modal Connectivity—will focus on building dual-use projects across all segments of infrastructure …

What’s the Budget push for infrastructure?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s the Budget push for infrastructure?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In her Budget proposals for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has set aside ₹11 lakh crore for capital expenditure, comprising 3.4% of the GDP. With the aim to push States to spend on infrastructure, she said ₹1.5 lakh crore was being made available to them in the form of long-term interest free loans. Under the Sagarmala …

Budget 2024: Placing thrust on infrastructure
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Placing thrust on infrastructure

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accelerated the government’s thrust on the crucial infrastructure sector in her seventh successive Budget presentation and the first of PM Modi’s third term. A massive expansion in urban housing at an investment of ₹10 lakh crore, a rural roads programme worth ₹26,000 crore are among the major features of the big infrastructure push. The Indian economy’s …

Budget 2024: Growth, reforms and infrastructure
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Growth, reforms and infrastructure

The Hindu  

The 2024 Budget signals policy continuity. Specifically, the Budget focuses on these key priorities - resilient agriculture, promoting skill development, driving employment and inclusivity, accelerating infrastructure development, energy security, fostering innovation and progressive reforms. Focus on infrastructure The government has earmarked an impressive capital expenditure of over ₹11 lakh crore, equivalent to 3.4% of the GDP, towards infrastructure development. By …

Budget 2024 Highlights: FM disappoints investors, rewards (some) taxpayers
5 months ago

Budget 2024 Highlights: FM disappoints investors, rewards (some) taxpayers

Hindustan Times  

July 23, 2024 9:02 PM IST Budget 2024 LIVE Updates: Supriya Paul, CEO & Co- Founder, Josh Talks, said, “The Union Budget 2024-25 represents a significant stride towards Bharat's development. The allocation of ₹1.48 lakh crore towards education, employment, and skills development is a substantial investment. By enhancing the quality of education and training, we are equipping our youth with …

Budget 2024: More Power to Infrastructure as Capex Outlay Increased to Rs 11.11 Lakh Crore
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: More Power to Infrastructure as Capex Outlay Increased to Rs 11.11 Lakh Crore

News 18  

Ensuring more power to infrastructure development for economic growth and employment creation, a large sum of Rs 11,11,111 crore has been set aside as the capital expenditure outlay in the interim budget 2024. “Building on the massive tripling of the capital expenditure outlay in the last four years, resulting in a huge multiplier impact on economic growth and employment creation, …

India Needs $840 Billion Investment In Infra By 2036: World Bank
10 months, 3 weeks ago

India Needs $840 Billion Investment In Infra By 2036: World Bank

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: By 2036, India will need to invest $840 billion in infrastructure - an average of $55 billion or 1.2 per cent of GDP per annum, finds the World Bank. By 2036, India will need to invest $840 billion in infrastructure - an average of $55 billion or 1.2 per cent of GDP per annum. However, estimates suggest that between …

Vision 2047: Infra to be biggest driver for growth push
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Vision 2047: Infra to be biggest driver for growth push

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India’s infrastructure sector is set to become the biggest driver for the country that aspires to become a $5 trillion economy soon and a developed nation by 2047. The newly adopted Vision 2047 document also lays emphasis entirely on infrastructure growth scaling up the pace of development of railways, roads, and ports surpassing most developed countries. Instruments like …

Infrastructure major gets Letter of Intent for new infra project in Gujarat as India eyes developed nation tag
1 year, 3 months ago

Infrastructure major gets Letter of Intent for new infra project in Gujarat as India eyes developed nation tag

India TV News  

Infrastructure is pivotal to economic growth. The government's focus on the country's infrastructural needs through various schemes and policies is key to achieving the 2047 vision of reclassifying from a developing economy to a developed economy. Looking to cash in on the opportunity, Gujarat-based infra major Shashijit Infraprojects has announced that it has secured a Letter of Intent from Hari …

Good pipeline of projects in Telangana, more roads, bridges, renewable energy
1 year, 6 months ago

Good pipeline of projects in Telangana, more roads, bridges, renewable energy

The Hindu  

Telangana has responded with a good pipeline of projects and going forward likely to see more demand from projects to develop roads, highways and bridges as well as renewable energy and warehousing facilities, according to India Infrastructure Finance Company Managing Director P. R. Jaishankar. A government of India enterprise providing financial solutions to all sub-sectors of the infrastructure sector in …

Budget 2023 recognises infrastructure as nation’s growth engine
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 recognises infrastructure as nation’s growth engine

Firstpost  

We welcome Budget 2023 which continues to lay focus on infrastructure development as being the growth engine of the Indian economy. The increased outlay for Railways, and attempt to prioritise the 100 critical transport infrastructure projects and regional connectivity is also quite commendable. This investment along with PM Gati Shakti launched last year to provide multimodal connectivity infrastructure to all …

Morning Digest: February 2, 2023
1 year, 10 months ago

Morning Digest: February 2, 2023

The Hindu  

Jobs get highest mention in last Budget before elections In a bid to soothe several votebanks before the 2024 polls, the FM promises tax relief for the salaried middle class, schemes for artisans and tribal groups, sops for women and MSMEs, and jobs for youth. Defence budget up by 13%; hike in allocation for pension The Union Budget presented in …

Tax-Capex double engine in Union Budget 2023-24
1 year, 10 months ago

Tax-Capex double engine in Union Budget 2023-24

Hindustan Times  

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented a Budget that continued her government’s emphasis on capital investment, with a record ₹10 lakh crore spend planned in 2023-24, sought to encourage taxpayers to spend more with tax cuts, and announced a ₹35,000 crore expenditure on energy transition even as she managed to reduce the fiscal deficit to 5.9% from 6.4% this …

Budget 2023: Key takeaways from Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023: Key takeaways from Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements

Hindustan Times  

The Narendra Modi government at the Centre will focus on economic growth and job creation and cut down the fiscal deficit, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, presenting its last full budget in Parliament before the 2024 election. She also said the enhanced capex of ₹10 lakh crore for infrastructure development is at 3.3 per cent of the …

Budget 2023: ‘50-year interest-free loans for states to continue…’, says FM
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023: ‘50-year interest-free loans for states to continue…’, says FM

Hindustan Times  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced that the Centre will continue 50-year interest-free loans to state governments for one more year. Budget 2023: ‘50-year interest-free loans for states to continue…’, says FM Check budget live updates here Presenting the Budget for 2023-24, she said the newly established infrastructure finance secretariat will assist in attracting more private investment. On October …

Budget 2023 | Government to continue 50-year interest-free loans to States for another year: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | Government to continue 50-year interest-free loans to States for another year: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 announced that the Centre will continue 50-year interest-free loans to State governments for one more year. Budget 2023 | Record allocation of ₹2.4 lakh crore for Railways On October 13 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Gati Shakti - National Master Plan, aimed at developing integrated infrastructure to reduce logistics …

Economic Survey 2022-23 | PM GatiShakti, National Logistics Policy to support India's economic growth
1 year, 10 months ago

Economic Survey 2022-23 | PM GatiShakti, National Logistics Policy to support India's economic growth

The Hindu  

Support for India's economic growth will come from path-breaking measures such as PM GatiShakti, National Logistics Policy and Production-Linked Incentives schemes, according to the Economic Survey 2022-23. The Economic Survey 2022-23 was tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on January 31. Union Budget Session | Two colleges established in the country every day, says President Murmu Noting that …

Budget 2023: Asset Monetisation May Determine Budgetary Support To Infrastructure, Says Report
2 years ago

Budget 2023: Asset Monetisation May Determine Budgetary Support To Infrastructure, Says Report

ABP News  

The Union Finance Ministry may link budgetary support to infrastructure ministries with the performance of their asset monetisation in Budget 2023-24, which will be presented by Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, according to a report in Mint. A senior finance ministry official told Mint, “Performance in asset monetization will be one of the factors taken into account in determining budgetary …

Gati Shakti, the dawn of a new age in infrastructure development?
3 years, 2 months ago

Gati Shakti, the dawn of a new age in infrastructure development?

Live Mint  

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled the PM Gati Shakti-National Master Plan for multimodal connectivity that he first spoke of from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day earlier this year. The PM Gati Shakti aims to break inter-ministerial silos in infrastructure development. The government’s thinking is that by planning and building the trunk infrastructure through the …

Decoding India’s asset monetization gambit
3 years, 2 months ago

Decoding India’s asset monetization gambit

Live Mint  

KOTTAYAM : In the early 1990s, after being repeatedly frustrated by the jumbled and circuitous rail routes along India’s western coast, the Indian Railways decided to construct a new independent rail network along the Konkan coast. To recover the ₹3,600 crore spent on the Konkan line, the Indian Railways effectively hiked the freight rates by using a formula called “chargeable …

The asset monetisation pipeline is starting with a pipeline
3 years, 3 months ago

The asset monetisation pipeline is starting with a pipeline

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : The government’s ambitious ₹6 trillion monetization programme will be kicked off by leasing out more than 2,229km of gas pipelines of GAIL Ltd to the private sector, a person directly aware of the development said. In a recent presentation, government think tank NITI Aayog said GAIL has contributed to the growth and development of the gas pipeline infrastructure …

OPINION: Demystifying National Monetisation Pipeline and Why India Needs It
3 years, 3 months ago

OPINION: Demystifying National Monetisation Pipeline and Why India Needs It

News 18  

India’s National Infrastructure Pipeline envisages an infrastructure investment of Rs 111 lakh crore over a period of five years. One of the strategies among them is ‘asset monetisation’ and the government has paved the way for preparation of a National Monetisation Pipeline of potential brownfield infrastructure assets to provide a medium-term roadmap for monetisation and give potential investors a ready …

Gatishakti scheme to provide framework for National Infrastructure Pipeline plan: Gadkari
3 years, 3 months ago

Gatishakti scheme to provide framework for National Infrastructure Pipeline plan: Gadkari

The Hindu  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on September 2 said the ₹100 lakh crore-Gatishakti scheme will provide a framework for the National Infrastructure Pipeline programme and make Indian products more competitive by cutting down logistic costs and improving supply chains. Addressing the American Chamber of Commerce’s 29th AGM, Mr. Gadkari also sought investments in the road sector from insurance and pension funds …

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can’t leave it to pvt sector to spend on infra
3 years, 3 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can’t leave it to pvt sector to spend on infra

Deccan Chronicle  

The National Asset Monetisation, also known as the National Monetisation Pipeline, has been launched with the release of the two-volume mini-tome of the Niti Aayog — “National Monetisation Pipeline Volume 1: Monetisation Guidebook” and “National Monetisation Pipeline Volume 2: Asset Pipeline” — by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23. Attributing, as usual, the entire initiative to the vision of …

How the National Monetisation Pipeline works
3 years, 3 months ago

How the National Monetisation Pipeline works

Hindustan Times  

Union minister for finance and corporate affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, recently launched the asset monetisation pipeline of central ministries and public sector entities: ‘National Monetisation Pipeline ’. The pipeline has been developed by NITI Aayog, in consultation with infrastructure line ministries, based on the mandate for ‘Asset Monetisation’ under Union Budget 2021–22. The Report on National Monetisation Pipeline has been structured …

Asset Monetisation Plan of Modi govt and Congress lies about it
3 years, 3 months ago

Asset Monetisation Plan of Modi govt and Congress lies about it

Op India  

Earlier this week, the union government unveiled the National Monetisation Pipeline, through which several national infrastructure assets are being monetised. Contrary to the Congress claim that the Modi govt is selling not just land but also the air, actually, land assets are not included in the monetisation pipeline. The Asset Monetisation Pipeline does not even include monetisation through disinvestment and …

OPINION: Asset Monetisation a Viable Route to Push Infrastructure Investment
3 years, 3 months ago

OPINION: Asset Monetisation a Viable Route to Push Infrastructure Investment

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced the roadmap for Rs 6-trillion asset monetisation plan. The NDA government had earlier announced that it would unveil a plan to monetise brownfield infrastructure assets but a war of words has erupted after the FM’s recent press conference. In the current situation, since brownfield assets are to be monetised, the ownership will always remain …

National Monetisation Pipeline | Here's the breakup of the govt’s big privatisation push
3 years, 3 months ago

National Monetisation Pipeline | Here's the breakup of the govt’s big privatisation push

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the government’s ₹6,00,000 crore ‘National Monetisation Pipeline’ project on Monday. The total value of assets considered for monetisation is estimated at ₹45,200 crore over FY 2022-25, the NMP document said. Coal mining assets worth ₹28,747 crore The government has identified 160 coal mining assets worth an estimated at ₹28,747 crore for monetisation over four years …

Govt unveils Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline: What's in store
3 years, 3 months ago

Govt unveils Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline: What's in store

India TV News  

The government on Monday announced a Rs 6 lakh crore National Monetisation Pipeline that will look to unlock value in infrastructure assets. Shipping assets worth Rs 12,828 crore to be monetised Shipping assets worth Rs 12,828 crore will be monetised over the next four years under the National Monetisation Pipeline. Coal mining assets worth Rs 28,747 cr to be monetised …

Finance Minister to unveil monetisation pipeline today
3 years, 4 months ago

Finance Minister to unveil monetisation pipeline today

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: As part of the government's plan for monetising assets, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will launch the National Monetisation Pipeline, or NMP, on Monday. Announcing the plan, the government think-tank Niti Aayog on Sunday said that the NMP comprises a four-year pipeline of the central government's existing infrastructure assets. In her Budget speech, Sitha-raman had said that monetising operating …

Government Targeting Road Construction Worth Rs 15 lakh Crore in Next 2 Years
3 years, 7 months ago

Government Targeting Road Construction Worth Rs 15 lakh Crore in Next 2 Years

News 18  

The Centre is giving utmost priority to the development of infrastructure and has set a target of road construction worth Rs 15 lakh crore in the next two years. The Minister was confident that his ministry will achieve target of 40 kilometres per day of highways construction in current fiscal, saying “the government is permitting 100 per FDI in road …

India's infrastructure to be no less than US, Europe in 5 years: Nitin Gadkari
3 years, 8 months ago

India's infrastructure to be no less than US, Europe in 5 years: Nitin Gadkari

India TV News  

A new India is in the making with infrastructure which will be no less than that in the US and Europe in five years, and a solid foundation has already been laid with over Rs 17 lakh crore worth of projects in the last five-year period, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. The minister said its foundation has already …

Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2021 Focuses on What the Economy Needs—Investment in Infrastructure
3 years, 10 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2021 Focuses on What the Economy Needs—Investment in Infrastructure

News 18  

The Budget 2021 presented by Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to reinvigorate the economy post-pandemic. Further, the government has announced the capex budget will be up over 34 per cent to Rs 5.54 lakh crore and, in addition to this, there is a substantial allocation for roads and railways. The other key takeaway from Finance Minister Nirmala …

A look at the winners and losers of Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2021
3 years, 10 months ago

A look at the winners and losers of Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2021

India Today  

Amid the sweeping economic distress triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Union Budget 2021, giving major emphasis to healthcare and infra sectors while leaving direct taxes unchanged. Here is a look at the gainers and losers from Budget 2021: WINNERS Healthcare Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman put health and well being as one of …

India considers creating bank with $13.7 billion equity capital to fund roads
3 years, 11 months ago

India considers creating bank with $13.7 billion equity capital to fund roads

Hindustan Times  

India is considering a proposal to create a bank to help fund port, road and power projects as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration aims to lift Asia’s third-largest economy out of the recession. India faces the challenge of boosting spending on productive assets that aid economic growth after being forced to direct the bulk of stimulus last year on the …

India Needs $50 Billion Investment to Build Airport Assets Over Next Two Decades: Report
4 years, 3 months ago

India Needs $50 Billion Investment to Build Airport Assets Over Next Two Decades: Report

News 18  

India needs an estimated USD 50 billion in building airport assets over the next two decades to cater to demand, with the next five years expected to see significant investments in the airports’ sector, according to a report. "India needs over USD 50 billion in building assets to cater to the estimated demand over the next two decades. According to …

Over ₹100 lakh cr to be spent under National Infrastructure Pipeline Project
4 years, 4 months ago

Over ₹100 lakh cr to be spent under National Infrastructure Pipeline Project

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there is a need to give a new direction to the overall infrastructure development to move India towards modernity at a fast pace and National Infrastructure Pipeline Project will help achieve the goal. Addressing the nation on the 74th Independence Day from Red Fort, the Prime Minister said that India will spend more …

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