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Budget Highlights: Jaitley focuses on road infrastructure

| | Feb 29, 2016, at 05:27 pm
#Budget Highlights # Finance Minister # Arun Jaitley # Union Budget 2016
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IBNS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presenting the Union Budget 2016 said Rs 97,000 crore will be allocated for road infrastructure.
He said Rs 55, 000 crore will be alone for roads and highways which will be matched further from other sectors. 
   
The total outlay for infrastructure is at Rs. 2,21,246 crores in 2016/17.
 
He said 85% of stalled road projects back on track.
 
He said there is a target of 10,000 kms of national highway and upgradation of 50,000 kms of state highways in 2016/17.

 

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