Budget 2021: Rail, roads ministries seek extra funds for faster infra development

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Budget 2021: Rail, roads ministries seek extra funds for faster infra development
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Railways has proposed that its capex budget be enhanced from this year’s Rs 1.6 lakh crore to over Rs 1.8 lakh crore, higher than the business-as-usual growth of around 10 per cent.

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Roads and railways are the two biggest elements of the government’s Rs 180 lakh crore infrastructure pipeline with the former accounting for over a third of the over 7,400 projects.

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