Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday bolstered the central government's commitments on infrastructure, highlighting that infrastructural projects worth Rs 102 lakh crore have been identified by the Centre for the next five years. Besides these, the Finance Minister, an additional Rs 3 lakh crore worth of projects is likely to come from the states. This ordeal, the Finance Minister said in a press conference in New Delhi, was earmarked after conducting 70 stakeholder consultations within only four months. "In addition, Rs 3 lakh crore projects by states are likely to be added to the pipeline. So, in all, we will have a Rs 105 lakh crore total projects for the 100 lakh crore commitment we have made," a report by news agency ANI quoted Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Source: dna December 31, 2019 11:15 UTC