In big infra push, PM sets roads, rail, power...

The official said, presently, over `1 lakh crore of investment in gas-based power capacity is suffering due to shortage of gas.

For the railways, it was proposed that 300 km of new track should be laid in the current fiscal.

The Indian Railways laid 450 km of new track in 2013-14, short of the targeted 500 km.

For the aviation sector, the plan panel proposed lowering the investment target from `1,008 crore in the previous fiscal to R934 crore this year, since investment realisation was just about 55% of the target in 2013-14.

A plan to develop airports in non-metro cities was talked about.

Other issues that came up for discussion included mobilising coal from one location to another, increasing rural tele-density and providing undersea fibre optic connectivity to the Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.