BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS

INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY

THE GROWTH ROAD

Enhanced outlay of Rs1.18 trillion for road ministr y

Part of eastern freight corridor to be taken up in PPP

Providing Rs180 billion for public buses

Record outlay for railways at Rs1.10 trillion

Project reports to be prepared for 3 new freight corridors

Roads worth Rs50 billion being transferred to NHAI InVit

Plan more economic corridors for road infrastructure

Warehousing assets of PSUs to be monetised

Railways to monetise dedicated freight corridor assets

Development institution loan book aim Rs5 trillion in 3 years

Scrappage policy for 15-yearold commercial vehicles

Scrappage policy for 20-yearold personal vehicles

To launch 7 mega investment textile parks over 3 years

Launching voluntar y vehicle scrappage policy

Over Rs2 trillion to states, autonomous bodies for capex

Seven port projects to be offered on PPP mode in FY22

AtmaNirbhar Bharat package was 13% of GDP

Wish to lay a vision for Atmanirbhar Bharat

ANBharat to boost infras development

Total cost of AatmaNirbhar Bharat package Rs27.1 trillion

AtmaNirbhar to strengthen 'Nation First' concept

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

To award 8,500 km of highways by March 2022

11,000 km of national highway corridor to be completed

Deep ocean mission with Rs40-bn outlay for 5

Railways has now highest ever total Plan capex of Rs2,15,058 cr with Rs7,500 cr from internal resources, Rs1,00,258 cr from extra budgetary resources and Rs1,07,100 cr for capital expenditure allocation in general budget. The Gross Budgetary allocation is Rs37,050 cr higher than BE 2020-21, which is 53%. Despite Covid, this is remarkable vindication of the progress being made and being undertaken in infra projects in railways — SUNEET SHARMA, Rly Board Chairman & CEO