Infrastructure creation: Integrating the nation

Abstract

The Finance Minister at the start of his budget speech indicated that India needed investments over Rs 50 trillion in infrastructure to “increase growth of GDP, connect and integrate the nation with a network of roads, airports, railways, ports and inland waterways and to provide good quality services”. He declared that the government was committed to this and would ensure the required investment.The challenge is not so much in the allocation of funds as in strategizing appropriately and ensuring timely implementation