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11,11,111 CRORE ALLOCATED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN BUDGET 2024-25
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....1,11,111 CRORE ALLOCATED FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN BUDGET 2024-25 <br>Budget<br>Dated:- 23-7-2024<br><BR>PROVISION OF ₹ 1.5 LAKH CRORE FOR LONG-TERM INTEREST FREE LOANS TO ENCOURAGE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BY STATE GOVERNMENTS PHASE IV OF PMGSY TO BE LAUNCHED TO PROVIDE ALL-WEATHER CONNECTIVITY TO 25,000 RURAL HABITATIONS Acknowledging the strong multiplier effect of building and improv....
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....ing infrastructure on economy, the Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Budget 2024-25 in Parliament today announced the provisioning of ₹ 11,11,111 crore for capital expenditure. It will be 3.4 per cent of country's GDP. The Finance Minister said that the Government will endeavour to maintain strong fiscal support for infrastructure ove....
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....r the next 5 years. To encourage the states to provide support of similar scale for infrastructure, the Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman announced a provision of ₹ 1.5 lakh crore for long-term interest free loans this year. This will support the states in their resource allocation for infrastructure. Speaking about promotion of private investment in infrastructure, Smt. Sitharaman....
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.... said that investment in infrastructure by private sector will be promoted through viability gap funding and enabling policies and regulations. A market-based financing framework will be brought out, she noted. To provide all-weather connectivity to 25,000 rural habitations which have become eligible in view of their population increase, the Finance Minister proposed the launch of Phase IV of Pr....
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....adhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY). Smt. Sitharaman, in her Budget Speech, also focused on creation of infrastructure for irrigation and flood management. She announced the financial support and assistance for several states affected by floods and landslides. Noting the frequent occurrences of floods in Bihar, the Finance Minister announced the financial support for projects with estimated ....
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....cost of ₹ 11,500 crore such as the Kosi-Mechi intra-state link and 20 other ongoing and new schemes including barrages, river pollution abatement and irrigation projects. In addition, she said, survey and investigation of Kosi related flood mitigation and irrigation projects will be undertaken. Smt. Sitharaman also acknowledged the regular instances of floods in Assam by the Brahmaputra Ri....
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....ver and its tributaries, originating outside India. "We will provide assistance to Assam for flood management and related projects", she emphasised. Further, referring to the extensive losses suffered by Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand due to floods, cloud bursts and massive landslides, the Finance Minister said that the government will provide assistance to the states for reconstruction and re....
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....habilitation. Considering the havoc wreaked by flash floods and landslides in Sikkim, she announced assistance to the state of Sikkim also.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....