INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the virtual meeting with senior government officialsWhile reviewing the capital expenditure
ministries to aim to achieve more than their capex targets
minister with the ministries or departments and the second in the series of meetings scheduled on the infrastructure roadmap ahead of Budget
Capital expenditure plans of ministries and their CPSEs, the status of the implementation of budget announcements, and various measures to
expedite infrastructure investment were discussed.Ms Sitharaman highlighted that the infrastructure expenditure is not just central
government budgetary expenditure on infrastructure and includes infrastructures pending by state governments and the private sector
projects funded through structuring and financing and provide support to the private sector for enhancing infrastructure spending, according
She directed that ministries also need to explore public-private partnership (PPP)) mode for viable projects.
