216 infra projects worth Rs 74,067 cr completed till December

Around 216 infrastructure projects worth Rs 74,067 crore under the NIP have been completed till December in the current fiscal, the finance ministry said on Friday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a meeting with Niti Aayog and 12 infrastructure ministries to discuss post-budget action points for infrastructure roadmap, during which it was highlighted that the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) — launched with 6,835 projects — has been expanded to 7,600.

Projects identified under the NIP require investment of a whopping Rs 111 lakh crore during 2020-25.