70K crore package approved for revitalising India’s shipbuilding ecosystem, infra projects for poll-bound Bihar
NEW DELHI: The Government on Wednesday gave its nod to several infrastructure projects, including a mega plan worth Rs 69,725 crore to revitalise India’s shipbuilding and maritime sector and rail and road projects each costing a total of over Rs 6,000 crore in poll-bound Bihar.
It has also decided to give Production Linked Bonus (PLB) of 78 days of basic pay to 10.91 lakh Railways employees costing the exchequer Rs 2, 865 crore, increasing 10,000 PG and UG medical seats in government sector colleges and a CSIR scheme on Capacity Building and Human Resource Development with a total outlay of Rs 2, 277 crore for the period of the Fifteenth Finance Commission Cycle 2021-22 to 2025-26.
