The Centre has chalked out a plan envisaging an investment of Rs 100 lakh crore in the infrastructure sector over the next five years, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. “The investment will transform availability and quality of infrastructure at airports, roads, highways, railways, ports… All infrastructure-related sectors (aviation, shipping, electricity, and oil & gas) are going to see a huge thrust in the next five years,” Goyal said.
The railways and commerce & industry minister said that “Rs 100 lakh crore in the next five years is not a small amount”. He said the railways has drawn up a 12-year plan entailing an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore.