With the capital expenditure in the latest budget doubled as compared to last year’s, the allocation for grants for infrastructure development and industry has seen the highest jump of Rs 23,709 crore – from Rs 1,38,956 crore in the previous budget to Rs 1,62,665 crore this year.
Apart from setting aside Rs 235 crore for two new expressway projects — Jhansi Link Expressway and Chitrakoot Link Expressway — Finance Minister Suresh Khanna allocated Rs 550 crore for existing projects like Defence Corridor and Bundelkhand Expressway. Further allocations have also been made for Industrial Corridor along Gorakhpur-link Expressway (Rs 200 crore), and six “industrial manufacturing complexes” proposed along Purvanchal and Bundelkhand expressways.
