NEW DELHI: The government has taken multiple steps to attract investments in the infrastructure sector, including revising asset monetisation models and setting up special purpose vehicles for the Rs 1 lakh crore Delhi-Mumbai corridor project, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. The road transport, highways and MSME minister also said road projects worth Rs 25 lakh crore will be built as part of the Rs 100 lakh crore infrastructure building programme announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing the Macquarie Momentum India Conference, Gadkari said he cleared two large highway projects worth Rs 65,000 crore on Wednesday, including the Rs 35,000 crore Amritsar-Ajmer express highway project.