| Committing himself to increasing allocations for infrastructure projects such as rural roads, highways and the railways during 2016-17, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that public investments must lead the way during a global slowdown and India had an opportunity to spend more on infrastructure because of low oil, commodities and mineral prices.
Jaitley said funding infrastructure projects remained a big challenge, and the government was hopeful of partnering sovereign wealth funds and pension funds that evinced interest in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund...............................................Full Article: Source
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