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Our country needs massive investments estimated to be in excess of Rs 50 lakh crore in infrastructure to increase growth of GDP – to connect and integrate the nation with a network of roads, airports, railways, ports and inland waterways and to provide good quality services to our people. • Prime Minister personally reviews the targets and achievements in infrastructure sectors on a regular basis, through online monitoring system called PRAGATI. • Projects worth 9.46 lakh crore have been facilitated and fast tracked, using PRAGATI alone. 1. URBANIZATION • Smart Cities Mission and the AMRUT • Cities under Smart Cities Mission have started implementing various projects like Smart Command and Control Centre, Smart Roads, Solar Rooftops, Intelligent Transport Systems, Smart Parks. • To preserve and revitalize soul of the heritage cities in India - National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) has been taken up in a major way. • AMRUT programme focuses on providing water supply to all households in 500 cities. • India Infrastructure Finance Corporation Limited (IIFCL) to help finance major infrastructure projects, including investments in educational and health infrastructure. 2. TOURISM • Government proposes to develop ten prominent tourist sites into Iconic Tourism destinations. • Tourist amenities at 100 Adarsh monuments of the Archaeological Survey of India will be upgraded to enhance visitor experience. 3. RAILWAYS Strengthening Railway network and capacity 1. Capex for year 2018-19 pegged at Rs 1, 48,528 crore. 2. 12,000 wagons, 5160 coaches and approx. 700 locomotives to be produced during 2018-19. 3. To redevelop 600 major railway stations. 4. Escalators for all stations with more than 25000 footfalls. 5. WiFi and CCTVs to be provided in all railway stations and trains. Railways development on track 1. Allocation of adequate funds under Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh *“Safety First” Policy+ – During the current fiscal year, over 3600kms of track targeted for renewal. 2. First set of modern train-sets with state-of-the-art amenities and features will be commissioned during 2018-19. 3. Addition of 90 kms of double line tracks at a cost of over Rs 11,000 crore in Mumbai’s transport system. 4. 150kms of additional suburban network planned at a cost of Rs 40,000 crore. 5. Work on Eastern and Western dedicated Freight Corridors is in full swing. 6. Foundation for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, India’s first high speed rail project was laid on September 14, 2017. 4. ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE • Ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojana has been approved for providing seamless connectivity of interior and backward areas and borders of the country. • NHAI will consider organizing its road assets into Special Purpose Vehicles and use innovative monetizing structures like Toll, Operate and Transfer (TOT) and Infrastructure Investment Funds (InvITs). 5. AIRWAYS • Regional connectivity scheme of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) – to connect 56 unserved airports and 31 unserved helipads across the country. • Airport Authority of India (AAI) has 124 airports. Government proposes to expand airport capacity more than five times under a new initiative – NABH Nirman. 6. DEFENCE SECTOR • To secure India’s defences, government plans to develop infrastructure and connectivity in border areas. (Rohtang tunnel has been completed to provide all weather connectivity to the Ladakh region.) • Government proposes to take up Construction of Zozila Pass tunnel and tunnel under construction of Sela Pass. Others- Rs 60 crores allocated to set up a Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure for developing international good practices, appropriate standards and regulatory mechanism for resilient infrastructure development. • Development of monetizing vehicles like Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) and Real Investment Trust (ReITs) in India.
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