PM Modi’s Mega Infrastructure Push

The Narendra Modi government has identified 50 projects from the National Infrastructure Pipeline which will be expedited on a priority basis. The government aims to pump capital expenditure into these projects, with an explicit intention of employment generation. These projects are across regions of the country and across sectors. Instead of a separate urban employment programme, the government believes that its limited resources, due to the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, are better spent on infrastructure outlay. Some of the 50 projects which have been identified include the Jewar International Airport in Greater Noida, Navi Mumbai International Airport, the Chardham Connectivity Highway project, JNPT port Terminal 4, Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, Ahmedabad Metro Rail and the planned second Chennai Airport. Other projects include Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramula Railway Link, the remaining 80-odd kilometres of Delhi-Meerut Expressway, the Jal Marg Vikas Project, a four-lane bridge over Brahmaputra connecting Dhubri and Phulbari, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, Dwarka Expressway, Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Rapid Rail System, and the extension of the VVSPL product pipeline.