Govt hikes allocation for infrastructure sector to ₹3.96L cr
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the Union Budget on Wednesday said the allocation to the infrastructure sector has been increased from ₹2.21 lakh crore to a record ₹3.96 lakh crore. He also said the Trade Infrastructure Export Scheme will be launched in 2017-18. Jaitley also announced a budget allocation of ₹2.41 lakh crore for the transport sector.